Kemaren gw sengaja kirim undangan chatting terbuka buat teman2 satu milis belajar bahasa inggris. Gw sih niatannya cuma pengen nolong orang lain dan diri sendiri juga. Apakah bahasa inggris gw uda bagus? I don’t think so. Tapi gw memaksa gw harus bisa. Kalo uda bikin undangan terbuka kayak gitu, mau ga mau kan harus mau pake bahasa inggris.
Topik ini sengaja gw pilih untuk berbagi pengalaman. Dalam milis ini gw uda sering baca pertanyaan orang, “Gimana sih belajar bahasa inggris yang cepet?” “Gimana sih belajar bahasa inggris yang bener?”. Ketika gw ikutan group lain, pertanyaan tipikal pun sering muncul. Berbagai cara uda dikemukakan member lain. Tapi seiring dengan berjalannya waktu, tips2 dari para ahli ini akhirnya hilang. Member baru bermunculan, dan pertanyaan yang sama akhirnya terulang.
Dari invitation itu gw akhirnya dapat bbrp teman. Sekitar 7-8 orang. Dari jumlah segitu, mungkin ada 2-3 orang yang menanyakan hal yang sama ama gw. “Pak, bahasa inggrisnya bagus. Gimana caranya belajar?” Gw sih seneng2 aja dipuji basa inggrisnya bagus, tapi pertanyaannya kan harus dijawab. Sekali lagi, gw masih belajar dan akan terus belajar. Apa yang gw sharing ini adalah pengalaman gw belajar bahasa inggris selama 10 taun.
Belajar Conversation, Temukan situasi yang mendukung kondisi belajar anda.
Di tempat saya kerja sekarang ini, penguasaan bahasa inggris sih perlu. Bikin laporan, kirim email, melontarkan pendapat dalam meeting dan macam2, dimana respondennya ga semuanya bisa bahasa inggris. yah, saya harus struggle dong. Komunikasi pake bahasa indonesia campur inggris dulu. Lama2 terbiasa. Kalo boleh me-rating kemampuan saya, dari skala 5 ke skala 7 lah (skala 10 itu perfect). Kesimpulannya, alah bisa karena biasa.
Dari sini, gw akhirnya ngerti ternyata lingkungan itu sangat berpengaruh loh. Ada beberapa teman yang mengeluhkan sulitnya mencari partner dalam berbahasa inggris. Kalo berbahasa inggris ga pada tempatnya, yang muncul berikutnya adalah pandangan curiga, aneh, bisa2 malah diketawain. Yah, susah juga sih. Malu adalah kendala berikutnya.
Ini solusinya:
Anda bisa ikutan forum diskusi bahasa inggris, conversation class, mailing list. Mo ikutan kursus juga boleh. Secara online ato offline pun ada, silakan pilih. Untuk mailing list, saya bisa menyarankan free-english-course@yahoogroups.com. Kemudian, se-GA PEDE apapun anda, usahakan untuk ngomong. Dari aktif ngomong itulah, kita melatih urat lidah, otak, vocabulary dan grammar. Koreksi dari orang lain, itu akan sangat membantu. Jangan malu kalo ada orang komentar selama kritik itu proporsional. Justru kalo ga ada yang komentar, mulailah curiga. Ini discussion class ato kumpulan orang nongkrong. :D. Ato mo tinggal di desa berbahasa inggris?
Belajar Listening – Dengerin Apa aja asal berbahasa inggris
Ini mungkin cara belajar yang paling gampang dan paling menyenangkan buat saya. DENGERIN APA AJA. bisa News, TV, Radio, Music (CD or DVD), Movie. Biasakan telinga anda mendengarkan sesuatu yang asing. Sehingga secara ga sadar telinga akan menangkap kata2 asing itu. Pertama kali denger sih, saya juga ga ngerti orang ini ngomong apa. Cuma ketangkep kata2 sepotong. Lama2 bisa lengkap satu kalimat dan akhirnya ngerti topic yang dibicarakan. Sama kayak balita belajar bicara kan. Setiap balita akan belajar mendengar dahulu sebelum mulai bicara. Vocabulary dari ibu dan orang-orang sekitarnya ini direkam dulu. Setelah bisa ngomong, baru memorynya dikeluarkan. Anak saya itu taunya cuma “FIVE” bukan “LIMA”, karena kebiasaan dengar “…only on channel FIVE” (itu channel TV favorit saya). Satu cerita kecil lagi. Kita mesti punya teman yang berlainan suku kan. Anggap aja orang batak (yang sebelumnya belum pernah ke Jawa) yang merantau di jawa. Setelah satu tahun tinggal di jawa, coba anda tanya,”Ngerti ngomong jawa?” Dia pasti jawab,”Saya ngerti orang ngomong apa, tapi saya ga bisa ngomong”. LAH…berarti untuk sekedar mengerti percakapan aja, juga bisa kan. Kenapa hal yang sama tidak kita terapkan dalam belajar bahasa inggris?
