At the end of our activities, we decided to hold a
fellowship night to present some entertainments which were performed
mostly by the students. And one of the performances was English drama. I
and Ery (our team leader which was also an English teacher) were
responsible for this.
Seriously, when we got this idea, I still worried about the students. I was thinking, “they were still really beginners, even they had poor pronunciation, how could they memorize and even perform conversations in English?” Those thoughts echoed in my mind and some of my friends even brought me down. They said it was impossible! I was really frustated.
But luckily, we had Ery Ermawan there. He was the one who supported me and convinced me that we could do it together.
Then about three weeks before the fellowship night, I started to choose the students. I made a kind of selection and I got 7 students; Ari (as Ikal), Ichwan (as Lintang), Yano (as Mr. Harfan and mail man), Joko (as Harun), Iyan (as Meme), Fitri (as Ms Muslimah), and Essa (as prolog and Lintang’s sister).
We decided to perform the drama entitled “LASKAR LIANSIPI” that I performed previously with my friends entitled “F.R.I.E.N.D.S” which was adapted from Laskar Pelangi. Because of the limited number of the students who joined the selection, we decided to add the participants into twelve and they were; Heru (as Mahar), Mutia (as MC), Jenny and Yeni (as the students from SD Pelita Harapan), and the youngest was Nisa (Lintang’s youngest sister), our neighbor’s daughter who was still eight years old.
They were the eight- graders of Junior High School 1 in Mandor and they really have a GREAT SPIRIT to perform the English Drama.
At the end, two weeks of practice……………… their pronunciations were getting better and they could act like the real movie stars! :D
Saturday, March 31, the fellowship night was held and they could perform almost perfect! From scale 1- 10, I could say they got 9! Although with no microphones clip on, they still could manage their English and kept concentrating on their memorization.
They made my day, my month, my year! The time I spent with them was really precious and I would never forget that! Their spirit to learn and their efforts to make things better are impressive. I LOVE THEM. I love Laskar Liansipi.
From that experience I learned that we must be sure of ourselves and do not underestimate something. We never know what people have inside themselves. Everybody has their own strength and weakness. But it what makes them unique and special. Sometimes one doesn’t know what ability they have inside. And especially for teachers, it has been their duty to look over their students deeper than others to motivate them, convince them, and keep their spirits on fire so they can show up their hidden- abilities well.
Seriously, when we got this idea, I still worried about the students. I was thinking, “they were still really beginners, even they had poor pronunciation, how could they memorize and even perform conversations in English?” Those thoughts echoed in my mind and some of my friends even brought me down. They said it was impossible! I was really frustated.
But luckily, we had Ery Ermawan there. He was the one who supported me and convinced me that we could do it together.
Then about three weeks before the fellowship night, I started to choose the students. I made a kind of selection and I got 7 students; Ari (as Ikal), Ichwan (as Lintang), Yano (as Mr. Harfan and mail man), Joko (as Harun), Iyan (as Meme), Fitri (as Ms Muslimah), and Essa (as prolog and Lintang’s sister).
We decided to perform the drama entitled “LASKAR LIANSIPI” that I performed previously with my friends entitled “F.R.I.E.N.D.S” which was adapted from Laskar Pelangi. Because of the limited number of the students who joined the selection, we decided to add the participants into twelve and they were; Heru (as Mahar), Mutia (as MC), Jenny and Yeni (as the students from SD Pelita Harapan), and the youngest was Nisa (Lintang’s youngest sister), our neighbor’s daughter who was still eight years old.
They were the eight- graders of Junior High School 1 in Mandor and they really have a GREAT SPIRIT to perform the English Drama.
At the end, two weeks of practice……………… their pronunciations were getting better and they could act like the real movie stars! :D
Saturday, March 31, the fellowship night was held and they could perform almost perfect! From scale 1- 10, I could say they got 9! Although with no microphones clip on, they still could manage their English and kept concentrating on their memorization.
They made my day, my month, my year! The time I spent with them was really precious and I would never forget that! Their spirit to learn and their efforts to make things better are impressive. I LOVE THEM. I love Laskar Liansipi.
From that experience I learned that we must be sure of ourselves and do not underestimate something. We never know what people have inside themselves. Everybody has their own strength and weakness. But it what makes them unique and special. Sometimes one doesn’t know what ability they have inside. And especially for teachers, it has been their duty to look over their students deeper than others to motivate them, convince them, and keep their spirits on fire so they can show up their hidden- abilities well.
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