Thursday, October 3, 2013

BAHAN AJAR Vs BUKU TEKS




Definitions of textbook on the Web:
A textbook is …
1.       a book prepared for use in schools or colleges (wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

2.       A textbook or coursebook (UK English) is a manual of instruction in any branch of study. A textbook can also be any standard book on a subject, which is not necessarily used in a particular course. Textbooks are produced according to the demands of educational institutions.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textbook

3.       A coursebook, a formal manual of instruction in a specific subject, especially one for use in schools or colleges;
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/textbook

4.       The Textbooks - The Text Books is a documentary (in five parts) by Mahmoud Shoolizadeh. It introduces the strength and weakness of the text books in Iran, the editors, experts and teachers explain their views and critic the current situation of these books in Iran.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Textbooks

5.       an edition of a book specifically intended for the use of students who are enrolled in a course of study or preparing for an examination on a subject or in an academic discipline, as distinct from the trade edition of the same title, sometimes published in conjunction with a workbook, lab manual ...
www.library.tudelft.nl/tulib/glossary/index.htm

6.       a book used in colleges, and universities as a standard work for instruction on a particular course or subject. Traditionally textbooks are only published in printed format. However, many publishers are allowing textbooks to be made available as electronic books (or e-books).
www.abebooks.co.uk/books/Textbooks/textbook-glossary.shtml

7.       A book used in schools or colleges for the formal study of a subject.
www.msdnaa.net/curriculum/glossary.aspx

 

BEDA BAHAN AJAR DENGAN BUKU TEKS
Bahan ajar merupakan bahan atau materi pembelajaran yang disusun secara sistematis yang digunakan guru dan siswa dalam KBM.
Sedangkan Buku teks merupakan sumber informasi yang disusun dengan struktur dan urutan berdasar bidang ilmu tertentu.
RUANG LINGKUP BAHAN AJAR DAN BUKU TEKS
A. BAHAN AJAR
       Menimbulkan minat baca
       Ditulis dan dirancang untuk siswa, Mahasiswa
       Menjelaskan tujuan instruksional
       Disusun berdasarkan pola belajar yang fleksibel
       Struktur berdasarkan kebutuhan siswa dan kompetensi akhir yang akan dicapai.
       Memberi kesempatan pada siswa untuk berlatih
       Mengakomodasi kesulitan siswa
       Memberikan rangkuman
       Gaya penulisan komunikatif dan semi formal
       Kepadatan berdasar kebutuhan siswa
       Dikemas untuk proses instruksional
       Mempunyai mekanisme untuk mengumpulkan umpan balik dari siswa
       Menjelaskan cara mempelajari bahan ajar.

       Struktur berdasarkan kebutuhan siswa dan kompetensi yang akan dicapai.
       Memberi kesempatan pada siswa untuk berlatih.
       Mengakomodasi kesulitan siswa.
Memberi rangkuman.
       Gaya penulisan komunikatif dan semi formal
Kepadatan berdasarkan kebutuhan siswa.
       Dikemas untuk proses instruksional.

B.  BUKU TEKS
     Mengasumsikan minat dari pembaca
     Ditulis untuk pembaca (guru, dosen)
     Dirancang untuk dipasarkan secara luas
     Belum tentu menjelaskan tujuan instruksional
     Disusun secara linear
     Stuktur berdasar logika bidang ilmu
     Belum tentu memberikan latihan
     Tidak mengantisipasi kesukaran belajar siswa
     Belum tentu memberikan rangkuman
     Gaya penulisan naratif tetapi tidak komunikatif
     Sangat padat
     Tidak memilki mekanisme untuk mengumpulkan umpan balik dari pembaca.

                 TIGA TIPE PENULIS BAHAN AJAR :
1.    Penulis Berpikir Ideal
2.    Penulis Berpikir Komersial
3.    Penulis Berpikir Ideal tetapi berbobot Komersial


 
 



ANDA TERMASUK PADA POLA/TIPE YANG MANA ?

some photos of Workshop and Instructional material competition (Nuansa Bali, 1-4 Oct. 2013)





























Workshop and Instructional Material Competition of English and Indonesia (Nuansa Bali-Anyer, 1-4 October 2013) Posted by : Rohadi

Alhamdulillah, Workshop and Instructional Material Competition of English and Indonesia  has just finished which was held on 1 - 4 October 2013 in Nuansa Bali Anyer. The Participants were about 100 people from SMA and SMK teachers in Banten Area. We enjoyed this event. We studied how to write instructional material from some experienced instructors (Mr. Soleh Hidayat, Didi, Kamil, Naijan, Ilzam, and Mrs. Ade Husnul). We realized how important the skill of writing in teaching learning process. Instructional Material tends to self learning. The teachers should know the way of writing beginning from understanding syllable and apply to  their writings.It feels difficult how to start, but when the instructors gave us more motivations, we try to write. The importance of this writing is not only for self teaching but also if our writing is published we can get extra money (Royalty). Wow, Fantastic! 
There are also some participants who have ever become a writer although their writings haven't been published to the public. Well, the running of this program, the committee devided into some groups ( 10 Groups). We discussed how to make lay out and roadmap of the writing planning and then presented the result. The Instructional Material competition itself must be handed to "Seksi Tenaga Profesi Bidang Mantendik Dinas Pend. & Keb. Provinsi Banten" via Post (The latest Post is 16 Oct. 2013). We must hand softcopy and hardcopy. 
In this workshop, I also introduced "Banten English Foundation" to the participants. Some of them seem like this organization. Even they straight browse to www.banten-englishfoundation.blogspot.com. they want to be a member of BEF. So, thanks for joining BEF. Please write some articles especially about Instructional material. We can share our knowledge. In this occassion, we thank to the committe (Mr. Daruri and friends) who has worked well to succeed this program.
Ok, see you next time!.............

