Minggu, 15 Maret 2009

My Reflection In Learning English

Two days ago, on 12th March 2009 Mr.Marsigit came late to my English class until fifteen minutes. So, I and two my friends went to Himatika for posting our English home work by blog. Suddenly, my friend missed calls me and finally, we came back to our class and Mr.Marsigit gave English test. I didn’t concentration because I came late to my class and last night I didn’t study. I got bad mark; I want to cry because I disappointed my parents. Besides, the question is at the bottom of mathematics such square, straight line, average, rhombus, etc but to get B, I can’t. I was very regret, but not only it so I must do reformation to my self.
Mr.Marsigit gave short story about a student from California. The student will go to Indonesia to do some research. I very admired with her, because she is very intelligent, diligent, high spirit, and keep one’s chin up to get scholarship. I think why I unable as her? If we are cheeper, so I am cheeper which have not feather. Listen that story, I want to revolt, I want to be her, and I must study hard to run down my ambition. Last day is bad experience but it becomes best teacher for me. It becomes reflection to more advance. I must study hard and I must read the books every day. I must remember with my duty, what the purpose of me goes to Yogyakarta? My parents sent me to Yogyakarta to study and doesn’t to just play. I must responsibility with my self. Although I far from my parents, I must study hard. I must change of my study system. I want to be candidate professional teacher. How that? Now, I make plans for times schedule my activity. I will apply that study principle so success in my study among others many people said that the continuing of study more effectively than study a night through. Besides, learning all of the material is better than learning a part of material. The subject matter which has meaning is nine fold easier then the subject matter which haven’t meaning so I will start to apply that principle. Every night I must study although don’t examination and routine minimal 2 hours. I must have a high motivation to study; even less if I look my friends in my class, they are very intelligent. I must throw away my laziness if I want to success. I must realize expectance my parents. They work hard to fund my study but why with me? Allah SWT gave me, very much comfort so I must study hard as worship with Allah SWT because study is long life education.
Mr.Marsigit also said that we must improve our competence in English. How we improve that? We must use many reference from book, we can go to library and there we can read the books. We can use internet, getting data or information from blog, furthermore IT is more modern. We can practice TOEFL from CD or browsing internet. Furthermore we know that, if we want to get foreign scholarship so our TOEFL score must more than 500. It means, I must increase my TOEFL score to get foreign scholarship. Subhanallah, if a student from California can get scholarship. Really I want as her, certainly her parents proud with her. We also practice communicate, speak, listen, translate, and write in English. We must improve our skill because it is very important. Furthermore English is very important to face globalization era. So, we have to can speak English although just a little. Because we are in mathematics education program so we must improve our competence in mathematics. Mathematics doesn’t experiment but mathematics is analysis, just analysis. In mathematics, there are axioms, theorem, and thesis-anti thesis. We must study to prove theorem because we are candidate the teacher. I remember with Mr.Tuharto, he said that “we must practice how to be a teacher? If we get something so we must extend to anyone. We are in mathematics education program so we must study to love mathematics. Furthermore Yogyakarta State University will become World Class University so we must also study English. If we dislike with mathematics and English so we will difficult next time. Wherefore, if we dislike with them because still semester two so go out from mathematics education program”. From Mr.Marsigit and Mr.Tuharto, I get new lesson that I must become agent of change, bad experience at semester one doesn’t repeat again at semester two. My future stills a long so I want to get much experience. To my parents, my family, my friends, I will study hard to get my ambition. Furthermore, in the Al Qur’an was mention need that Allah SWT will not change their condition if they didn’t have any effort.

Rabu, 11 Maret 2009

The Meaning of Mathematics

What is mathematics? Do you can explain about mathematics? We know that everyone can describe about mathematics but of all different. Now, we will discus about mathematics from definition of mathematics, characteristic of mathematics, and type of mathematics. There are difference between school mathematics and university mathematics. In university mathematics study pure mathematics and applied mathematics. But in school mathematics, study general mathematics. The object of mathematics is abstract while abstract is our mine. There are two steps to get mathematics concept:
1. We use abstraction
2. We use idealization
What is abstraction? Abstraction is looking for similarity to get form or simple characteristics to be object of mathematics. For example: “What do you think about the number five?” Every students giving various answer but in English class, the lecture and the students have similar characteristics so they discus about the value of number five. Why? Because this very minute, the lecture explain about English for mathematics so it is abstraction. “And what is idealization?” Idealization is straight or don’t taper because straight just for SIROTOL MUSTAQIM. For example, the teacher make question to their student don’t direct so the students must try to solve this problem and then it is called idealization.
The meanings of object mathematics are structure, system, which go up axiom, formula, theorem and pattern. The characteristics of mathematics is logic and consistent. Prof. Kaye Stacey from Melbourne University said that mathematics is:
1. conjecturing
Conjecturing is when we are given problems and we must to predict, to estimate, so giving solution about it.
2. convincing
Convincing is we communicate the result to people by presentation, conference or test.
Prof. Katagiri from Japan when he presentation in Sapporo-Tokyo said that mathematics is mathematical thinking which consist three aspects are:
1. Mathematical attitude.
It is very important in determining student’s behavior in mathematical thinking. A good attitude is always asks to be perfection.
2. Mathematical method.
Why we prove that? We can study from the specifics to general is called inductive thinking, from general to specifics is called deductive thinking, logical mathematics, or syllogism is one choice to it. Foe example syllogism:
Premise 1 : Every student must wear school uniform
Premise 2 : Fany is a student
We also use preposition. What is preposition? Preposition is sentence which consists true or false. We use conjunction, disjunction, implication (if then), or if then if. Beside that, we use direct or indirect prove.
3. Mathematical content.
Mathematical contents include operation, algorithm, or approximation.
The definition of mathematics from real mathematics is:
1. Horizontal mathematics is daily mathematics, the object of mathematics.
2. Vertical of mathematics is abstract mathematics, pure mathematics.
The Work University said that the power of mathematics is critical thinking. It means every thesis there are anti-thesis and every anti-thesis there are synthesis.


