To step up the intensity of spirit and motivation, some 70 USD PBI students taking the subject Service Programme Design (SPD-ers) this semester practised the yells or slogans of their groups at the open stage of USD Mrican campus on Monday 6 May 2013. What an inspiring activity! At USD PBI, the subject SPD, which is one of the compulsory 3-credit courses, has now been offered every semester in the last several years. This course assists students to build up and develop their entrepreneurship skills, such as abilities to be an excellent team member/player and to communicate with others clearly and effectively.
In the PBI academic guideline, version 2012, it is stated that SPD "gives students insights into the concept of curriculum, its program design and implementation. In this course, the students are introduced to the concept of curriculum in general and also to the current curriculum used in Indonesia and its elements including syllabus and lesson unit plan. Besides, students are equipped with the knowledge of material development. Having the knowledge of curriculum, of its elements, and of material development, students are also given practice to develop teaching materials for grade-schools based on the current curriculum used. As the final product, the students are expected to generate a set of lesson planning documents" (Panduan Akademik PBI, 2012: 42).
One of the many yells of SPD-ers reads as follows:
Can anybody find me ... somebody to be taught
I am SPACE
You are SPACE
We are SPACE
Come and join us right now
Smart, Progressive, Active and Creative English
We'll help you to reach your dream
Kami datang dari Sanata Dharma, meletup-letup seperti popcorn
We come to teach you, help you to learn English
Please come and join us and we'll learn together
Smart, Progressive, Active and Creative English
We'll make your English better
We'll teach you
We'll help you
We'll rock you ...
Come and join us now
Smart, Progressive, Active and Creative English
We'll help you to reach your dream
(Yell creation credit: Astika Christia Destin, Six Finish Wella RRW, Mutiara Sekar Utami, Maria Diana Petricia and Bonaventura Dedy Wiliartha, all of batch 2009 -- SPD-ers 2012)
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