Language
Teaching for the Future
Reviewed by Diana Kurniawati / 111214002
The changing times gives
huge effects in learning process nowdays. There are so many demands in
education that forces educators and students to be more prepare to face the globalization
in education aspect. Then it makes a change in learning practice faster and
instantly, that is called McDonaldization. It is style on learning practice
that emphasize on how meke the learning faster and fun without think hard for
students and educators. From McDonaldization emerges McCoursebook as a media
for learning. That is a book that have been arranged in such a way so that the
students are able to understand it easier. It makes a reflection for educators
how make a learning become more qualified, emphasize on how makes students
think deeper about the knowledge that they have got. So that the students can
make their own plan for their future.
McDonaldisasion in
learning process makes standardisation and dehumanisation. It is going to give
negative effects for learning process because it makes nonsense and makes the
student don’t really get the main purpose from what they are learn. Instant learning
process makes the students cannot think deeper. Students should be given large
space to make experiment and make a mistake so that they can learn from the
mistake and try to improve. It will give positive stimulus for them more brave
to make decision and always try until the get the result that they are
expected.
McDonalisation creates
new media for language teaching, that is McCoursebook. The book gives easiness
for teacher to explain and students to get the information without think hard. Students
tend to find out information by computerizing that book. Moreover they insist
to get information easier (Quinn, 2000). The book should be give explanation
and essay question so the student expacts to analyze the question and try to
give their opinion about the explanation before, it will make them think deeper
and critical about the information that they get.
The writer gives a solution
by making a plan for curriculum. This new curriculum which offer by Andrew
Littlejohn (2001), expects for leaening process that emphasize on the ability
of student to comprehend and think critically not only know about the
knowledge. Andrew emphasis critical thinking in learning process. Thinking
critically will provide a framework for understanding (Ten Cate,2004) The
student are expected apply and expand their knowledge.
McDonaldisation is not
the right choice for education, especially for student. They will find it too
difficult to make dicision for the future, because they only know the default
things wihout try to think broadly about the rela thing they are able to. Learning
occurs when the learner gets the knowledge through the processing information
by thinking (Ten Cate,2004). The students have to be directed to look through
the other people’s thinking and analyze all informations they get before then
try to make hypothesis. They should learn to make their plan and make dicision
for some issues that they are faced then try to find the solutions for the
issues. Learning and teaching is interplay on the process, so that students
need qualified teacher who can guide and expand their way to think critically
about the issue that they are learning about. Teacher as educator has big role
to create learning process which has best quality.
References
Lottlejohn, A (2001) Language
Teaching for the Future.
Ten Cate, O (2004) Orienting Teaching
Toward the Learning Process.
Retrieved from http://igitur-archive.library.uu.nl/med/2006-0726-200912/Cate_AcadMedLot.pdf
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Quinn, B ( 2000) The
McDonaldization of Academic Libraries.
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