Relative Distances

Assalamualaikum.. Good afternoon guys. i will post about Relative Distances.This was my reading assignment last semester.I written this summary by my self. Oke check this out.
People from different culture have different ideas about relative distances between speakers. For example, North Americans like to stand about 18 to 20 inches apart from each other when they talk. People from Saudi Arabia like to stand 12 to 14 inches apart when they talk. As s result, when a North Americans talk to someone from Saudi Arabia, everyone is uncomfortable. The North American  feels that the Saudi Arabia is trying to be too close, too intimate, and so American moves away as they talk. The Saudi Arabia on the other hand, feels that the North Americans is too unfriendly and too distant

Improve your English Listening Skill Through The Music

I recommend you to choose a song that you really like because you are going to work with it very deeply.
Once you have chosen one, try to memorize the lyrics and sing along with the song.
When you have internalized the song, it’s time to look for covers on YouTube.

What Is A Cover?

For those of you who don’t know what a cover is…
It’s when a band or singer makes a new version of a song written from someone else.
The band or singer making the cover try to introduce their personal style to the song. The new version can be quite similar or so different that it’s even difficult to recognize the original song.

Why This Strategy Is Going To Help You?

In one hand it’s funny to listen to different version of your favorite songs.
In the other hand you are going to work your listening skill deeply because you listen to a song sung by:

• Singers with different accents.
• Singers with different styles.
• Singers from different countries.
• Singers with different pronunciations.
• Male & female singers.
• …

It’s like the English language in the real world…

• Different English accents
• Different kind of voices (male & female, young, old…)
• Different pronunciations
• …

Be aware that some words or sentences that are difficult to understand in a song can be easily catch in a different version.


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Meanings of Colours

Assalamualaikum. Good afternoon everyone. Today i will post about Meanings of Colours. This article was my reading assignment last semester. I was written this summary by myself.

Colors can describe what people feel. For many Amerircans,blue is a colour that means sadness or coldness. An idiom says "She's feeling blue" whe someone is sad. Most Americans think that yellow is bright, cheerful colour, so yellow often used to decorate kitchen and houses. Red represent anger for some people;an Americans idiom states that people "see red", when they are furious. However red is a symbolic colour of christmass celebration. Green is another colour that can have 2 meanings. Some people its a charming colour and so many schools and hospitals paint their walls light green. But for other people. green represent jelousy; "She's green with envy" is a common idiom

The Benefits of Reading Fairy Tales to Your Child

Recently there has been a lot of discussion about whether fairy tales are appropriate for children to be reading or listening to anymore. Especially older fairy tales like those from Perrault or even the Grimm Brothers. This largely comes from some studies that had been done on the effects of fiction and children’s books on child development. We discovered that the stories a child is exposed to young can often influence their view of the world later in life.

As with reading fairy tales to children, this brings up a few issues. The first of which is that many of the older tales incorporated rather dark themes devoted to death, suffering and children being murdered. But then there is also a second incorporation that has to do with later Disney movies of these fairy tales and them being too happy and can result in parents thinking their child will be deluded with ideas that the world will just work for them and things will be good.
Benefits of Reading
With that said there are still initial benefits for reading to your child when they are young. It will improve their vocabulary, enhance verbal communication and understanding and if you do it regularly you’ll even find your kids can interact and say what they want to more often. You also enhance the child’s imagination and creative process, which is a huge benefit to any child. There is also the added benefit of making the reading enjoyable since the stories are often fantastical ones that the child wants to hear which means they will probably grow to want to read on their own. And this is all not even considering the bonding potential of spending every night to read with your child. But there still remains the issue of picking the right stories that will express the views you want your child to encounter.
Choosing Your Tales
The real benefits to reading fairy tales come with the personalization of what stories you choose to read to your child, or have them read. When selecting your stories, the first thing you need to always do is read the stories on your own first. If you go into it blind, you may start reading the story then realize this is not something you want to read to your child at all. It may take a little extra time, but it will also provide a means of bonding with your child since you’ll have taken the time to read the story and not just read it out loud to them and not absorb the information. This also allows you to pick fairy tales that you think will be productive for your child, whether you focus on things they love to do or talk about; or just finding morals and ideas that are shown in the story that you want your child to carry on.
The decisions you make will end up affecting your child, so they are always important, even when you aren’t thinking about it. So if you are okay with showing your child some of the darker fairy tales, or letting them watch Disney movies that present girls unable to do anything for themselves until a man comes along then be ready for the adult you create from that. But in turn, picking stories that promote the empowerment of your child, or their dreams can be even more beautiful in the end. And this rests with all stories, fiction or not.
So remember, a fairy tale will affect your child, but you also get a choice as to what story and what affect will occur; so choose your stories carefully!