Sources: According to pbmmarsigit.blogspot.com on Tuesday, 10th March 2009

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Senin, 02 Maret 2009

An Introduction to English II

In our country, many people say that English is very difficult. Why? Even, if we want to study so English is very fun. There for, there are some preconditions to work in English II:
1. Motivation
What is motivation? Motivation is high spirit, enjoyable, pleasurable, or happiness. First step, we have to release as student. Releasing is the first knowledge. Our high motivation is used to pray with Allah SWT. Our duty as student is study hard to shape of religious serves with Allah SWT. There is no limitation of study. The study doesn’t limit by age an even until we close our eyes because the study is long life education.
2. Attitude
What is the meaning of attitude? Attitude is our behavior or our act. As student, we should have act appropriate with our ambition. We must able to adaption with environment which is support our ambition. For example, we are the students of mathematics education, so it will teach us how tube a teacher. In this case, we have to study how to speak wisely, how to act as a teacher. As we know that a teacher is not a famous artist. The teacher is a person who teaches their students so each of their behavior will imitate by their students. If we able to adaptation well, it’s mean that we understand what our necessary is so it can support our effort.
3. Understanding
What is understanding? Understanding is knowledge. We must conscious and understand that as a student, we have characteristic. What is the mean of those characteristic? The characteristic of student are have responsible, commitment, discipline, etc. As a good student, we should not receive everything from the lecture without effort. Because in university, the lecture will deliver the material only 15%, where as the 85% is achieved by the student by study hard. What is the purpose of the lecture to do this? In order to the student more active, stand alone, creative, and want to know so the student will competence to get knowledge, whether from dictionary, book, reference, internet, library, or even work together to improve information from this case (collaboration with their friend), can be seen the responsibility of the student.
4. Skill
What is the meaning of skill? We have to develop our skill by reading, writing, hearing, talking, and speaking. Reading the text is one of an effort to increase our skill in reading. If we often read, it will increase our pronunciation and vocab. Besides, the using of English when we speak is an effort to increase our skill. Nowadays, English is international language, so we have to master in English to face the globalization era. If we do not master in English we will life behind. In other ways, to increase our skill in listening, we could hear the cassette of TOEFEL. The next, to increase our skill in writing can be done by write about our daily activity in diary. From this view, we should not only study hard but we have to pay attention how to improve our skill. As the result, when we graduate from university, we have skills.

5. Experience
As the student, we should have an experience. An ideal student not only study oriented but also have many experience. For example, get participate in Seminar National, participate in the competition of science, participate in organization (example: HIMATIKA), etc. Those efforts could increase our experience. The experience has important role in people’s life because experience is best teacher.
6. Communication
What is communication? Communication is talking, understanding, hearing, speaking, and translating. Many students can’t communicate well. They tend to keep silent than deliver their aspiration. It can be seen, when the lecturer give chance to ask something, the student doesn’t give response. Usually the student afraid about their opinion or even they feel shy. In other word, communication is the process of delivering information or message from one to another. The aspect of the system communication is speaker, hearer, and message. We know that, communication is very important to get successful. A good communication in the teaching and learning program will happen if there is a good response between teacher and student.
Mathematics
What is mathematics? The definition of mathematics from one to another is different. Even, when greengrocer asked by people about the mark of rapport his children, they answer that the rapport very bad because the mark of mathematics is red. Mathematics isn’t only formula (c2= a2+ b2) but we must do a lot of exercise.
Now, we look what is the meaning of English?
English is not only tenses like present continuous tense (S+Tobe+V1ing) but English is ours. So, that English will not be broken even all of our English books burned out. If we read more, listen more, write more, and speak more so it can improve our knowledge in English. There for, students have to be responsible to there assignment.