Profile
Hi! I am Arena from Indonesia. You could learn Indonesian from me and I want to improve my english skill.
Learning
English
Language Skills
IndonesianNative
Lesson Feedback
Lesson history
| Last month | Last 3 months | All time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Completed lessons | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Attendance rate | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Teacher reviews
No record
Activities
- This impressive-looking grand building is located in the central of Hamburg, Germany. The Hamburg Rathaus, this building official name, is the seat of Hamburg local government which was built around the end of 19th century and is still functioning until now. The Rathaus has luckily survived two world wars, even though the most part of Hamburg suffered of major bombings during the WW 2. It was all raining and cloudy when I visited this area, but the charm of this building would still get you in awe.
October 10, 202001 - Rice and Me It is not a secret that there is an inseparable relation between Indonesians and rice, and I can guarantee it. We Indonesians have been worshiping rice to be the mother of food wherever and whenever since we are able to eat. What makes it more ridiculous is that we even can’t say food as a main food without rice on it. Our addiction to rice is already in an incurable level, and it could distress us, especially when we are living in a place that rice has the same place with bread and other carbohydrates. It’s almost two weeks for me to live abroad. Since the increasing number of Asians living here, rice is commonly sold in every supermarket and is relatively cheap. The problem is that I cannot eat rice everyday as the schedule in postgraduate study could be very tight and we need some times to cook it. I therefore have to learn eating bread or chips to be efficient in my daily life. But I’ve just realized that it’s not that easy to leave rice even only for two days! Actually I am not sick or something but I just cannot stand eating chips or bread regularly, especially with the odd taste of strange cuisines. Well yes it’s not a big problem and I know some people that finally get used to it but still, learning to live without rice is as hard as learning language September 24, 201600
- New City It has been more than a week since my arrival in this new city. One thing the most different from my homeland is the weather. As you know, I come from a country near equator and the low temperature of Europe was hurting me when I just arrived here. I am even still suffered of influenza caused by the weather. However, I love being in this place! The surroundings are lovely and the people are so kind. It is exciting only to have a walk around the city center, between the old and new buildings that are so beautiful that I can’t resist to make it as a photo background. Even though the city area is pretty small, it is rather busy and people with strange English accent from around the world can be found here. I am just feeling so glad to become of this part of society. But still, there are we would experience something unpleasant no matter we would be and I have found that in this city too. Unfortunately it is one of the most essential things. The transportation system especially bus is not well planned and often make new residents confused. So I need to think about another method to get me from one place to another easily. But I'm sure it's just because I'm new here, so I need time to figure everything out.September 21, 201600
- The most efficient way to practice English I am a kind of people who believe that practice is the best method to learn a language. I have been studying English for about 2 years and I feel my ability is decreasing because I barely practice at the moment. There were times when I felt very confident to use English in my daily activities. It was the time when I practiced it so much; I would practice listening and reading in the morning, writing in the afternoon and even having conversation with some friends before I sleep. The result was very nice. I even beat the TOEFL test with a good score! However, things are pretty busy currently so I can't practice English as frequent as I used to. Moreover, I also lose some friends I usually practiced English with. The result can be guessed, I lose my confidence to use English in my daily life. It is not that I don't practice English at all because I still read some English articles and watch some decent movies with no subtitles on. But still, without practicing speaking and writing, my ability is rapidly declining. That is why I would recommend you to not stop practicing learning language even in the short time. It would make your struggles for years in vain.August 22, 201630
- Please correct my essay about purposes of study :) There are many purposes for students to study. However, I personally believe that the main purpose of study is to gain knowledge of something that we want to know. Therefore, I agree that students will be better to understand ideas and concept than to learn only facts. I have reasons for this that I will describe below. To start with, I have mentioned that the main point of study is to get as much knowledge as students can do. This will only be achieved by understanding the ideas and concept of something. I think that students who do this will get a deeper knowledge than those who only memorize the simple facts. Moreover, students who have mastered concepts and ideas will be able to improve the knowledge that they get by critical thinking. For example, when I was in Junior High School, my teacher always encouraged me to learn the basic concepts of some courses. As a result, I could expand the knowledge and easily learn other courses that have relation with those that I have learned. Secondly, once students have got the basic concepts and ideas, it would stay on their minds longer even after they do not use it in a pretty long time. Otherwise, facts are easier to learn but it is also easier to forget so it do not really effective to read only facts without learning the basic ideas. In my own experience, I had a friend in college who only studied for a brief summary of a course at night before a test. Fortunately, he was a smart guy so it helped him to get high score on the test. However, he could not remember the knowledge of that lesson even after only 1 semester passed. In conclusion, I believe that understanding the ideas and concepts are more important than brief facts because it is align with the purpose of study and can not be easily forget.December 15, 201511