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Modern Class Vs Traditional Class

In Senior High School you study at school and your teacher teach you by face to face.That's what we can call Traditional Class

Based on this video, it gives us the differentiation between Modern Class and Traditional Class

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The 10 Reason to Use Technology in Education

hello guys !! Today is sunday and this is best time to share something that important to us. 

This video told us about "The 10 Reason to Use Technology in Education"

Wayang

Wayang (Puppets)

Puppets have been used for centuries in Indonesia to tell the stories of the ancient epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabarata, as well as ancient myths. Modern stories also utilize this ancient art form for contemporary audiences.
Puppets fall into two major classifications - wayang kulit - the leather or shadow puppet of Central Java, and wayang golek - wooden puppets of West Java. There are several varieties of wooden puppets. Some expats enjoy collecting the same character by various artisans, or all the characters in a scene or story, or just characters that strike their fancy. Good guys, bad guys, gods, demons, nobles, giants, clowns, princes and princesses and monkeys ... all can be found in traditional puppet forms.
Less commonly seen are the Wayang Klitik, a flat wooden puppet.


Wayang Golek


Wayang Golek is a traditional form of puppetry from Sunda, West Java.Unlike flat leather shadow puppets, these puppets are made from wood, and being three-dimensional do not use a screen. The puppetts are ornate with colourful costumes, and have moveable arms and head.
The puppetteer sits on the floor behind a low "table" on which the puppetts perform.The shows are performed for at least six hours during the night, accompanied by gamelan music, with speech and singing to tell the story. This music is quite unlike the traditional court music from Solo, for example, and contains much banter and sound effects!

Traditional Dress from Indonesia

In general, the people wear clothes that are similar to western style. They wear traditional dress on special occasions.

Men: Indonesian men generally wore sarongs (usually with a checkered pattern) in the home. In public, the sarong is worn only when attending Friday prayers at the mosque. For formal national occasions, the men wear batik shirts with trousers or teluk beskap, a combination of the Javanese jacket and sarong.

Women: For formal occasions, Indonesian women wear the kebaya -- a beautiful, figure-hugging embroidered blouse worn with a batik sarong that is usually dyed with flower motifs and in bright colours. On these occasions, women often tied their hair into a bun, or attached a false hairpiece. In addition, they may drape a long stretch of cloth, called "selendang", over one shoulder. This cloth can be used as a head shawl or on less formal occasions, used to carry babies or objects.

Traditional Dress: Indonesia has 300 ethnic groups; each has their own traditional dress variations.

• The Minangkabau ethnic group is indigenous to the highlands of West Sumatra. Their traditional dress consists of silk robes with metallic thread woven into the material. Their headdress is shaped like buffalo horns.
  
  
• The Toraja people live in the mountainous areas of South Sulawesi (Celebes). The women's traditional costume features elaborate beadwork and tassels.

The Bad Effect Drinking While Standing

Assalamualikum everyone, today Pontianak is really hot and I think this is a good time to tell you about important information for our health.

Do you know drinking while standing is dangerous for our health ?

Why are we not allowed to drinking while standing? 

Greatest influence what happens to our vital organs, especially kidneys and whether an in Islam to eat and drinking while standing..

From the results of research if we do drink while sitting the water we drink is filtered by the sphincter. Sphincter is a structure maskuler (muscular) which can be opened (so that urine can pass) and close. Any water we drink will be provided at the posts in the kidney filtration.

If we drink standing up, the water we drink no longer filtered directly into the bladder so that precipitation will occur in the channel ureter. Of wastes (of deposition) which menyisa diureter is what can cause kidney disease crystals which is one of the dangerous kidney disease. One of the symptoms that often occurs is difficult to urinate.

If drinking while standing is not avoided then be prepared to accept an adverse effect onyour kidneys. We know that one of its functions in the body of toxins.
So how do I fix this so that we avoid that?