Belajar Reading &Writing (Grammar), Baca Cerita, Tulis Blog,
Kerjaan saya tiap hari kan bikin report dan procedure2 yang setebal bantal. Memang sih, saya ga bikin semuanya. Tapi tetap saja saya harus baca dan menulis beberapa hal yang memang belum tercantum.
Kalo anda pengen belajar Reading & Writing, kayaknya ini solusi mudahnya. Sering2 baca novel, cerpen ato newspaper dan sebangsanya. Kemudian tuliskan pengalaman anda, pengetahuan dan apapun itu, dengan menulis blog, mengirim email. Kemudian cek penggunaan kalimatnya pake buku Grammar yang anda punya. Kalo gw, gw pake bukunya Understanding and Using English Grammar by Betty Schrampfer Azar. Anda bisa pake buku lain sejauh anda nyaman dan ngerti penjelasannya. Kemudian nulis kalimatnya ndak usah panjang2 dulu. Ga mudah memang. Tapi ini hanyalah masalah anda mau ato engga. Karena goalnya adalah meningkatkan reading & writing ability, cerita se simpel apapun kayaknya ga masalah. Misalnya cerita kegiatan anda sehari-hari. Ga usah serumit DaVinci Code. Dictionary sangat perlu. Ga usah malu pake Dictionary. Ada salah seorang teman gw yang malu pake kamus, alasannya pake kamus itu menunjukkan kalo kita ga bisa bahasa inggris. Ini adalah pandangan yang salah. Kamus itu berfungsi untuk membantu kita mencari kata-kata yang pas untuk mengutarakan maksud kita. Ga usah malu. Daripada malu-maluin pake kata-kata yang ga tepat.
Saya sedang ngumpulin catatan2 sekolah, kursus dan email2 tentang bahasa inggris di sini, http://ngenglishyuk.blogspot.com/. Mari belajar bersama.
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caktopan said:
first blog. I’m not satisfied with the content. but, I promise you, I will make it better.
novie tri jayanti said:
i want learn english language. please help me. i will study hard and follow your intruction.
caktopan said:
Dear mba’ novie,
Firstly, I want to thank you for your comment @ my blog. I really appreciate it.
I hope you dont mind if i answer it in english…
I want to know what is the reason behind this. You want to study this language for
1. Just for fun or add your communication skill
2. You have to use it @ the office as basic communication language (in case you work at foreign company)
3. Advancing your english skill (i assume you already master basic english, such as tenses and composition)
4. Increasing TOEFL / IELTS etc. score
If you learn this language for reason number 1 – 3, I think I can help you. The one and only advice is, PRACTICE. Easy way, Cheap and more effective for me.
– I listen any song or TV broadcast or broadcasting program, as long as in english, and try to capture any words or sentence. Maybe you can recognize the word, firstly (and that’s good). Then, you hear a whole sentence, and then…..you understand the the whole topics. Find out how to pronounce the words or phrase. Search the meaning of it @ dictionary and remember it. In this way, you can increasing your hearing skill.
– Practice conversation with anyone who you think can help you to raise your ability. Dont be ashamed. If you so, find anybody who close to you and you can practice with him/her. I usually use english with my wife and son. sometimes, they answer in english, sometimes not. It doesn’t matter, as long as you have partner and you feel comfortable with your partner. In this way, you can increase speaking and listening skill.
– Read any newspaper, magazine, article or anything. This is for increasing reading ability and you can add vocabulary.
– Write articles, or join mailing list/group and being active. This is for writing skill.
Have an English-English dictionary like Oxford dictionary. Any word that you seek will be explained in english too. It’s too difficult at the first time, but you have to do it. Honestly, You’ll get to used it (lama2 terbiasa kok). Basic Grammar book will be more than enough to check your composition and grammar, such as how to use passive sentence, how to write correctly that match with tenses, etc. I have been using “Understanding and Using English Grammar” by Betty Schramper Azar. You can use any books which you can understand easily.
– This is my favorite way. I Chat. From this group i collect some friends that chat using YM. We use english,and we correct each other. We talk about our daily activities and else. I think this helps me too.
– Ask the expert. If you still have difficulties, ask somebody that you think can help you to solve the problem. example: you can ask your friends, or you can ask this group. Several member already done it before and it opened the new discussion that will bring new knowledge among the group.
-For Reason Number 4, I think you can follow what pak Syamil has said. This person is moderator of Free-English-Course mailing list which i have joined too. In fact, some of my advice above is taken from the article. If you want it, I’ll send it to you.
irma imuet said:
IKutan
Togas said:
I think u right.. Sekarang saya akan praktekan, thanks
caktopan said:
Pak Togas,
Thanks for your comments. I appreciate it.
hary said:
i think i should say thank u very much. may i ask your about the mailing list?
caktopan said:
dear p’ hary.
you can join Free English Course mailing list. Please click this link and follow the instruction that written on this site. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Free-English-Course/
thanks for your comments.
caktopan said:
Revised
-Added comments
-Revised grammatical errors.
