English Edutainment

Metaphor and Simile in Review Text

2012-02-10T04:06:00.000-08:00

As in the previous article, we discussed about How to Write a Review Text. Now we will continue about an important thing to know when we want to write a review text. The important things to understand are Metaphor and Simile. Why Metaphor and/or Simile are important in writing a review text? In writing a review text, we must give some critics or suggestion. Before giving critics, we must be

How To Write A Review Text

2012-01-27T04:24:00.000-08:00

The purpose of review is to inform the reader about something to help them decide if they want to use it or buy it. Review appear in magazines, newspaper, on the radio, TV and on the internet every day. The following are most commonly reviewed in the mainstream media: Books, movies, plays, concerts, music CD’s and singles, computer games, TV programs, exhibition and so on. Here are the common

English Idioms Using "down", "in" and "off"

2012-01-25T05:28:00.000-08:00

There are so many English idioms with or using phrasal verb. In this post, you will find some English idioms using the words "down", "in" and "off". What is the meaning of the idioms? How to use them? Read and practice the following English idioms. English Phrasal Verb with "down" Back down (or climb down) = to no longer stick to your original ideas or position: "After weeks of negotiating, she

British English vs American English (2)

2012-01-22T02:54:00.000-08:00

AMERICAN BRITISH fender (of a car) wing fervor fervour festive gathering jollities (sl.) fetus foetus fiber fibre fire department fire brigade fired sacked first

British English vs American English

2012-01-21T04:11:00.000-08:00

English is used as an international language has two types based on its origin. They are British and American. When we want to learn English we must pay attention to some rules. We must be consistent whether using British English or American English. Remember, you must avoid to mix both of them. The following are some differences of British English vs American English. Let's learn and share.KEY

Cloth Terms In English Idioms

2012-01-19T06:14:00.000-08:00

keep something under your hat = don't say anything to anyone: "It's a secret. Keep it under your hat. It's not public knowledge." take your hat off to someone = admire someone: "People really take their hat off to someone who work and study hard!" tied to his mother's apron strings = someone (normally a man) who does what his mother tells him: "He will not come to the party out last weekend,

Money In English Idioms

2012-01-15T02:05:00.000-08:00

To cost a lot of moneyto break the bank: "I can't afford a skiing holiday this winter – it would break the bank." to cost an arm and a leg: "It costs an arm and a leg to buy all these Christmas presents." to pay through the nose: "They had to pay through the nose to get their son insured to drive." to splash out on something: to pay a lot for an important event: "They're splashing out on their

"Hot" In English Idioms

2012-01-13T02:02:00.000-08:00

a hot favourite = someone / something most likely to win: "Red Rum was always the hot favourite to win the Grand National." a hot tip = important or useful suggestion: "He gave me a hot tip for my interview." a hot topic = an issue which is important: "Climate change is a hot topic at the moment." be like a cat on a hot tin roof = restless or jumpy: "He's like a cat on a hot tin roof with all

English Idioms Relate To Musics

2012-01-11T18:20:00.000-08:00

The next idioms are English idioms that relate to musical instruments, types of music, or musical performance. Musical instrumentsbang the drum = speak in support of something: "We're banging the drum for womens' rights." drum something in = keep repeating something: "She drummed in the importance of good manners to her children." drum up support / business = try and get support / extra

English Idioms (Animals)

2012-01-11T04:09:00.000-08:00

a snake in the grass = someone who can't be trusted: "Don't tell him any secrets – he's a snake in the grass." bug someone = irritate someone: "He's really bugging me about the holiday! I wish he'd just go away and leave me alone." put the cat among the pigeons = cause trouble: "Don't tell her about your promotion – that will really put the cat among the pigeons." cat's whiskers = to think you

Writing To Portrait (Fun Teaching Method)

2012-01-10T14:00:00.000-08:00

1. Preparation Cut out portraits Of' interesting or unusual people from magazines. Look for unknown people. Try and find large pictures. You need one picture for each member of the class and at least seven extra. Try and find some pictures that arc similar, for example find a few of blond middle aged women, find a few of business men, etc. Choose two large pictures and put these on cardboard.