You must do the following practices:
- Get used to always drink while sitting, standing do not remember.
- Get used to drink and water needs are recommended.

In order to meet the needs of water in our body requires daily intake of drinking water :
1-3 glasses, when we wake up in the morning
2-3 glasses, one hour before lunch
2-3 glasses, one hour before dinner

So thus the need for water in the process of metabolism will be met.

Why does Moslem forbid eating and drinking while standing up?

Evidence of the Islamic prohibition against eating and drinking while standing is affirmed in the hadith as follows:
Of Anas and Qatadah, Rasulullah.Saw said;
Indeed he forbade anyone to drink while standing, Qotadah said: “What about eating?” He replied: “That’s even worse”.

(HR.Muslim and Turmidzi)
Abu Hurairah said: The Prophet of, “Do you drink standing up! If you forget, then he should throw up! “(Narrated by Muslim)

In any act of Islamic religion at all has been demonstrated by the Prophet, including manners in eating and drinking, if eating and drinking while standing is prohibited, then it will obviously not very good influence on our lives as closely associated with health problems, why is that? for eating and drinking while standing, using the left hand is eating behaviors and habits of the devils, demons tend to be bad behavior, we are forbidden to copy it because the devil is a creature of the most arrogant man who always tries to plunge into error.

Well behaved like eating and drinking is not good to use your left hand is done while standing will have a negative impact on health as well as blow the food while still hot.
From the facts above prove to drink standing up is not good for kidney health is negligible even if the behavior is not likely to be fatal to these organs.
So if both are connected between the rules and restrictions that come from the teachings of Islam with the results ilmial medical researchers were very clear relevance.

What is certain is that bad behavior is rooted in ignorance and habits that we think is right it will take a very serious impact on the sustainability of our own health. (Drinking while standing).

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The Best Condition to Study

Hello guys this is Sunday night, i think this is a good time to study. But do you know how to find the best condition to study ? Maybe to answer  this question and to  give you your ideal conditions you can. Read on to find out how you can make your ideal conditions when they don’t

occur naturally.

GETTING WHAT YOU NEED

Sometimes, the conditions of your ideal study situation just can’t be met.Maybe you’re a morning person, but you’re at the office in the morning. Or, you’re an evening thinker, but you work the night shift. What can you do? Of course, you can utilize the thinking time on days or nights when you’re not working, but in order to make learning stick with you, it’s a good idea to study each day, even if only for 20 minutes or so. You need to find time every day, not just on weekends. Ask yourself: “What is it about my special time that helps me?” Write some ideas in your notebook. Then read on for ideas on how to plan your day to create your ideal study situation.

After a Rest

If your best study time is after a rest, then you’re the kind of person who needs to work when you’re refreshed. Try taking a nap before your study session. See if that helps. Or try going to bed earlier and waking up earlier. This way you could study before going to work or school.

When You’re Relaxed

If you study better when you’re really relaxed, like when you’re in bed, put yourself to bed early! Actually, reviewing something you want to remember for a half hour before you go to sleep and then re-reading the same material as soon as you wake up is a great way for anybody to study. Your brain is especially receptive then.Maybe you’ve had the experience of waking up in the middle of the night, suddenly remembering something, like “Tomorrow is my brother’s birthday!” Such instances are spontaneous; you didn’t plan to remember his birthday just then. But when you study upon waking, you’re being deliberate; you’re directing your brain to help you remember. This technique can be used to come up with ideas and solve problems,

too. Before going to sleep, try talking to yourself about an idea you want to come up with or a math problem that’s presenting a challenge. Keep a pad of paper and a pencil by your bed so you’ll be ready for the answers in the morning!

At a Desk

If you work best sitting at a desk, but you’d like to use your two-hour bus trip each day to study, re-create your desk on the bus! Buy a lap board from an office supply or art store. Glue a pencil case to a corner, so your tools will be easy to reach. Decorate the board with photos of favorite

people or feel-good sayings you come across in magazines or fortune cookies—just make sure you leave the study area bare! If you need more light, try a miniature flashlight; some come in pens or on key chains and make sure to take advantage of your real desk when you can.

With Background Noise

If you like noise around you, do a little study of yourself first.What kinds of music or TV make you comfortable? Keep in mind that the music you enjoy most might not work as background music for studying. Read one section of this book with one kind of background sound, another section with another kind, and so on. Which section did you remember best? Some kinds of sounds, like TV or vigorous music, command your attention, making it difficult to focus on what you’re studying.