-Added links
Prima said:
hai…may i introduce my self. my name is Prima and i am a computer teacher at SMPK. but, i have a problem about my english. i must speak english well if i want teaching my student in computer laboratory. i’m very nervous because i’m affraid my english not very well. really…
sorry…i just want to try this blog. you look a good person.don’t you?
maybe you can give me some exercise for grammar please? because next week i will test at LIA.
in 2009 at my school, will have 2 class bilingual. so…i must be prepared. can you help me?
Dani said:
saya juga ingin belajar pak.
just info juga ini ada beberapa blog pelajaran bahasa Inggris:
http://free-english-lesson.blogspot.com/
http://indonesian.in/english
http://pedapa.com
andrik said:
hello cak topan..
I m andrik,civil engineering student of ITS Surabaya. I know your blog from mas muchsin blog..
when i read ‘sapa cak topan’ i suppose that you are our alumni..is it right?
cak..i m really interested with your article ‘gimana sih caranya belajar bahasa inggris yang mudah’
Now,i still improving my english skill..i want to work at multinational company after i graduated from this campus..
I will try and practice your suggestion..tanks
caktopan said:
@ Bu Prima,
Nice meeting you. I’m so happy receiving your comments…
About your question, hmmm….I dont have any materials regarding grammar test.
Because I still speak english awfully hehehe…
Please bear in mind that english language is not your mother tongue nor our official language in this country.
For me, it’s Ok to have some errors on it.
Since you’re a teacher, I think you already have an obligatory to teach your student effectively. You should be worried just in case, they doesn’t understand anything you teach them. Are your students Indonesians? or Foreigners?
So, just speak freely and hope for the best. That’s what I can suggest to you.
caktopan said:
@ Dani,
Many thanks from me for adding many useful weblogs to my posting.
About Bu nana @pedapa.com, she is one of my favorit blogger. I just know from you that she made another blog instead of continuing her last blog.
Many Thanks…
@mas Andrik,
Nice meeting you too.
Because you still studying at ITS, i think it must better for you to take a course at Language Center.
It still free, right?
Okeh, mas Andrik. Thanks for dropping comment.
Tigor Siagian said:
Mr Topan,
I think this blog is quite good for me and other friend who want to learn english well. But as you told in your blog you said that you have chat with people by using YM?is it right? and if you don’t mind may i have you YM???
Thanx alot..
Francisco said:
Saya ingin belajar bahasa Inggris.., mohon petunjuk dari anda. Saya ingin belajar sendiri, apa bisa…?
Tanpa pengajar.
Shirley said:
Adakah kursus di LN yang free ataupun yang bisa dibayarkan secara diangsur.
setidaknya setahun, untuk biaya sendiri masih belum mampu.
vian said:
are there any differences between the goals of studying english? just for fun, for test toefl?
caktopan said:
@ p’ Francisco..
Nice to know you too. Regarding your question below, all I can say is “Yes, You Can”.
As you read in my posting (which you have commented too), that’s the easy way.
You can read your favorite books, chat with dearest friend, or write a simple article like I did.
I have an opinion, “use english like we use indonesian”. It means dont bother grammar too much. If we talk indonesian, sometimes we dont use the correct sentence too, right?
Use those language as verbal communication tools. Later on, you can shape your english by learning structure, etc.
@ Shirley,
Sorry, I cant help. I never try to find it. Maybe, you can find it. If so, please share your experience here. I’m sure anybody will thank to you.
caktopan said:
@ Vian,
Bedanya sih bukan kayak langit dan bumi.
Anda belajar TOEFL kan supaya bisa mengikuti pendidikan tinggi yang didalamnya ada kegiatan diskusi ilmiah, prepare writing scientific paper dan macam2.
Saya ga begitu ngerti lah (karena belum mengalami), tapi kayaknya begitu dari cerita orang2.
Saya juga diberitahu kalo untuk jurusan Hukum mensyaratkan nilai TOEFL yang lebih tinggi daripada major lain.
Ini bisa dimengerti sih. Kita aja sebagai awam yang ga ngerti hukum (tapi pasti sama2 paham dengan bahasa indonesia), pasti berpikir keras kalo membaca dokumen2 hukum. Nah, disitulah letak perbedaannya.
Bayangkan kalo mereka (para mahasiswa hukum tersebut) bahasa inggrisnya pas2an kayak saya. IT’S DISASTER, right? They can’t defend themselves especially their clients.
Saya sendiri dalam bekerja memakai bahasa inggris pasaran. Asal nyambung aja. Ga (terlalu) peduli grammar.
Saya bs kelimpungan benerin speaking saya kalo harus ngikutin structure yang bener. Karena tujuannya bukan berbahasa yang baik, tapi bekerja yang baik.
Yang penting, klien ngerti dan ga salah paham.
Menurut saya, disitulah perbedaannya.