Fun Writing Activities For English Class

2012-01-09T05:40:00.000-08:00

In the previous article we have discussed some teaching methods by using some games. In this article we will continue for the next methods which is focused in Fun Writing. There are some activities that we can conduct, such as: 1. Journal WritingStudents keep a journal for one week as homework. At the end of the week students write the journal up as a narrative, for example. Alternatively

Find Partner Game

2012-01-07T13:51:00.000-08:00

The other teaching method to make our class productive and attractive is a game which is called Find Partner Game. To conduct this method, here are some steps:Choose vocabulary to revise You may allow students some time to use a dictionary before they start moving around. Write each word in Bahasa Indonesia on a single piece of paper. Then write each word in English on a separate piece of' paper

Translation On The Wall Game

2012-01-06T04:00:00.000-08:00

Translation On The Wall GameMake a list Of words you want to revise. Write the English translation of cash word on a numbered separate piece of paper. Pin the pieces of paper on the walls around the classroom. Give the students a list of' the words in mother tongue language. Students have to go around the room looking for the numbers that correspond with the correct translations. The first

Retelling Story by Using Pictures

2012-01-04T02:44:00.000-08:00

It is one of interesting method in teaching English. As we know that story is one of English materials which attract students to learn English especially English as a foreign language. Story retelling provides an opportunity to analyze stories and build oral language as they acquire related vocabulary (Schienkman, 2004). This learning will be more interesting and fun if the teacher chooses a

Running Dictation Game in Learning English

2012-01-02T06:06:00.000-08:00

Find a short passage or dialogue and make several copies. This Could be something you write yourself, a passage from your course book, a poem, a song, a passage from one of the texts in this package. Put the copies up around the walls of the classroom Divide the students into manageable groups. One of the students in each group has to walk or run to read the text on the wall. They remember some

Kisi-Kisi Ujian Nasional Bahasa Inggris SMA-MA 2012 (The Grating of National Examination for Indonesian Senior High School 2012)

2011-12-30T14:22:00.000-08:00

This file is The Grating of National Examination for Indonesian Senior High School 2012. It is in word doc format. You will be able to edit it easily.You can change the standard of competencies and the basic competencies. There are 50 questions items based on national examination. You can download it here

English Tongue Twisters

2011-12-30T03:57:00.000-08:00

Great for pronunciation practice - particularly for focusing on problem areas. Write a tongue twister on the board Read it With the students, slowly at first, then faster. Make sure students' pronunciation is acceptable. Get individual students (or pairs) to say the sentence three times, getting faster each time. Make up tongue twisters to practice pronunciation of new words. Use words with

"Choral Reading or Speaking" and "Who, Where and What?" (An English Teaching Method)

2011-12-29T05:37:00.000-08:00

Who, Where and What? This activity practices descriptions and can be used as an introduction or follow up to an activity on almost any topic. Divide the class into manageable groups. The teacher reads a description of an object, person, event or place and students have to guess what it is. For example: An object in the classroom. A category such as, in the kitchen or in the market. A person in

Backs to the Board (Game For English Class)

2011-12-27T16:12:00.000-08:00

This game is appropriate to check student's skill especially in mastering vocabularies. We can play it for all chapter of the lesson materials. There are some steps for teacher to prepare the class. They are: Divide the class into two groups - A and B. Draw a line down the middle of the hoard, label one side A and the other B. Two students (one from team A and one from team B) sit with their back

Lonely Student, Oral Cloze and Four Corners Games for Teaching and Learning English

2011-12-26T04:16:00.000-08:00

For the next fun games in teaching and learning English are Lonely Student, Oral Cloze, and Four Corners. They are a simple game, however they will be an interesting English learning process for teachers and their students. Lonely Student One student (or one student from each group) stands facing, the class. the teacher gives the rest of the class a word, which they then must explain to the

Chinese Whispers Game

2011-12-24T07:45:00.000-08:00

Divide the class into manageable groups. 7 or 8 students per group is ideal. Give one student in each group a piece of paper with a sentence on it. That student has to read the sentence, put down the paper and whisper the sentence to the second student. The second student must whisper it to the third student, and so oil down the line. The last student either

How many things can you think of that? (Think Fast Game)

2011-12-23T05:38:00.000-08:00

The next game to manage the class to be attractive in learning English is by doing Think Fast Game. Divide the class into manageable groups. Ask Students to try to think of as many things that can fit a given definition or topic, within a set time limit. For Example: How many ... ...things can you think of that are small enough to fit into a matchbox'? ... are bigger/

Tic Tac Toe English Class Game

2011-12-22T14:20:00.000-08:00

This game is set to create English class productively. The students will enjoy learning some new words in fun game. They will soluble in the atmosphere of pleasant competition. Divide the class into two teams - A and B. Draw two grids like the ones below oil the board. On one grid fill in the squares with the structures or vocabulary areas you want to practice. Leave the other one blank for

How To Create a Productive Classroom

2011-12-21T23:42:00.000-08:00

Make the classroom materials interesting for the students -- include music, sporting events, local issues, activities with a purpose and a result, quizzes, games, etc. Adapt the activities to suit your class – deoebdubg yoib the level of your class or the variation in levels of students in the class. Make sure the materials are neither too difficult nor too easy. Comfort and safety - try to

