Sepasang Jepit Biru

Aku tidak pernah memotong poni rambut ku. Namun, karena kekasihku mengatakan bahwa aku akan lebih cantik dengan pake poni, maka aku potong pendek... Yahh... memang lebih cantik sih. Tetapi karena aktivitas yang mengharuskan memakai jepit rambut, maka aku putuskan untuk membeli sepasang jepit rambut bewarna biru.

Cubing Technique to Describe A Doll, Named Owly

Ada berbagai cara kita bisa menulis deskriptif, salah satu caranya adalah dengan Cubing teknik. Cara ini saya dapatkan dari Prof. Bambang Yudi C. pada matkul Teaching of Writing di semester 2 dulu. Lumayan, hasil tulisan saya mendapat nilai 80 or 85 (agak lupa… berapa nilai pastinya).

‘Korean Wave’ – The Pop Culture Comes As Cultural and Economic Imperialism in Asia

2PM

Some of you might argue that you can’t stand watching the ‘beautiful’ 2PM sings and dances on the stage and refuse to save ‘My Girlfriend is Gumiho’ or “I’m sorry I love you’ in your laptops because they are irrational and manipulating, however, you cannot avoid that you are actually already infected by ‘Korean’ fever as you cannot deny that you enjoy the horse-riding dance, called ‘Gangnam Style’. Gangnam Style hit YouTube chart to be number one the most visited video since it was officially released on July 15, 2012 (the number of viewers were 1,164,892,360 per January 12, 2013). Psy and his ‘Gangnam Style’ is only the tip of the iceberg of the powerful ‘Korean Wave’. The term “Korean Wave” was coined in 1999 by a Chinese journalist commenting on the recent influx of Korean music and movies into his country, but it wasn’t until 2003 that Korean dramas, the early driving force behind the Korean Wave, fully exploded onto the international market. Korean Wave or Hallyu is not simply seen as a natural phenomenon but it becomes cultural and economic imperialism in South East Asia, Including Indonesia.

Being Critical Thinking: A Review of Our Thinking

People go to schools and spend amount of hours in their life span in order to develop what so called as critical thinking. Teachers as well as politicians attend many seminars in order to maintain what some experts said as critical thinking. The amusing question is why does everybody should develop critical thinking.

Reading Techniques

Reading Techniques

There are several reading techniques that can be applied in the classroom, such as SQ3R, Jigsaw, KWL, PQ4R, NHT, QARs, DR-TA, and Reciprocal Reading. Here is a brief explanation how to have it in our classroom.

1.      SQ3R (Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review)

Before you read, Survey the chapter:

• the title, headings, and subheadings
• captions under pictures, charts, graphs or maps
• review questions or teacher-made study guides
• introductory and concluding paragraphs
• summary