Just for fun itu juga bisa berarti anda pengen bisa memahami film, lagu ato acara TV yang memakai bahasa asing. Bisa ngobrol dengan teman, guyon dan saling meledek. Apakah anda perlu belajar sampe nilai TOEFL anda tinggi dulu, baru guyon? Engga kan?
Tapi kalo mau belajar TOEFL yang bener2, itu malah lebih baik. Efek sampingnya ya… anda bisa pake dalam kegiatan harian.
Thanks for dropping comments.
What a great question !!
Nice to know you.
reza said:
I really want to increase my english skill, in listening, speaking and writing. May be i am late in studying english, because my old is 40 years now, but i still try to improve my english so that more better. I want to ask you, what’s the priority if we will study english correctly, from speaking, listening or writing which we will start ?
sorry if my grammar is not correct.
maklum msh belajar. Thanks
azapoetrikoe said:
dear mr. topan
i am very happy when read your posting in this blog, but… i think if more better we make chat forum that use english…
its nice blog
caktopan said:
@ Pak/Bu Reza,
You already have a good grammar. Dont be shy.
It doesnt matter if your age more than 40. My parents started to learn reading alqur’an at 60’s, pak. Ga usah berkecil hati…
Which one is the first priority, writing, listening, and speaking?
If you ask my opinion, I will say listening and speaking is the easiest ones.
It called Passive English.
Why? Because listening is the basic skill of communication. My baby is listening anything, from our conversation, TV program, etc. Then, he repeats it. Now, he can name any things around him using indonesian, sometimes in english too. It depends how we teach him. It’s called speaking skills.
So, which one is your priority is up to you.
@ Azapoetrikoe,
You can contact me in YM, if you just want to practice your english. About conference, I join several times in different times with different members. None of them continued until this time, due to moderator’s activity.
reza said:
I am interested to practise my english through YM.
How to joint in YM, because i did not ever participate in YM yet. please tell me about it. Do i have to be member in this group.
narava said:
sy butuh bangt blajar bahasa inggris tolongin ajarin online gmana ya?
sisca said:
Sudah seminggu saya daftar di Free-English-subscribe@yahoogroups.com tetapi saya diharapkan melanjutkan ke English Baby, disana dikatakan bahwa untuk lebih memperdalam penggunaan bahasa inggris bisa mendaftar English Chat. Saya sudah coba chat dengan beberapa orang tetapi sampai sekarang tidak ada respon.
Mungkin tahu bagaimana penggunaan fasilitas tersebut.
Apakah milis yang saya ikuti diatas sama dengan milis yang ditawarkan cak topan free-english-course@yahoogroups.com ?
Tks
caktopan said:
bentar mbak sisca,
anda bilang diharapkan melanjutkan ke english baby? apaan tuh?
kemudian english chat?
mungkin bisa diberikan linknya, sapa tau bermanfaat buat yang lain. nanti saya coba cek deh…
ya…saya join free-english-course.
sama… 🙂
sisca said:
ya gitu deh, karena saya butuh conversation nya maka saya coba ke english chat supaya bisa langsung praktek ngorbrol eh malah jadi bingung cara pakenya. Coba’in deh di address ini http://www.englishbaby.com, dan kalau udah tahu caranya info-info ya
tks
caktopan said:
ok…mbak sisca.
Saya uda coba. Karena ada problem di koneksi, saya baru bisa ndaftar saja. Belum bisa nyoba chatting.
Saya ga tau persis problemnya mbak sisca. Tapi kayaknya situs ini mirip jejaring sosial macam facebook ato friendster. Hanya saja, ini topiknya belajar bahasa inggris.
Liat aja, waktu baru daftar. Anda diminta untuk mengisi profil kan? Supaya orang tertarik untuk berbicara dengan anda (ya..iya lah..sapa yang mau bicara dengan unknown 🙂 ). Kemudian, temukan teman anda. sapa tau ada yang uda duluan.
Saya cuma mengira-ngira aja problem mbak sisca. Kayaknya kalo ga di-reken (ato ga dihiraukan) ama teman chattingnya, mungkin karena mbak sisca ga dikenali ama lawan bicara. Kalo bener kayak gitu, mungkin ada baiknya profil mba sisca di lengkapi dulu. Terus kirim message ke teman2 yang mau diajak bicara. Mungkin gitu kali ya…
Kalo problemnya ga kayak gitu, misalnya bersifat teknis alias ga nyambung2 koneksinya kayak kondisi saya sekarang ini, ya….ga tau deh….mending nanya situsnya.
oke deh…segitu aja…selamat belajar.
sisca said:
Satu lagi, mungkin tahu situs pembelajaran lain yang bisa saling ngobrol (chatting / kirim email) mirip kayak english chat gitu ?
