Holidays in Kampung Inggris, Returning Home with Fluent English

Winter semester final exams are over, time to welcome with joy the arrival of the
long holiday season. Vacation is the time to relax to relieve boredom and fatigue
after the test, and refresh the mind.Even so it's good if a long vacation filled with
activities that are productive. Many activities that can be used to fill the holiday-
no need for expensive, home produce-for example by being a backpacker and
traveling around the beauty of the city one towards another city, or take an
English course in Kampung Inggris.
Not much is mentioned several hamlets in the Village and Village
Tulungrejo Pelem as English village. English Village is located in the district of
Pare, Kediri regency, East Java, INDONESIA . Although located in a remote
area, but miraculously both of this villages have been famous among the college
students in Indonesia. Even Pare is a kind of the camp area for anyone who
wants to explore the English language as well as to practice speaking English
fluently. Amazingly it does not use the promotional brochures distributed to the
campus, but it is only through word of mouth.Although it is called KAMPUNG
INGGRIS or ENGLISH VILLAGE, but do not imagine there are many foreigners
who live here-in fact none of the Caucasians who can be found in the English
Village. The village is famous with the nickname because there are more than
80 of the English language courses, in addition there are also a handful of the
courses in Mandarin, Japanese, Korean.
The atmosphere in the village of England is very conducive to learn
English language. Do not be surprised if there are Pecel (cheap local food
consisting of steamed vegetables presented with peanut sauce) food seller using
English to serve its customers, or there are several groups of teens who
converse using English along the village street, and even will often encountered
teenagers who are memorizing vocabulary and conversational English. So do not
be surprised if the village is filled by thousands of young people from all corners
of Indonesia with the same goal, namely smooth English from primary level.
Not a few students who spent his holiday in the village of England, even irony
rare from Kediri own students who follow courses. On average, students taking
courses in the English village from the city of Malang, Surabaya, Yogyakarta,
Bandung, Jakarta and even many students who come from outside the island of
Java such as Aceh, Jambi, Manado, and Makassar.
In general there are several classifications of programs offered at each of
the course include: Pronunciation, Speaking, Grammar and Syntax, Writing,
Translation, TOEFL / IELTS preparation, each program classification are
subdivided according to level of difficulty ranging from the most basic level to the
highest . Long period also varied course, there are 1 or 2 months, but the most
rapid period is 2 weeks. Regarding the cost of courses also varied between 30-
150 thousand, it depends on the level of difficulty and the long period taken by
the program.
There are few courses that provide speaking programs include: Daffodils,
Access, Webster, Ocean, Mahesa, Harvard, Marvelous, etc.. Speaking class will
focused on the ability to express ideas in English and motivate the students to
have gut on speaking English, without fear of being grammatically
blamed . Speaking classes will be filled with discussions, debates, presentations,
listening to songs, etc.. For programs pronunciation or oral gymnastics program,
will be learned about how to speak like a native speaker but it also will be told
how to read the dictionary and punctuation. Pronunciation classes provided by
the daffodils, Access, Marvelous, Smart, Ocean courses.
While there are some places that its genre is the grammar, among others
Elfast, Smart, Krishna, Mahesa, etc.. In this place will be taught grammar and
syntax start from the basic level, such as: Part of speech, tenses, seven
summaries (draft 2 events), modals, clausa, comparison Bends, gerund, etc..
If you want to take classes TOEFL / IELTS, it would be nice if it already has the
capability of both grammatical and syntax, so it can support and facilitate the
understanding of the TOEFL / IELTS. In grade TOEFL / IELTS, there are 3
important things to be discussed namely structure and written, listening and
reading.TOEFL classes opened in Elfast, Smart, Krishna, Mahesa, etc..Even so,
do not worry if it does not take a course in several places on the course, because
the other courses also provide the same program the same variety and quality.
Each of the courses to open two new class registration periods in one month, ie,
each dated 10 and 25. But there are some classes that just opened in the period
December 10, and not in period 25.So when planning to take the course, it's
better to register in the period December 10 because classes are offered more
choice of many kinds. For prospective applicants who can not apply directly
because of distance and time constraints may apply directly to the course via
telephone.
After getting the course, you can proceed by finding a place to live. There
are two options for living, namely ordinary boarding house or hostel (camp). For
boarders have rates between IDR 70-80 thousand ($9) per month. While For
Camp in the sense of Home Area has a rate between IDR 125-200 (13$) per
month. In the. Camp the occupant must use English as the language of
everyday when, for example, borrowing stuff, asking permission to go to the
bathroom or other trivialities. Other facilities at the camp is a dawn-college
program filled with memorizing new vocabulary after sunset, and the program is
filled with debates, discussions about movies, etc.. For those who want to
deepen speaking, stayed in the camp could be the right choice.
Cost of living in the village of England also not burdensome bag boarding
school boys, not much different from the average cost of living in another town in
East Java. Once dinner is an average of IDR 4-5 thousand (a half dollar)
including the drink. Do not forget, also provide a budget for buying books as
references and dictionaries. Books other than to assist in the learning process,
also can be purchased for very skewed with a quality that is not much different
from the books sold in bookstores.
From Jakarta, you can take a IDR 45.000 economic train ticket to arrive at
Kediri Station by Matarmaja train and about fifteen hours journey or IDR 120.000
business class, or IDR 300,000 ($30) by Bangunkarta to arrive at Jombang.
Then, take another bus to Pare for about IDR 5000. (half dollar), From Pare you
can take a becak to Tulungredjo or Pelem by becak for IDR 10.000 (one dollar).
If you are native English, you will be a friend in need.