Hi, everyone!

Hi, everyone!

Nice to meet you all here! My name's Septina Nur Iswanti, but just call me Nina 😊
I come from Indonesia and live in Semarang, Central Java. I teach at a private language school here and I've been teaching for 9 years now. I'm so grateful that so far I've been given the opportunity to teach and learn from a great number of students from all sorts of ages and backgrounds.
I'm joining this course simply because I want to teach better. And I'm particularly interested in correcting spoken errors and using translation.
So excited to learn from Penny again since her last iTDi course with Scott Thornbury, I know this is going to be another fruitful and rewarding experience.
And it's really wonderful also to meet and learn from all the participants here. Let's get connected on FB as well if you like 😊
Looking forward to starting this journey!

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  1. Anne HendlerNovember 4, 2017 at 7:17 PM

    Nice to see you here, Nina! I hope all's well with you. Looking forward to learning together again :)

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  2. Julia BlinovaNovember 4, 2017 at 11:24 PM

    Hi Nina Great to meet you. Using translation is such a controversial topic now. How do you use it in class?

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  3. Daniel GintingNovember 5, 2017 at 1:35 AM

    Hi mbak Nina, which part of Semarang are you from?

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  4. Hannah McCullochNovember 5, 2017 at 2:44 AM

    Hi Nina! I hope you enjoy the course!

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  5. Nina SeptinaNovember 5, 2017 at 6:32 AM

    Anne Hendler Thanks! great to see you in this group! and happy to learn together again :)

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  6. Nina SeptinaNovember 5, 2017 at 6:33 AM

    danielmachung Hi! I'm in the western part of Semarang. Are you from Semarang too?

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  7. Nina SeptinaNovember 5, 2017 at 7:04 AM

    Hi Julia Blinova, great to see you too! Yes, indeed it's such a controversial topic. I ban students from using L1 in the class unless it's something necessary (like a student helping his/her friend(s) with the meaning of a difficult word, but before giving the meaning in L1 they are encouraged to try to paraphrase it in Englsih first). Still, we try to avoid the use of L1 as much as possible.
    How about you? I'd love to hear how you use it in your class.

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  8. Julia BlinovaNovember 5, 2017 at 11:06 AM

    Nina Septina Well, I am a firm believer in speaking English when studying English, but I have been using references to L1 much more recently than let's say 5 years ago. Checking meaning of complex -
    often abstract - notions using L1 has been an 'old friend of mine', but now I am trying to compare and contrast L1 with English more, making sure my students are aware of differences and similarities in grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, etc - the logic of the language.
    After starting to learn Italian, I got a real insight into some of the mistakes my Italian students constantly make. By drawing parallels between English and Italian, I've managed to get to the root of the problem and tailor my explanations of these tricky-for-Italians points, so that they are easier to remember.

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  9. Nina SeptinaNovember 6, 2017 at 8:58 PM

    Julia Blinova Thanks for your insightful response! I also sometimes compare and contrast between L1 and English in order to get students to understand the differences and similarities between them and draw logic out of it. By doing this, it helps students later to be able to recognize and analyze by themselves the accuracy and the appropriateness of the language they attempt to use / other people use.

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