Many thanks for your help.
caktopan said:
saya sendiri cukup pake YM saja.
dari milis tersebut, saya cukup dapat teman. ya…chatting aja dengan mereka pake inggris… cukup kan. enaknya sama-sama orang indonesia. kalo uda mentok, ya pake bahasa indonesia aja. ntar di-translate bareng2.
memang enaknya sih chat ama bule sekalian. biar berasa !!
prinsip saya…saya pake aja apa yang ada. adanya orang indo yang mau sama-sama belajar, ya…itu aja yang kita manfaatkan. kalo misalnya ntar ada kenalan bule, ya uda rada pede pake bahasa inggris.
Kalo kirim email? Kenapa mbak sisca ga kirim email aja ke milis. Menjawab pertanyaan member yang lain. memang sih…belum tentu diloloskan moderator karena bisa jadi jawaban mba sisca sama dengan jawaban orang lain. tapi paling tidak anda melatih writing skill anda kan?
Saya sering menjawab, tapi juga sering ga lolos. Ga pa pa. Toh jawaban terbaik yang memang pantas dibaca semua orang kan? Yang terpenting (buat saya tentunya), saya sudah melatih bahasa inggris saya. Dan itu cukup !
Thanks atas responnya…
Have a great day !!
sisca said:
Terima kasih banyak, saran anda sangat bermanfaat
ihsan said:
Wow…I appreciate for this blog..
cak topan can make us to improve our English and give us motivation to be a better in English. I always pray hope I have good English in grammar and conversation although I haven’t join an English course.I also always pray, hope Cak Topan is given the best from Allah SWT, because you always share your knowledge.I feel helped to increase my motivation…
My name Ihsan Husaeni,now I’m 6th semester in Metalurgi and Material University of Indonesia, and I’m an General manager of one Education Private Course. I live in Tangerang and Depok.
From this first introduce, maybe in the next meeting we can discuss more about.And we can improve our English better.Save my YM for learn and discuss together.Nice to meet you.
Ihsan husaeni
YM ; ihsan_93m03k
email : ihsan_93m03k@yahoo.co.id
Indra said:
this blog very usefull for me. no more word that i can write to comment your ability and kind.
hope, i could join your group to improve my english…
GBU
bestnetter said:
maybe you all can learn english by chatting with indonesian people too. please try http://www.englishchatting.blogspot.com
it’s a new website and it works
hope you the best, all
altins said:
Hola…
It’s been so long since I visited your blog last time..:D
Quite an interesting topic..
But I wonder if you have one blog special for post that is written in English?
Just a question though..
caktopan said:
I wish I can do that.
But you see, I have two blogs to maintain. And, Flickr too which is not so updated.
Someday, sister…
I hope someday I can do that.
hesti said:
Dear mr.caktopan,
i very interested when i read this blog.
currently, i have internship program in oil and gas company, but my english its not good. and i think that is my weakness.
so, i’ll try to practice and more learn with you…
may i know your ID YM?
just for practice my english
i’m sorry if my grammar or vocabulary is not good.
i really open to critic and suggestion.
thank you…
okta said:
Dear Mr. Caktopan,
I’m okta, finance staff of geothermal company. now, I stayed at Manado city. I interested when I read this blog.
I’m very late to study english. sometime I ashamed to use english with my friends, bcause I know my ability. but, I think dont be afraid. I always try to improve my skill in speaking, listening & writing, but it’s not enough for me. I need some teacher like you to teach me. I hope u are ready..
please,,,teach me patiently
I hope u give me some step to learn english well..
sorry if my grammar is not good/ correct
hesti said:
dear mr.caktopan,
As ramadhan approaching upon as, i’d take this opportunity to best wish you “HAPPY RAMADHAN”.
Hopefully, we can take a pass the holy month with a blessing and peace of Ramadhan.
regards,
—hesti—
hesti said:
dear mr.caktopan,
Any chat room i can joined to learn and practice my english…?
Because i dont have a partner to share, i have ashamed to try with my close family or friend.
bembenk said:
dear mr.caktopan
I have a plant to go work with cruise ship, but I only have 3 month to practice my english to be excellen as u know my english is very very whorst, would u plz give me a hand, I really hopless right now, where should I star to learn
Ndra said:
I want learn it.
Help me please,…
ochie said:
morning, i would like to ask the price of english course for preschool and elementary school??
rotyyu said:
I have a blog[0] with article written in English, if you don’t mind please read and give a comment about my English.
[0]http://rotyyu.blogspot.com
caktopan said:
“OK…I’ll check it later. Thanks for dropping comments”
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Parker said:
Mas, bahasa inggris q ancur banget, dulu pernah kursus tapi putus dijalan, sekarang aku pengen belajar bhs inggris dengan serius, soalnya iri ma temen dia jago bahasa inggris jadi segala enak kalo browsing article diinternet gak kebatas ama bahasa soalnya artikel yang bagus contohnya mengenai komputer kebanyakan dalam bahasa inggris, boleh gak ikutan ym-an, tapi aku takut ganggu soalnya kosakatanya juga masih kosa kata bayi, pokoknya ancurdeh, tapi aku pengen belajar dengan serius sekarang, boleh gak ikutan YM-an?
caktopan said:
“ngapain takut? harus berani kalo emang pengen bisa”
yusuf said:
saya ingin daftar
rud! said:
Hi, Mr. Topan
I want to say anything in English, but I can’t, cause my friends always laugh to me, so can I follow YM-an, cause I want icreasing my english, I am sorry, if my english is bad, thank you
mella said:
hi..Mr.Topan
I also use “Understanding and Using English Grammar by Betty Schramfer Azar. When I do the exercise in that book I can Understand but when the teacher combine the materials in the test it makes me confused.please help me ?
