Bulletin SepteKanggurumber 2011

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The Australian Government has supported Kang Guru Indonesia (KGI) since 1989. Duringthose 22 years, this innovative English language project has not only helped Indonesianstudents with their English, but also assisted them to have a better understanding and appreciation of Australia. Providing positive information about both countries and thereby bringing people closer together has been an important goal of KGI. As KGI has alwayssaid, Good Neighbours Make Good Friends. This is especially true for those peoplewho have been studying English and those who are also interested in the Australia-Indonesia relationship. On behalf of the Australian Government, AusAID would also liketo thank all of you for your support of KGI over the past 22 years. Now, the great news isthat KGI is continuing on. Beginning in 2012, KGI will become an integral part of Australiasnew Education Partnership with Indonesia. AusAID looks forward to continuing its supportof KGI within the new partnership. (Jacqui DeLacy, Minister Councellor, AusAID Indonesia).

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Australias Education Partnership with IndonesiaBigger and Better than EVER!

Do you know that one of the very best ways to alleviate poverty is through education. Educations the key to the future. A solid education equips students with the necessary skills to find betterobs and to more successfully participate in society.

Did you know that 330,000 extra Indonesian children will receive a better education in their localunior high schools because of the new $500 million Education Partnership between Indonesia

and Australia? The kemitraan will continue to assist Indonesia improve education quality, andchool management. This new commitment will continue the work done by the Australia Indonesia

Basic Education Program (AIBEP 2007 - 2010) which funded the construction of more than 2000chools in poor and remote areas. These schools are already providing great education for students.

The new partnership will mean 2,000 more schools and thousands of new school places for students.This partnership is part of a broader program of support to Indonesian education that alsonvolves the European Union and of course, the Government of Indonesia.


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Participants of the 2011 MuslimExchange Program (MEP) in Jakartawith the Australian Ambassador to

Indonesia, Mr. Greg Moriarty.

The Muslim Exchange Program (MEP) has been building people to people links betweenAustralia and Indonesia since 2002. Over the past 10 years MEP has introduced manyyoung Indonesian and Australian Muslims to each other. One recent Australian participantwas Ms Yasmin Hassen from Melbourne (second from left, center above) . Yasmin iscompleting her Master of Arts in Asian Studies at the Monash Asia Institute. She has astrong interest in policy and advocacy for womens rights and in international conflictresolution strategies. One of the reasons Yasmin joined MEP was to find out more aboutorganisations in Indonesia that support human rights, social and community cohesion.During the two week program in Indonesia in May 2011, Yasmin and her 4 fellowparticipants built friendships by visiting Jakarta, Yogyakarta, and Bandung to meet withcommunity and religious leaders, academics and media representatives. The delegation

also took part in the Buddhist Waisak celebrations in Yogyakarta and spent a day withstudents and teachers from Pesantren Daar el Qolam in Tangerang. Read more -www.kangguru.org/ausaidprojects/2011_muslim_exchange_2011.htm

nce 2010 Australian Scholarship Alumni Workshops across Indonesia have been lookingthe importance of research and how high quality research can impact on developmentIndonesia. During 2011 these workshops have been held in Kupang, Manado and

Malang with Pontianak and Jayapura later in the year. The theme of Australia Awardslumni Professional Development Activities is Tapping the Research Potential . Thecus is on developing skills amongst future research students in Indonesia as well asoking at post-research options for graduates. The speakers at the workshops areovernment of Australia Awards Alumni themselves and they have talked about:

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ongratulations to Julie and her Alumni team inkarta for putting together these innovative

nd valuable events.

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As a part of KGIs teacher workshop activities, KGI has been presenting specially designedworkshops for teachers of English from AIBEP schools in the Bogor, Kupang and Kolaka

areas. After a workshop in Bogor in July, KGI visited two of the participating AIBEPchools. First was with workshop participant, Ibu Utari, to her school, MTs PSA Nurul HudaKencana, about 30 minutes from Bogor. The next day it was MTs SA Maarif Sabilul Huda,with teacher Didin Hafizuddin. Both schools were really amazing and the communitymembers, teachers, and especially the students, were thrilled to have visitors from KGI.Many thanks to everyone for the effort and planning put into these short visits thewelcome dances, songs and the riverside lunch. It is ALWAYS great to see students andcommunity members happy and proud of their schools and to see teachers dedicated tomaking learning a happy and rewarding experience. Thanks to the Australia IndonesiaBasic Education Program (AIBEP) for building over 2000 schools just like these, and thereare more junior high to come between now and 2017.www.kangguru.org/travel/kgitravel2011_AIBEP_bogor.htm

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Keep up with all the latest news about Kang Guru Indonesia 2011 - 2012Be sure to follow the latest KGI news and updates on the KGI website,

and KGIs very active Facebook pages - Kang Guru Indonesia FANS,Sue Rodger , Kapt Kang Guru and AyuKangGuru.

Are you interested in theenvironment? Of course you are!

The KGI Team is too and thats whywe have included this flyer fromAusAID in thisedition. Read thebilingual Q & Ainformation aboutAusAIDs ClimateChange activitiesin Indonesia. Weare sure you willlearn a lot from the

flyer. Please share it with yourfriends, family and teachers.

The KGI Team hasbeen working hard

this year to helpteachers andstudents all over

Indonesia with their English. Big thanks

to all thosewonderful support-

ers who have joinedthe KGI Facebook pages and who have told us

about just how important KGI is to them.