Love in English Idioms

2011-12-20T07:14:00.000-08:00

When we are falling in love, we usually want to express our feeling with some romantic or different expression. We will do that to avoid our boredom to express or hear the word love itself. So, we try to express it in different term to make it more interesting. Here some idioms about love: catch someone's eye = to be attractive to someone: "The shy man at the back of the class caught my eye."to

Free On Line Learning English

2011-12-19T20:38:00.000-08:00

Do you have any problems in learning English? Do you need help with grammar or verb conjugation? Do you want to learn new vocabulary or slang? No matter if you are a beginner, intermediate or advanced student, you can find help online with these free English as a Second Language websites. There are 5 the best free on line websites for learning English. 1. Dave’s ESL Cafe.This is a complete

100 Learning English Grammar (2)

2011-12-17T14:49:00.000-08:00

In this part we will continue the previous article,100 Learning English Grammar (1). If we read this article, make sure that we have read 100 Learning English Grammar (1). To get more complete you can read the book of Practical English Usage 3rd Edition by Michael Swan. 50. Use like, not as, to give examples. I prefer warm countries, like Spain. (NOT I prefer warm countries, as Spain.

100 Learning English Grammar (1)

2011-12-15T23:55:00.000-08:00

There are some ambigues when we want to write a sentence in learning English. It is understandable. English grammar is difficult enough especially people who use it as a second language. To study English grammar, we must pay attention to the grammar rules. There some rules when we want to write a sentence in English. But, don’t worry, we will get an experience from a mystake. That’s what we call

Expalanation Text

2011-12-14T05:44:00.000-08:00

One of the genre text which we must understand is Explanation text. It is a text which explains about how something works or why something happens. From the explanation above, we can divide into two types of explanation. They are:1. How do things work?This text explains us about how things work.a. How does rain happen?b. How does caterpillar become butterfly?c. How does a pigeon find its way home

Chain Story Game for English Speaking Class

2011-12-13T23:11:00.000-08:00

Students usually will be bore when teachers teach their students without an interesting method. To make an interesting teaching English, teachers must explore some interesting method, so, the students have more spirit in learning English. One of the most interesting method is a game. There are many games which can be applied by English teachers. One of the most popular game in teaching is Chain

Learning Narrative and Review Text by Watching a Movie

2011-12-13T19:09:00.000-08:00

Let's learn Narrative text or Review text by watching the funniest movie from DreamWorks Animation SKG. This movie is Kungfu Panda 2. It is not less funny than the previous one (Kungfu Panda). Back to our hero Po (Jack Black) who is now Dragon Warrior, his job was to protect the Valley of Peace. Po is still accompanied by The Furious Five, Tigress (Angelina Jolie), Monkey (Jackie Chan), Mantis

Relative Clauses

2011-12-07T04:57:00.000-08:00

Defining relative clause tells us which person or thing (or what kind of person or thing) . We use relative clauses to give additional information about something without starting another sentence. Our text becomes more fluent and you can avoid repeating certain words by using relative clauses. It will avoid a reader becomes bore with our sentence. Relative clauses include who, which, whose, whom

Explanation Text (PowerPoint)

2011-12-03T21:20:00.000-08:00

Explanation text is one of text genres which explains how a thing happens or why the thing is made. Explanation text is almost similar to procedure text, however, explanation text tends to explain. While the procedure text is intended to instruct how to form or make something. This is an example of explanation text in a PowerPoint format which is ready to teach your students. It contains an

ENGLISH LESSON PLAN

2011-11-28T13:29:00.000-08:00

Each teacher must have a lesson plan. It is a teacher's detailed which describes the course of instruction for one class. Details will be depending on the preference of the teacher, subject being covered, and the need and/or curiosity of children. There may be requirements mandated by the school system regarding the plan. This lesson plan provides another example to enrich our repertoire about

The Top 10 Fools Have Been Being Successful (Examples of Recount Text for Senior High School/SMA/MA)

2011-11-28T04:14:00.000-08:00

This presentation includes some examples of recount texts which is written in PowerPoint format. The examples base on the biography of The Top 10 Dumb People who has been being success. Their biographies appropriate to learn Recount Text for Senior High School/SMA/MA. Besides studying, we can get some good lessons to motivate us. Do you want to be success like them? Download it and enjoy it in

Learning Review Text from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I Movie

2011-11-27T18:24:00.000-08:00

Would you like to enjoy Fun Learning Narrative and Review Text? Why not? This box office movie one of the most success movie ever made. It is a good reference for us in learning English. It is really suitable movie to learn about Narrative text and Review text for Senior High School students. This story begins when the figures Dead Harry Potter killed Voldemort at the end of the story, then

GAME for DESCRIPTION TEXT TEACHING

2011-11-27T05:27:00.000-08:00

This is a Building Knowledge of the Field step to teach your students which focuses on Description text. The first step is a game session. It is called Bingo Game. It is a versatile and fun game. It can be easily adapted to practice vocabulary, numbers, verb forms, etc. It is in a PowerPoint format, so, it is suitable for teacher in teaching English.Download this game and play it.

