English For Mathematic Education ; “Language is Life”

            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.

Non Scholae sed Vitae Discimus