Preparing Teachers to Enhance Students' Comptence: YSS Bandung

On June 22-24, RELO Damon Anderson and RELO Assistant Kun Herrini facilitated a 3-day worskhop to 27 teachers working for Yayasan Salib Suci, Bandung. The main theme of the workshop was “Preparing the Teachers to Enhance Students Competence”.

The competence of the participants were excellent already, and so it was quite easy to get them discuss and involved in all the activities prepared. Damon and Kun tried to present all the points to consider in the forms of activities, with approaches and techniques the teachers can alsways adapt in the classroom. The underlining points of all are students as the center and lifeskills. To be able to do both, teachers need a skill of adopting, adapting and creating scaffolding for the learners.















Over the farewell lunch on the last day, some teachers mentioned how easy and yet interesting the teaching of English could be and should be. During the 3 days they grew interests in themselves towards the use of English for communication. It was a good start, because when the teachers have a positive attitude towards the subject then it will radiate in their teaching.