On May 14th, 2015, the
students of grade 7th Islamic Junior High School of Permata Hati
held touring to Yogyakarta. It is called “Hunting Tourist”. It is because they
must make conversation and practice their English with the foreign tourist who came
to Yogyakarta. ‘Hunting Tourist’ is annual agenda of Islamic Junior High School
of Permata Hati. To make easier in making the conversation, the students were
divided into some groups.
We went to Yogyakarta at 06.00 in the
morning. It took 4 hours until we arrived to Yogyakarta. The first destination
is Keraton Yogyakarta. Before entering the Keraton the teacher gave instruction
to find at least 5 foreign tourists with its videos. After that, the students
separated and Hunting Tourist was begun.
tudents were so enthusiasm. When they
saw a foreign tourist, they approached him/her directly. Some of foreign
tourists allowed the students to have an interview, it made the students happy
and they talked actively. First of all, the students had to introduce
themselves, and then they began to ask about foreign tourist’s name, country
where they come from, how long they are in Indonesia, until their favorite,
such as; hobby, Indonesian food, place in Yogyakarta, etc. While the other
student recorded in a video. The last, they asked to take picture with the foreign
tourist. They did the same things to the other foreign tourist until they got 5
tourists.
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In the other hand, several foreign
tourists refused them. It made the students disappointed, and it was the
teacher’s duty to make the students find their spirit again to look for the
other foreign tourists. As the result, each group can complete 5 videos and its
pictures.
Hunting Tourist lasted for 2 hours. When
the time was up, the teacher gave the instruction to all of the students to go
out from Keraton Yogyakarta and went to Mosque to pray together. After that the
teachers and the students had lunch and rest for a moment.
At 13.30 WIB, the students were allowed
to visit Malioboro. They walked to Malioboro and they were so enthusiasm
although the sun was so bright and the weather was so hot. At the Malioboro,
most of students bought t-shirt as the souvenir. At 15.30, all students backed
to the bus and they were ready to go to our last destination that was Gembira
Loka Zoo.
Hunting tourist is unforgettable
experience. The students have amazing experience to talk with the foreign
tourist. They were so happy. The teachers were also proud of them with their
brave and their enthusiasm so, all of the agenda run well. Thank you so much to
our principal, Muhammad Al Akhyar who have support our agenda. Hope the next
Hunting Tourist will be more interesting.
(By. English Teacher Ustadzah Yuli Hartati, S.Pd Ustadzah Fevi Kurniawati, S.Pd)