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Agoest Pinurbowo said:
hii..cak topan
a real excitement article that assist me….I agree about you article which like this : ” Dia pasti jawab,”Saya ngerti orang ngomong apa, tapi saya ga bisa ngomong”. LAH…berarti untuk sekedar mengerti percakapan aja, juga bisa kan. Kenapa hal yang sama tidak kita terapkan dalam belajar bahasa inggris?”
I hoped not only can hear but also able to talk …
thank you very much
Chida said:
Dear Cak topan,,,
Firstly,let me to introduce about myself. My name is Chida,I’m still a student of college at Tanjungpinang city.really,i want to know more about english…
I hope i can speak english well.But,arrange sentence in english make me difficulty.it’s very-very difficult for me..
i can’t make correct sentence in english….
Help me please…..
Iam sorry,i have not good english….
Thanks alot b 4. . .
korn said:
first i’ll say thanks soo much for your article.i’m as english student really want want to know the way in studying english fun.thank for your everything
razka gesya said:
I have known 16 tenses.so I don’t need less or call the teacher come to our house.studying english is eazy if we active to study if we can’t speak english we will regret
achiee said:
assalamu’alaikum caktopan
saya achiee,,saya seneng banget nemuin blog ini,yg memotivasi saya untuk belajar bhs.inggris lagi,,
wktu smp&sma saya sempet kursus bhs.inggris tp g ad perkembangan yg progres gtu. saya pengen bisa lancar speaking, boleh g caktopan saya minta YM nya hanya untuk membuat saya terbiasa speaking english dan memperbanyak vocab..
saya di suruh ortu untuk les b.inggris lg tp saya malu karna umur saya udh 22 thn..
bahasa inggris saya belum baik,,
semoga caktopan bisa membatu mengatasi problem saya dalam berbahasa inggris
please help me..thanks
wassalamu’alaikum
caktopan said:
halo, achiee.
ini YM saya, caktopan
tapi saran saya sih, banyak2 praktek aja deh. ga kurang dan ga lebih. practice makes perfect, right?
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ucy said:
before that, I want to introduce myself. My name is Rosi Nurrahmanina, Iam 17 years old, and now, i’m studying in UUM(northern univ. of mlaysia) with agribusiness management programme.
I think my english is so bad, and the problem is I study in this university as an international student. So, every lesson or assigment must be done in english word.,not only that, If there are some discussions, we must speak in english, but my skill in english is not fluently, so, what must I do???
thx….
caktopan said:
Dear Ucy;
I think you already have a strong driven for yourself for mastering the language. Studying in international student, write and discuss the assignment in english. Wow.. that’s amazing.
You already in perfect situation for mastering it. I think the problem is you’re not comfortable enough for using it. Two, since you’re new student and not familiar with it.
Keep practice, sis. You’ll make it.
sarip said:
hi can i join this room here…because i want improve my english..thnx
sarip said:
how register is room here..
elank said:
I’am a university student. I want to improve my english well… where the begin i must starting it????
caktopan said:
Mas Elank;
You can start by reading the textbook instead of translated one.
It’s an easy and good start.
aldo said:
mw gabung dun??
bhs inggrs sya msh lmh bngt!!
blh kn gabung??!
juraagan said:
Hi.. Aldo !
it’s my first comment in this blog.
Iam same as with you and I want studying for it.
nice to meet you
@ Cak Topan
Langsung praktek nih.
Thank you for everything and I bookmark this Blog.
razka said:
thanks for telling me about that, but I’ve known 16 tenses in english with reading my book.I should exercixe more, and I’ll had better after reading this…
dewi maharani said:
haiii cak topan, saya mohon bantuan banget,,,,
sangat beruntung saya dapat melihat blog ini… dua minggu kedepan saya akan menjadi LO (Laison officer ) dalan acara SGATAR 39th meeting yang akan diadakan di Bali, saya bingung bagaimana berbahasa yang baik dan apa yang harus saya lakukan karena saya belum pernah berbicara dengan bahasa inggris
terima kasih,
caktopan said:
basic rule of communication: be positive.
ibu Dewi, positive thinking saja. ibu terpilih (ato dipilih) jadi LO kan karena ibu dinilai mampu menjalankan tugas dengan baik.
termasuk diantaranya dinilai mampu berkomunikasi dengan baik.
jangan grogi, ibu. Berbahasa yang baik itu cuma masalah attitude yang baik. sopan.
mengenai ketakutan salah dipahami, itu wajar karena ibu belum pernah menggunakan.