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Long-time KGI supporter, Pak Dodol (Rahmad Fudoli), has starteda terrific new Facebook page for presenters of English languageprograms on radio stations in Indonesia. If you are a presenter of an English language show, or you knowsomeone who presents a program on the radioin English, then why not join Dodol on his

Facebook page and share ideas. Search for English Radio Presenter Community on Facebook, okay? Dodol is very keen FB follower and henow he is combining that with KGI and radio - great job Dodol.

Dur ing Se r ie s 7 4 of KGI r adio show s, t he r ew as a segment calle d, W ha t m a ke s a g ood t e a c he r ? KGI post e d t his quest ion onF ace book and sent it t o t eache r s andst udent s all ov e r Indonesia . Her e ar e a f e w of t he r e mar ks se nt t o KGI by t eache r s andst ude nt s.

Samsu l Lat ie f f r om Bany uw angi said, I t hi nk a g o o d t e a c he r i s s o me o ne w ho c a nha nd le hi s s t u d e nt s s o t he y c a n u nd e r s t a nd w ha t t he t e a c he r s t a u g ht .

Me y lina f r om Bengkulu said, R e me mbe r ,lo w mo t i v a t i o n, p a s s i v e s t u d e nt s , s t u d e nt s w ho a r e no t c r e a t i v e o r la z y a r e no t t he s t u d e nt s p r o ble ms bu t t he t e a c he r . . . t he y a r e a c ha lle n g e f o r a t e a c he r t o s o lv e . (KGI Not e : St ude nt s also hav e a r e sponsibilit y t obe he lpf ul and act iv e , r ight ?)

Msw ar da f r om Bir eun, Aceh w r ot e , At e a c he r i n a ny c o nd i t i o n d o e s no t o nly t r a ns f e r k no w le d g e t o s t u d e nt s bu t mo r e t ha n t ha t , s he s ho u ld a ls o be a f a c i li t a t o r , a g u i d e , a c o u ns e llo r f o r t he s t u d e nt s .

If y ou w ould like t o list en t o one or a ll of t hese t eacher r adio segment s go t o -w w w . kanggur u. or g/ kgi _podcast s _v ide os. ht ml

Teachers, how do you develop yourknowledge of English and keep up to date?

As teachers, it is important we develop ourknowledge of English and keep up to datewith new methods, vocabulary and ideas.

Here are some ideas. Which of them do youdo regularly with your students?read a lotlisten to Kang Guru radio showswatch films and video clipsspeak English with native speakerstake courses / attend workshops toimprove my qualificationsuse a good course bookuse free Kang Guru materials on theKang Guru website www.kangguru.orguse a good grammar book anddictionarylisten to music

How do you continue to develop yourknowledge of English and keep up to date?Write and tell Sue - [email protected]

Or maybe your English is so good you dont

need to improve it!


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o n es ia s 66 th Ind ep end en ce Da y.

e J o e ys pa r t ic ipa ted in m an y d i f fe ren t

rts o f a c t i v i t ie s an d co m p e t i t io n s he ld

rin g In d e p en d e n c e We ek.

ha t did some o f you do?

risi Asih from Kebumen, Cen tral Ja va -

17 t h o f Au g u st , I had f u n w i t h my f r i e nd s. W e saw

r ni v al s w hi c h i nc l u d e d a mar c hi ng b and . T he r e w e r e

e c i al Au g u st 17 t h c o mp e t i t i o ns i n my v i l l ag e . W e

at c he d t he nat i o nal f l ag c e r e mo ny ( u p ac ar a b e nd e r a )

J ak ar t a v i a T V . I al w ay s l o v e t o se e w he n t he f l ag

av i ng i s d o ne b y a g r o u p o f p u sak a f l ag w av e r s o r

AS K I B R AK A. I t i s v e r y i nt e r e st i ng and

e ar t - t r e mb l i ng f o r me .

ka Maharani from Bli tar -

l i v e i n B l i t ar so I v i si t e d B u ng K ar no s g r av e i n B l i t ar .

r e mi nd e d me o f hi s har d st r u g g l e i n g e t t i ng o u r

r e e d o m. As st u d e nt s w e sho u l d c o nt i nu e hi s st r u g g l e

b y st u d y i ng har d and no t f o r g e t t i ng o u r c o u nt r y . I ho p e

o u r b e l o v e d I nd o ne si a c an b e c o me b e t t e r and b e t t e r .

K e e p u p t he sp i r i t I nd o ne si a!

Smar t y House from Sampang, Madura -

W e g av e smal l r e d and w hi t e f l ag s t o d r i v e r s at t he

t r af f i c l i g ht s at M o nu me n c r o ssr o ad i n S amp ang

M ad u r a. W e p r e p ar e d 1,0 0 0 f l ag s f o r F R E E . W e had ac e r e mo ny f i r st at ab o u t 8 .3 0 am.

What does this QR Code say?

Check with yoursmart phone and SMSyour answer to KGI -08123870479 before

Oct. 10 th .

How do you like these new Joeys t-shirts?Would you like to have one? Okay, make sure check the Joeys website for all the competi

details. Entries MUST be sent to KGI before Oct. 10 th . Twenty-fivwinners will receive a brand new JOEYS t-shirt.

www.kangguru-joeys.org


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Kang Guru Indonesia 2011 D id you know that since 2000 KGI has visited hundreds and hundreds

schools all over Indonesia meeting thousands of students, teachers members of school communities. During 2011 KGI has visited P

Aceh, West Timor, Lombok, West, Central and East Java, North and east Sulawesi and West Sumatra. Feedback from teachers and stud

tells us that KGI is making a difference to peoples lives by helpthem with their English, and by providing valuable information a

the Australia Indonesia Partnership and the terrific work that is bdone in development areas such as health, education and the environment. Check out this cooperation on KGIs website AusAID

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