Downtown Malang
TESOL Class
Today was a big day
filled with many different kinds of experiences! This morning we went to the Pasar Besar and
got to experience a typical Indonesian day at the market. I bought a shirt along with the other
students in my group. We enjoyed the
conversation we were able to have with the Indonesians; although simple, it was
rewarding that I could say “good morning,” and they understood what I was
saying. Afterwards, we went to the city
park where we observed the Friday prayers at a Mosque. Everyone was very excited to take pictures
with us, which really surprised me. I
was afraid that we would be invading the ceremony, but in fact, the exact
opposite situation happened. After this,
we went to McDonalds before heading back to class. In class today, we discussed some important
strategies for TESOL. Although some of
these are very similar to the strategies of music education, some of them were
completely unfamiliar to me. Some of
these, especially Leveled Questions, Cloze, and Dictoglos, will be useful for
my lesson at Worldbridge. We figured out
the songs for the Muslim school today as well, and I got to think through some
ideas for how to teach songs to younger students. Although I was extremely tired by the end of
the day, I enjoyed the variety of cultural experiences that we got to be a part
of today. 
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