Bicaranya pelan2 aja, bu. kalo kuatir salah dipahami.
juga perhatikan dan konsentrasi penuh saat mendengar orang lain bicara.
ntar kalo uda ga grogi, pasti lancar deh. Sukses buat ibu…
samsiati said:
assalamu’alaikum…
I want speak in england.how…?
caktopan said:
Alaikumsalam wr wb.
dear samsiati;
I’m not very sure what you’re trying to say.
Do you want to speak English? Or, Going to England?
khalif said:
i think samsiati mean is she want to speak english, but she can’t say at right, cause she is studying like me,, lol.
hi cak, good job!
estra said:
bagus si
elank said:
Hello Mr. Cak..
I am a member of your FEC Millist and gak sengaja nemu this blog..
I think your blog is very good.. simple and easy to understanding..
regards,
achmad said:
cma pingin nanya ,,,umurku 23 tapi bahasa inggrisku nol,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, tapi aku puingin banget bisa bhasa inggris, belum telambatkah umur saya untuk blajr bhasa inggris dari dasar, plis djwb siapa aja
caktopan said:
tak ada kata terlambat, mas. semakin cepat dimulai semakin baik. semakin takut memulai, menunda, malah semakin menyesal.
tetap semangat !!
irvan said:
tidak ada kata terlamabt untuk belajar,,selama kamu masih punya semangat dan keingant ayo kamu belajar,,,
aku yakin kamu pasti bisa..
KAMALUDDIN said:
THOSE WAY FOR SUCCESS STUDYING ENGLISH ARE
1 VOCABULARIES
2 PRACTICE
3 LISTENING
okta said:
Dear Mr. Caktopan,
I’m okta, finance staff of geothermal company. now, I stayed at Manado city. I interested when I read this blog.
I’m very late to study english. sometime I ashamed to use english with my friends, bcause I know my ability. but, I think dont be afraid. I always try to improve my skill in speaking, listening & writing alonely, but it’s not enough for me. I need some teacher like you to teach me. I hope u are ready..
please,,,teach me patiently
I hope u give me some step to learn english well..
sorry if my grammar is not good/ correct
Mochtar said:
Thanks. It’s coincidentally find this web. All the info are very usable for me as enrichment tools. Is there any term of English based on specific purpose? We wait the news and thanks for sharing.
irvan said:
hey,,all i’am is new member here i’am following this club because i want to learn english well,,so i hope to you all for give me the a way. thank’s
Geo said:
Thanks for this blog, it is pleasure to read this blog and very useful to increase and practice our English. Sharing each other.
adi Phang said:
Hi….my name is’t Adi and im is first time see this web, but im very interested…
i know my engglish not very well but im trying very hard to understoot what the trouble we got that is english conversation.
to the point im wanna learn some engglish conversation too…
how can i got frenz in this web n learn engglish together?
plz help….
mas boey sugeng said:
heiiiiiiiii
adi Phang said:
sorry im just put in my blogger only…
maybe i got frenz from here….heheheh….
dewa gede ardana said:
ikut gabung
Try It! said:
ternyata semua orang menginginkan mudah berbahasa inggris… bahasa inggris itu skill bukan pengetahuan. Skill harus dibayar mahal oleh diri sendiri … dengan pembiasaan
caktopan said:
betul. harus mau investasi waktu.
gata said:
Siiip bener bgt gan, ak 6 bulan kerja di ruang lingkup bhs inggris… yah lumayan skrg dari tingkat 1 jadi tingkat 5 hahahah masih jelek juga ya
yudi said:
nice article, maybe someday or next day i will practice some tips that you write on this blog.
thx.
arjip said:
dulu saya pernah ikut tes TOEFL, dan hasilnya buruk, tapi sekarang saya memperoleh dollar, hanya dengan menulis artikel singkat berbahasa inggris.
menurut saya peluang ini masih sangat terbuka.
silakan simak saja posting saya “cuma nulis artikel singkat doang bisa jadi uang” di link ini:
http://www.tinyurl.com/2cal2hu
romi said:
mas,
Ymnya apa? saya pengen gabung juga.
saya pengen bisa english. sungguhan mas pleaseeeeeeeeeee.
firman utina said:
saya sangat suka cakopan saya pemain timnas indonesia menurut saya ini yg terbaik untuk bhs inggris
caktopan said:
ok, om firman.
shifa said:
saya pengen banget bisa berbahasa inggris, kaya orang-orang luar tuh, wahh b.inggrisnya mantaaaappp…!
cara cepatnya tolong kasih tau dong…!
shifa said:
aku dah lama banget pengen bisa berbicara dan membuat kalimat dengan b.inggris, tapi kayanya sulit banget, kalau menerjemahkan b.inggris ke b.indonesia sih, sedikit lebih mudah. kendala aku cuma berbicara dan membuat kalimat, buhh bikin kepala pusing saja rasanya. tolong kasih tau dong ! caranya…!
kiki paramita said:
i’m very interested when i read your blog……… i want can speak english very well, but sometimes i shy to practice……… can U help me ??? bisakah cak topan membantu saya dlm meningkatkan mtivasi dalam belajar english ???
thanks caktopan………..
caktopan said:
mampir ke blog belajar bahasa inggris, http://ngenglishyuk.blogspot.com/, saja. moga2 bisa membantu. 🙂
slipi said:
may I join?
dewi said:
waduh pengin banget tuh bisa bahasa inggris…
my inglish so bad… hik..
