TEYL: Teaching Through Songs in UNIKA Semarang

June 5, 2006 RELO Assistant Kun Herrini facilitated a one-day workshop on TEYL: Teaching Through Songs in Unika Soegiyapranata Semarang, attended by about 100 students, teachers and lecturers.

Teaming up with Itje Chodidjah, M.A. and accompanied with a skillful organ player, Kun started the workshop by getting the audience sing and express their feelings accordingly. No one was allowed to sit still or be a passive participants. And, good, the crowd agreed.





Teaching young learners using song is always fun, and there are always things you can do. The key word is WILLING to do things: jumping up and down, shaking to the right and to the left, stepping upwards and backwards, and all. Looking for materials is always easy.. click here and there on the internet and ….you get what you want.





Teachers are creative. Given some songs to work for, they came up with various brilliant ideas of the pre-singing, while-singing, and post-singing activities. When the clock struck 4 PM, the time to end the workshop, the audience still asked for more.