What Keeping Calm Can Do

Lenny freaked out when he saw the chemistry book: “I’m never going to get through that!” He felt so intimidated by the heavy book that he didn’t open it until the day before the first quiz. But putting off studying only makes matters worse. If Lenny had spent time calming himself down, he could have opened the book the first time he saw it. He could have put himself in the mood and taken charge of his studying. He might even have become interested in chemistry The clue is to find what’s comfortable so you get the most out of studying. You might find that soft classical music works best.

When It’s Quiet

Do you think best in silence? Then you need to block out as much noise as you can. Get up early, go to bed late, study after the kids have gone to school. The rest of the time, create quiet: close the door to the living room, wear earplugs or headphones–or do anything you can to block out sounds. Josie, from the box on page 3, might even be able to work something out with her brother. Maybe he would wear headphones so she could have quiet to study. Or maybe she could use headphones with music playing so softly that it wouldn’t disturb her concentration but would still block out the noises around her. Try different approaches to see what works for you. There are even machines you can buy that make white noise to block out distracting sounds. If you’re thinking of buying one, make sure you hear it first. What works fine for one person might not work at all for another In your notebook, make a list of alternate places to study, keeping in mind the best types of environments for you. Your local library is a good place to start!

KEEPING CALM

When you’re calm, you can think clearly and deeply. You’ll find it easier to make connections and to remember what you’ve been studying.

Practice Tips

Here are some ways you can practice the suggestions of this chapter in everyday situations. Doing so will make you feel experienced and more comfortable when you use these same methods to get started studying

• The next time you find yourself feeling anxious at work or at home, try imagining a special place and practice deep breathing to calm yourself. 
• The next time you find yourself not wanting to do something that needs to be done, reward yourself before and/or after doing the task. 
• Before doing something you’ve never done, do something familiar that you can easily accomplish in a short period of time. 
• Before doing something new, review what you have done that’s similar.

Introduction of ICT

Globalization and technological change processes that have accelerated in tandem over the past fifteen years have created a new global economy “powered by technology, fueled by information and driven by knowledge.” The emergence of this new global economy has serious implications for the nature and purpose of educational institutions. As the half-life of information continues to shrink and access to information continues to grow exponentially, schools cannot remain mere venues for the transmission of a prescribed set of information from teacher to student over a fixed period of time. Rather, schools must promote “learning to learn,” : i.e., the acquisition of knowledge and skills that make possible continuous learning over the lifetime.  “The illiterate of the 21st century,” according to futurist Alvin Toffler,“will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”

Concerns over educational relevance and quality coexist with the imperative of expanding educational opportunities to those made most vulnerable by globalization developing countries in general; low-income groups, girls and women, and low-skilled workers in particular. Global changes also put pressure on all groups to constantly acquire and apply new skills. The International Labour Organization defines the requirements for education and training in the new global economy simply as “Basic Education for All”,“CoreWork Skills for All”and “Lifelong Learning for All”.

Information and communication technologies (ICT) swhich include radio and television, as well as newer digital technologies such as computers and the Internet have been touted as potentially powerful enabling tools for educational change and reform. When used appropriately, different ICTs are said to help expand access to education, strengthen the relevance of education to the increasingly digital workplace, and raise educational quality by, among others, helping make teaching and learning into an engaging, active process connected to real life.

However, the experience of introducing different ICTs in the classroom and other educational settings all over the world over the past several decades suggests that the full realization of the potential educational benefits of ICTs is not automatic. The effective integration of ICTs into the educational system is a complex, multifaceted process that involves not just technology indeed, given enough initial capital, getting the technology is the easiest part but also curriculum and pedagogy, institutional readiness, teacher competencies, and long-term financing, among others.

This primer is intended to help policymakers in developing countries define a framework for the appropriate and effective use of ICTs in their educational systems by first providing a brief overview of the potential benefits of ICT use in education and the ways by which different ICTs have been used in education thus far. Second, it addresses the four broad issues in the use of ICTs in education effectiveness, cost, equity, and sustainability. The primer concludes with a discussion of five key challenges that policymakers in developing countries must reckon with when making decisions about the integration of ICTs in education, namely, educational policy and planning, infrastructure, capacity building, language and content, and financing.