English proficiency is one of the highest priorities in the Indonesian curriculum, both in school and in higher education, and this book has several features that offer particular help to teachers of English as a second or foreign language. Teacher will especially appreciate the many list of practical ideas that help them to prepare lessons. Hopefully, teachers will use them often to improve their lesson and their strategies to engage and motivate their students. Each chapter also has a theory section, and teacher should read them carefully because they also need to appreciate the reasons for particular techniques. Most chapters address the teaching of English, but they are also relevant across the curriculum and help teachers to improve the overall quality of teaching and learning. The first is to the way in which they encourage teachers to foster creativity and confidence in student. The second is the approach to reading and writing, which affect almost every subject in the curriculum and is essential to student success at every academic level. Other topics affecting the wider curriculum include the use of the taxonomy, correction, music, internet resources, and testing.

Daniel Ginting se doctoró en la enseñanza del inglés en la Universidad Estatal de Malang. Es el presidente de IELA (Asociación de Profesores de Inglés de Indonesia), miembro del equipo de desarrollo de módulos de IMOOC (Curso Masivo Abierto en Línea de Indonesia), programa iniciado por el funcionario regional de idiomas (RELO) de la Embajada de Estados Unidos.