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PERSONAL STATEMENT
My passion in acquiring higher education is mostly influenced by my
parents’
fina inancial ial
and
educational
defic ficienc ency
and
the
disadvanta disadvantageous geous mindset of rural neighbourho neighbourhood od towards towards education. education. I live in an industrial area where people work as employees. They think that that educ educat atio ion n is a seco second nd prio priorit rity y beca becaus use e mone money y is easy easy to get get without proper education. In fact, education talks about many things such such as knowled knowledge, ge, life values values,, and attitude. attitude. I observ observed ed that that their their drawbacks can be overcome by learning and improving their education and knowledge. This is the reason why I have relentless spirit to study; so that I can educate them. I found found myse myself lf to have have a great great inte intere rest st in both both Engl Englis ish h and and teachi teaching. ng. There is a strong strong passio passion n to share share my English English knowledge knowledge through many kinds of language activities such as teaching, document translation translation,, English English debate and discussio discussion, n, language language assistance assistance and community service since I was in the undergraduate program. Those activities activities give me plenty opportunity opportunity to speak English in daily settings settings and thus enhance my communication skills in English. On the other hand, I have little time to review and advance my knowledge about educ educat ation ion devel develop opmen ment, t, ling lingui uist stic ics, s, and and rela related ted Engl Englis ish h teac teachin hing g theories. I took higher education in 2002 in the field of educational. This formal education gives me deep insight to implement it in a formal and info inform rmal al Engl Englis ish h educ educat ation ion.. Forme Formerly rly,, I star starte ted d my profe profess ssion ion by teaching at LPK (vocational informal education centre), and my position was an English tutor who taught students, managed the schedule, and coordinated the teachers. In addition, my friends and I founded an English course and a school assistant program that are running until now. This community service helps students to master English and schoo schooll subject subjects s such such as math, math, physic physic,, chemis chemistry try,, biolog biology, y, religio religion n stud studie ies s and and soci social al scie scienc nces es.. Late Later, r, my form formal al job job turn turned ed into into a tempor temporary ary lectur lecturer er at the State State Instit Institute ute of Islamic Islamic Studies Studies (STAIN (STAIN)) Salatiga Salatiga where I teach English for Accounting, Accounting, English English Vocabulary Vocabulary and
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General English for 1st year students. Moreover, I always interact with studen students’ ts’ extrac extracurr urricu icular lar progra programs ms (Engli (English sh Debate Debate and Discus Discussio sion n program), with English native speakers, and with other institutions that cooperate with UPB (Language Development Unit) STAIN Salatiga. In UPB, UPB, I assi assist st to mana manage ge Engl Englis ish h lang langua uage ge deve develo lopme pment nt thro throug ugh h language practices and services and language research. To have a sufficient exposure of foreign language in its native country is the main reason why I pursue my master’s degree abroad. Furt Further hermo more, re, I belie believe ve I have have exce excelle llent nt comm commun unic icat ation ion skill skills s and and resilience towards cultural differences. Those will help me to cope with technical technical problems during my study. study. Learning Learning English abroad will give me new points of view about how English native teachers teach English to the the speaker speakers s of other other langua languages ges.. Given Given those those condit condition ions, s, I can collab collabora orate te my practi practical cal and theore theoretic tical al experi experienc ence e to improv improve e my teaching performance. An improved pedagogy innovation in teaching will lead teaching learning process to be more interesting and lead the pupils to have both receptive and productive skills constantly evolved. By havi having ng a Mast Master’ er’s s degr degree ee abro abroad ad not not only only can can I cond conduc uctt more more advanced English subjects at STAIN Salatiga, my students would also benefit from my ability to provide them with cultural aspects of English base based d on my exper experie ienc nce. e. My posi positi tion on,, as a lectu lecture rer, r, is impo import rtan antt because the pupils are teachers-to-be who will continue my passion to develop English language and education in the future.