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Somes Articles about Debate



Around English
 Debating Activity…

Written By : Hj.Nina Herlina,SPd.
Are you an English teacher at your school ? and you want to  train  your student’s 
capability  in English Debating Activity, 

What is debating ? and why do people debate ?
Let’s   follow this article…………
Debating is a clash of arguments for every issue,there are always different sides of a story. Why people support or disagree with that certain issue. Debating seeks to explore the reasons behind each side.To make those reasons understandable and convincing,debater should deliver their arguments with  good communication skills.
Competitive debating is debating using a specific format. With a format people are regulated to speak one at a time and each side is given the same amount of time and opportunity to prove their point. This format rules out the possibility of who-speaks-loudest-or fastest shall win the debate. It encourages people not only to speak out but also to listen to other side. There many format of debates, Karlpopper format, British Parliamentary format, Australian Format, World school format, etc .
People debate for a number of reasons to  convince other people that his/her opinion is better, to listen to what other people think of an issue, to find which solution is the best for a problem etc. Since competitive debating aims to convince judges that a team’s argument is superior. It gives opportunities to use analytical-critical thinking and public speaking skills to the fullest skills which are very useful in everydaylife.
Remember !! Debating is not discussion….
Competitive debating is debating using format.
What format does Indonesian use? How does it works?
The Indonesian School Debating championships uses the World School Format. This format works as follows :

1 1. There are  2 teams debating, each consist of 3 ( three) debaters who would be 1st , 2 nd and  3rd
  2. One team shall be the government/affirmative side- the side agreeing with the motion, the  other team shall be the opposition/negative side-this side disagreeing with the motion.
3 3.  Each speaker will deliver the substancial speech of  7 minutes in duration, with the affirmative going first, afterwards, either the 1st or 2nd speaker on both sides will deliver the reply   spechees of 3 minutes in duration, with the negative going first.
4 4. The complete order of speaking during adebate  as follows :

Afirmative team                                                                          Negative team

1st speaker(7 ‘/8 )                                                                     1st speaker( 7’/8)

2nd speaker ( 7/8’)                                                                      2nd  speaker ( 7’/8)

3rd speaker ( 7/8’)                                                                      3rd speaker ( 7’/8 )


Reply Speaker                                                                               Reply Speaker
3’                                                                                                    3’


5    5. An  interruption,called Points of Information (POI), to the speaker delivering the speech. 
          POIs may be delivered between the 1st and 7th .
    The speaker has full authority to accept or reject a POI.
6   6.  A Time keeper shall signal the time. There will be  one knock  at the end of the 1st and 7th   
          minutes, to signal the starting and ending time for POI. And two knocks at the 8th minutes to 
          signal that delivery time for the speech has ended. Any debater speaking before ,7 minutes
          shall be considered under-time and his /her points could be reduced as well.
7   7.  For reply speeches , there will be one knock at the 3rd minute , to signal that delivery times 
          is almost over , and two knocks at the 4th minute.
8   8.  Every debate shall be judged by an odd number of judges shall decide who wins the debate
9   9. In Indonesiana , every team is given 30 minutes preparation time after the motion is
        realeased and before the debate begins . During this preparation time, teams are not allowed to get help from anybody, (laptop, or any other communication device).

Motion is also known as topics, are full propositional statements that determine what a debate shall be about. In the debate, the goverment/affirmative team must argue to defend the motion while the opposition/negative team must argue to opposite.
Here are the examples of motions :
a.       That gambling of all forms should be illegal
b.      The house believe that advertising brings more harm than good.
c.       The house would legalize performance-enhancing drugs
d.      The house believe that low cost green car will be stopped.
           Motion must cover various areas: politics, economy, and social. 
Definition, for a debate to proceed, both teams need a clear understanding of what the motion means.This requires the motion to be defined so that every one( audience and judges included) knows what is being debated. Problem arise if the two teams present different understandings of the meaning of the motion.This can result in a definition and debate, where the focus of the debate becomes the meaning of the words in the motion, rather than the motion itself . interaction and clash between the two teams become concentrated on whose definition is correct, rather than the issues raised by the motion. Definition debates should be avoided wherever possible. They make a mockery of what debating to achieve.
Arguments, after agreeing with a definition, both the government/affirmative and the opposition/negative  team should give argument on why they support or disapprove with the topic.
Arguments explain why a point of view should be accepted. Good arguments are logical and relevant to the point being proven. They should also comprise of :
1. Assertion – the statement that should be prove.
2. Reasoning – The reason why the statement is logical
3. Evidence – examples/data that support the assertion and reasoning above
4, Link Back- The explanation of the relevance of this argumentto the motion.
Given the duration of debate, it is best to have 2 to 4 argument to support your point of view. These arguments should be devided between the 1st and the 2 nd speaker. So,some arguments are explained by the 1st speaker and the rest are explained by the 2nd speaker. This division is called a team split.
Rebuttals are responses toward the other teams’s argument. Rebuttals should prove that the other teams arguments are not as important as they   claim to be.
The reply speakers sum up the debate. They are not allowed to bring new arguments and rebuttals at all. They should simply analyze what has happened in the debate and explain why  their team’s case is better than other team.
Have a nice and happy debate !! good luck…….             
Resource , Debating handbook, Depdiknas,Dirjen ,2009.

 Note :
 A writer is one of a member of Banten English Foundation and She is now an English Teacher in SMAN 4 Pandeglang
Her Address :
Kp. Cikeutar  RT 01 RW 03  Ds. Cipicung  Kec. Cikedal  Kab. Pandeglang-Banten
(HP : 081283887186)