Did The Cat Get Your Tongue?

What you can do to improve your spoken English?
One of the English teachers at our university got into a taxi one day, and as she talked with the driver, she noticed that he had very good spoken English, better, in fact, than that of some of her students ! “Where did you learn your English?” she asked. “Oh” he replied, “I never went to secondary school. I drive a taxi everyday, but while I’m driving around, I listen to the English radio stations. And if an English-speaking passengers gets in, I try to start a conversation with them. That’s how I learn my English!”
There are many things which contribute to good spoken English, but an important question for you is this: to what extent are your attitudes similar to those of the taxi drives? Are you willing to try to start a conversation with an English speaker? Or do you feel as if “the cat did get your tongue”? –That whenever you try to speak English, your tongue won’t behave it self and you can hardly make a sound?
How then can you improve your spoken English? How can you try to put your resolution to improve into practice? In the ELT Unit Fact Sheet No.1, we have given some important advice about your attitude towards language learning and towards making a plan for improvement. Here we will suggest some concrete things you can do on your own (for little or no money) to improve your English – spoken English in particular.

The Front Office of ABA SINEMA

When you firstly open the door made from glasses in front of this building, you will find the front office, the first room in the first floor f our college’s building. The room is about 3 meters width and 6 meters length. The white colored ceramics floor and the white painted wall of the room make a clean and fresh sight to everyone inside. The wall is beautify with an announcement board in the south corner wall and a printing written ABA SINEMA Yogyakarta n the east one. Then, air conditioner is accompanied by a white circle clock on the top of the north wall. There are two glass entrance doors: in the south side and in the north one. If you enter from the south door, you will face a staff table with a couple guest chairs. There are three glasses water in line available for the lecturers on the table. A chair for the staff will not to be forgotten always on the place: behind the glass staff table. When you look your right side you will find a unit of computer stands calm on the table with its chair. You can use the computer to get any information because it is connected with internet. The computer is usually used by student’s of ABA SINEMA although sometimes the staffs also use it. it is accompanied by a set of printer which always on the small glass table in the east of the computer. There is also a pot of beautiful green plastic plant beautify the room. The pot is taken place in the center between the staff table and the small one. Next to them, in the south east corner there is a big enough shelf standing there with a student’s files in beautiful row and a dark blue telephone available on it. the left side of you is the other staff table and as a work room for other staff.

Kiss Me

Kiss me, out of the bearded barley

Nightly, beside the green, green grass

Swing, swing, swing the spinning step

You wear those shoes and I will wear that dress

Oh, kiss me beneath the milky twilight

Lead me out on the moonlit floor

Lift your open hand

Strike up the band and make the fireflies

Dance silver moon's sparkling, so kiss me

Kiss me down by the broken tree house

Swing me upon its hanging tire

Bring, bring, bring your flowered hat

We'll take the trail marked on your father's map

Oh, kiss me beneath the milky twilight

Lead me out on the moonlit floor

Lift your open hand

Strike up the band and make the fireflies

Dance silver moon's sparkling, so kiss me

Kiss me beneath the milky twilight

Lead me out on the moonlit floor

Lift your open hand

Strike up the band and make the fireflies SDance

Dance silver moon's sparkling, so kiss me

So kiss me

So kiss me

Lagu ini sering kita dengar dan sering pula kita nyanyikan. Saat menyanyikan lagu ini kita pun sering merasakan ada sesuatu yang indah dan luar biasa hebat tentang sosok seorang Ibu.
Di sessi ini, kita belajar yuk menyanyikannya dengan Bahasa Arab.


Kasih Ibu

Kasih Ibu kepada beta
Hubbu ummi tijahan nafsi

Tak terhingga sepanjang masa
La akhsihi tiwala ‘umri

Hanya memberi tak harap kembali
Innama tu’ ti la tarju jaza i

Bagai sang surya menyinari dunia
Ka anna syamsa tunawiru dunyaya


Kosa kata


Bahasa Arab Bahasa Inggris Bahasa Indonesia

Tilmidzun Student Murid
Saahatun Tree Pohon
Maidaanun Field Lapangan
Madrosatun School Sekolah
Mazro’atun Rice field Sawah
Funduuqun Hotel Hotel
Mashna’un Factory Pabrik
Math’amun Restaurant Restoran
Syajarotun House yard Halaman rumah

Daniel: “Where do you put your book, dear?”
Sarah: “It is on the table, the nearest one.”
Daniel: “thanks, I’ve got it”

When you read or hear this conversation, I am sure that you will easily know what is the meaning of the verb ‘put’ on the sentences. But have you know that the verb ‘put’ will have a different meaning in other sentences or other context? Let me tell you more!


Each sentence below contain the verb ‘put’. The verb has a different meaning in each sentence.

• The children put up their tent in the middle of a field. (=mendirikan)
• They put out the fire and crept into their tent. (=memadamkan)
• I put on my coat and left the house. (=memakai)
• You needn’t go back to London tonight. We can put you up for the night. (we can provide you with a bed) (=memberi penginapan)
• The teacher sent the boy to the headmaster. He could not put up with him any longer. (he could not stand him) (=tidak tahan)
• Take out your note-books. Put down all sentences that are on the blackboard. (write all the sentences…) (=tulis/catat)
• We cannot have the meeting tonight. We shall have to put it off until tomorrow. (we have to postpone it) (=menunda)
• Close your books and put them away. (=simpan)

Well, now you have known the verb ‘put’ in several kinds of sentences. Have a nice learning…!