MP3 of LISTENING SECTIONS for LET'S LEARN ENGLISH GRADE X (MODULE) Click here

2011-11-21T18:24:00.000-08:00

This is a listening test in MP3 format especially for you who have LET'S LEARN ENGLISH (A learning Module). It is good for teachers or students who want to practice listening skill. It is equipped with listening script that you can download it easily. Check in Menu of Listening for MP3 format and my previous posting to get the listening script. All of these materials was prepared by English

LISTENING SCRIPT FOR LET'S LEARN ENGLISH GRADE X (MODULE)

2011-11-19T01:08:00.000-08:00

These are some scripts for listening sections in the module book of Let's Learn English Grade X for SMA/MA. You can download it easily to check your works. Have enjoy it by click this download button Download

ANNOUNCEMENT

2011-11-17T18:07:00.000-08:00

This is a PowerPoint format which gives you some examples and steps how to make an announcement. This PowerPoint is appropriate to teach English class especially for the third year students of Junior High School and the first year students of Senior High School.Download

LESSON PLAN (RPP BERKARAKTER "EEK" SMA/MA)

2011-11-15T18:45:00.000-08:00

This is an example of English lesson plan for Senior High School Grade X. It's equipped with Exploration, Elaboration, and Confirmation steps. Even, it emphasized on Characterized Education. It is also equipped by some exercise to evaluate and measure the result of your teaching and learning process. This file is in rich text format. So, you can download it easily and edit it by yourself. Have

INTRODUCING YOURSELF

2011-11-15T17:13:00.000-08:00

Introduce yourself easily by using some various expressions. These are some expressions which are usually used to introduce yourself. It's a downloadable PowerPoint format. It's also useful for English teachers to help you to teach your students. Download

GREETING SOMEONE

2011-11-08T01:02:00.000-08:00

How do you usually greet someone? Do you want to learn or teach English about it? It's PowerPoint format which gives you some expression of greetings with funny animations and easy to practice. For those English teachers, it will help you to introduce and teach the expressions to your student in interesting way.Download

(KISI-KISI SOAL UN MATEMATIKA IPA SMA 2012) Math National Exam 2012 for SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL in INDONESIA

2011-11-04T03:06:00.001-07:00

This file is Grid Math National Exam 2012 for Senior High School in Indonesia. It's in word doc format. It will help the teacher to edit it easily.You can change the standard of competencies and the basic competencies. Download

(KISI-KISI UN MATEMATIKA SMA 2012) Math National Exam 2012 for SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL in INDONESIA

2011-11-04T02:19:00.001-07:00

This file is Math National Exam for Senior High School in Indonesia. It's in word doc format, so you can edit it easily. Download

VOCABULARIES TEST

2011-11-02T02:28:00.000-07:00

Do you want to check your vocabularies skill? There are 35 items of vocabulary test. Try this at home! Download

EXPLANATION TEXT (COMPETENCY TEST GRADE XII)

2011-11-01T18:45:00.000-07:00

This is an exercise for students competency test Grade XII of Senior High School. It includes some narrative texts and short conversations. Download

VOCABULARIES FOR PROCEDURE TEXT

2011-11-01T05:55:00.000-07:00

Click the title above to get vocabularies in PowerPoint. These are English-Indonesia vocabularies which focus on vocabularies for cooking procedure (Procedure Text.

Procedure Text and Expression of Invitation (Game)

2011-11-01T03:19:00.000-07:00

Click the title above and get a fun game. It is an adapted game to learn English especially for Grade X of Senior High School. Enjoy the game and have fun!

INTRODUCING

2011-10-28T22:50:00.000-07:00

First think first, I would like to say thank for your visiting of my blog. I'm still studying to improve my English. I also want to share with you to be a better teacher. In this blog, I try to present some English material for teaching and learning especially for Senior High School. Actually, all of my materials are still far from what teachers need. So, I do hope we could share each other and I

PREPARATION OF UN 2011/2012 For INDONESIA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

2009-03-11T19:44:00.000-07:00

.A. LISTENING SECTIONIn this section of the test, you will have the chance to show how well you understand spoken English. There are two parts to this section with special direction for each part.Part 1Questions 1 to 9Directions :In this part of the test, you will hear a statement or question spoken English, followed by five responses, also spoken in English. The statement or question will be

SONG LYRICS

2009-01-09T18:37:00.000-08:00