- Please help me correct this. Both the reading and the listening materials are about the wage system that is used at A.O. Smith Corporation in the early 1980's. The author of the reading describes some expected result that would be benefits of the new wage system. However, the lecturer challenged the reading by giving examples of the reality of the result. The author of the reading states that there were some expected result while the A.O. Smith Corporation introduced the new wage system. He writes that this system would allow workers who produce higher number of frame pieces would get a higher salary. First, according to the article, the company believed that workers would work harder to make more money, thus the productivity would increase as well. Moreover, the company also expected the morale of the workers would boosted up while they were working. At the result, the company did initially satisfied by the higher number of production after the new system was implemented. The lecturer agrees that the new wage system implemented in A.O. Smith Corporation gave some positif effects. He states that the production did increase and the workers were really satisfied of the new wage system. But, this system left a serious problem for the company. According to the lecturer, the workers tend to work quickly only to make the product as much as they could. At a result, the product's quality descreased and even many of them needed to be repaired before being used. Luckily, after A.O. Smith Corporation changed the wage system in 1990, the better impact really came and it even dramatically reduced the products that needed to be repaired.December 13, 201500
- Should Adult Relatives Make Important Decisions for Older Teenagers? I believe that older teenagers are old enough to see what is best for them and what is not. Therefore, I do not agree if their relatives such as parents or other families make important decisions for them. I have some reasons for this statement that I will describe below. To start with, decisions that are made by their adult relatives may not fit them. It is dangerous because it could make older teenagers feel they do not live in life they want. If it happens, they may feel unhappy and even start getting depression. For example, my father used to force me to do something he wanted when I was 17. At the result, I grew to be a timid boy with a big anxiety. It was one of the hardest parts of my life. Luckily, my father realized that he couldn’t push me and finally told me that I could do something that I was really passionate about. Furthermore, older teenagers are in a state that they can make their own decisions. However, since they are still very young and do not have many experience, their older relatives can give advice instead of making decisions for them. I think that it will train them to have responsibility to their own life. Older teenagers that do what they really want to do tend to grow to be a confident person. In my own experience, after my father permitted me to do something that I really like, I had changed to be a passionate person. I have grown happily and it has really great effects to my life. Sometimes I made mistakes but it was pretty natural and my father always gave me advice and helped me through difficult times. In conclusion, I am of the opinion that adult relatives should not make important decisions for older teenagers. Instead, they should make their own decisions with the relatives always support and help them.December 8, 201510
- Money or Comfotable Living It is obvious that money is one of the most significant aspects for us. However, there are still some people who see money not as a main purpose of their life. Personally, I agree with this because I prefer to look for comfortable living. I have some reasons about this which I will describe below. To start with, I think that comfortable living means happiness and as a human I want to be happy in my life. I believe that comfortable living is not determined by how much money we have but how thankful we are. Some people said that money can make them happy but I see that sometimes money could even ruin the happiness instead. I know personally about someone who really loved making money and never tired of it. He worked only for money and he did it really hard until he forgot to spare a time for his family. He thought that money could make he and his family happy. But he made a big mistake. At the result, his children even didn't respect to him as a father and his wife didn't believe him anymore. At the end he realize that money is not the answer for happiness. Secondly, money can not buy everything. Some precious things for me such as time, health and family can not be bought by money. People who has a lot of money not always have those things. On the other hand, those things make me much more happier than I have a lot of money. If I spend more time in my life to make a large amount of money, I am afraid to left many precious things in my life. Furthermore, my father always said that I should enjoy my life and I definitely agree with him. For example, I have chosen a job that I can feel comfortable even though the salary is not really big. In conclusion, I believe that comfortable living is more important for me and it is the thing that I pursue in my life. This is because comfortable living will make my life happier than money do.December 6, 201500
00:00
00:00