Khartika said:
Hai..cak Topan. I’m also alumni of ITS. and like eerbody else. I want to up grade my english skill.
Please what is step that i must do? to increase my TOEFL or IELTS.
sorry my enslish is awfull…
laila said:
Hi,i am laila,i am also to want grade up my english,but i do not,what i can do,please help me to speaking inglish.Thank you
Leny Mariyana said:
Hi nice to meet you, and your Blog very interesting, and could you help for make my english better ? last time I took to TBI and not successful.. and now i am almost frustrated…
RHARA DHARA said:
Cara awal untuk belajar bhs. inggris thu g5na???
Soalnya sya 5sih bngung tuk mulai ny.
luki said:
may i introduce my self. my full name is luki dwi nugroho and i go work at prosecution office. i want to speak english very well, but i feel dificult to speak fluently in english even thoug i know what have to say. please help me so that i can practise my speaking. thank you so much for your help..
caktopan said:
Dear luki;
All i can say is… PRACTICE. Nothing more fancy about it.
When you know what you want to say, but you can not say, mostly it’s because VOCABULARY problem.
And, you’re not used to speak.
SO, PRACTICE, PRACTICE and PRACTICE. 🙂
rini anggraeni said:
good apternoon .i m sorry
gimana sih cara mengapal kan bhsa inggris yg gampang karna saya sllu ada pr menghapal kan tanpa tex gima na caranya……………..
mohon jawaban nya texs a lot,
vera girsang said:
thank u very much mr.caktopan,
u give me power to study hard,
N i will always study so that i’m clever,,
🙂
Kalo tense ny slah gpp ya pak,
Hehe
ciu yhun mei mei said:
OMG, i like it…may i know,,why klw q dpt nilai besar b.inggris,,temen2 q malah iri sama q n malah ngancem q…hikzhikz…T_T
laurentina said:
I believe……I can,,,,,,,
SMPN 01 MALUNDA said:
thank’s for your tips.
tiara said:
finally i found this blog, thank u mr.caktopan.. ur blog is usefull.
let me introduce my self, my name is tiara and wanna know more about english language. the problem is why im too shy to speak english 😦
(maaf klo bahasa nya masih brantakan hehe)
anyway ada milist yg masih aktif ttg blajar bhs inggris bareng ga?
many thanks
caktopan said:
di yahoogroups ada, free-english-course.
di facebook ada, free english course for indonesian
kemudian ada FB fan page “English with Desi Anwar” (mantan jurnalis RCTI & Metro TV)
kemudian ada “NgenglishYuk.blogspot.com”
ada banyak lagi… 🙂
JUN said:
THANKS….
P NDAK DA YANG LBH CPET GTU………
caktopan said:
sayangnya ndak ada. 🙂
Yuni said:
nice blog..useful to everyone!!!
tambrin said:
don’t stop study english……..
irma imuet said:
Bingung
Ruthy Telaumbanua said:
Kalau mau belajar TOEFL, bisa juga lho dengan melalui ini:
http://www.carajawab.com/?id=jluasdi
Metode dan sarana belajar yang mudah dimengerti karena pembahasan dalam bahasa Indonesia, mandiri, kapan saja bisa belajar, dan bisa test online… Banyak fitur yang bisa digunakan.
Semoga membantu ya ^^
Kursus Online said:
Ilmu adalah sarana manusia meningkatkan kualitas hidupnya. Semangat belajar adalah ciri pribadi berkualitas 🙂
Trims atas tulisannya Bro!
Aris Thoank Gitu Loch said:
haiiii……….i wanna join us with you all…
Aris Thoank Gitu Loch said:
this is about how to be make studying be more easy…?
i have some more advice so i hope useful for you all
first of all you must study hard….
you must beleivin in your heart,,,,,!!!!!! there’s way there’s will
❤
kezia said:
ada YM group yg bs dipakai untuk qt tanya jawab dengan yg lain ga? Kan sptnya lebih mengasyikan klo ada group YM,everyday bs chat english.
yuni said:
sangat menarik, saya juga ingin belajar dan bisa dengan cepat belajar bahasa inggris
zuhairi albanjari said:
@all Indeed fun can read your article,, it make me more understand about learn english,, thanks to all of you,, Follow my twitter on : @Zuhairi04 so, we can tweet all about of english, chat with language enlish,,
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linda lidiawati said:
I want to learn english
arin said:
i want learn english, help me please