In
this second semester, I get a chance to learn English. My class has two
lecturer to teach us about English. The first one is Professor Marsigit and the
second one is Mr. Ilham. They’ve got their title in the different country each
other. Professor Marsigit get his title in UK (United Kingdom). And Mr. Ilham
get his title in Utrecht, Deutch. They’ve studied mathematic education, and
they have a good basic in English. So they are in the criteria to teach us-their
student-, because the English will be useful for learn mathematic in universal
language.
To
learn English, we need a basic perception, so that we can start our study well.
Professor Marsigit told us about his assumption, so we can learn English maximally.
The first assumption is that the students have experiences in English. That experiences
have been gotten since the elementary school or before it maybe. The second assumption
is about responsibility. The students grow up and become an adult people. And adult
people is the person that have a big responsibility to what they have done. So,
the students have the responsibility as they’re an adult people. The third
assumption is that every student has a same chance to learn English. Every student
has their own ability to learn English, so that they have a same chance to
develop their ability. The fourth assumption is the students learn actively in
this study (English study). Being active can develop the student’s ability and
knowledge.
“Language
is Life” that is the believe of Professor Marsigit about English as one of
language in the world. He said that to learn something that is life, the best
method is life approach. Something’s life show that it has process and
activity. We need to do that process and more active so that we life. There are
processes and activities in English as language such as variance word that
appear in this era but doesn’t exist in the past. As a student, we have to be
more active to learn English and follow the process. In the process, we’ll meet
many kind of problem that can grow up our maturity and ability. So, the key
factor from learning English is “process” and “activity”. Professor Marsigit
told us that he will give us a point by our activity. From the activity, we
know how far we learn English.
Many
kind of activities that can we do in the class. Professor Marsigit try to give
the student facilities so the student can do their activity well. Professor
Marsigit provide a blog that can be commented by student in English. And every
week, will be a test / quiz. And also there a speaking test, for example,
copying how some lecturer teach about mathematics from video.
English
is an universal language for mathematics in the world. We need to understand
the universal language of mathematics so that we can learn across the world. I
hope we can be a good generation for the younger learner. To learn English for
mathematic’s education we need to be in the process. The process will bring us
to understanding about our purpose. Same as life, life’s process will bring us
to the meaning of life.
I
think that’s what can I write about English for Mathematic’s Education. I hope
this article can be useful for everybody who read it. Thank you all.
