Dian Ariana Junaedi

KAJANG TRIBE IS THE UNIQUE ONE Dian Ariana Junaedi (AG.1) “ Ammentengko nu kamase-mase, accidongko nu kamase-mase, a‘dakkako nu kamase-mase, a‘meako nu kamase-mase ” ( the way you stand simply, the way you sit simply, the way you step simply and the way you speak simply ) The philosophy of Kajang tribe Indonesia is a country who has many cultures and tribes. Totally, there are 1.340 tribes in Indonesia. One of the tribes is the Kajang tribe in Bulukumba, Makassar, South Sulawesi. The society of Kajang tribe is living in District Kajang especially in the area that is regarded as a heritage land. It is what they call Tana Toa which is divided into two groups, Kajang In and Kajang Out. Kajang tribe is one of the tribes in Indonesia that is still hold strong and maintained the culture and tradition of their ancestors. This tribe is very natural, because it is untouched by modernization and globalization change has been very rapid as nowdays. I can prove it by myself beca...

Korean Wave Reduces the Sense of Nationalism Especially in Life Style of the Indonesian Teenagers Dian Ariana Junaedi (AG.1) Who does not know the popularity of Super Junior, SNSD, 2PM, Sistar, and EXO? For the teenagers, they one familiar with those korean artists due to they are the ones who started to spread Korean wave that is much loved. Now, the things about Korea get common interest. Especially, Indonesian teenagers who start to learn the ins and outs of Korean nation and begin to change their life style like Korean culture as a guide for expression. Whereas, Indonesian culture has begun to be forgotten. In few words, Korean wave reduces the sense of nationalism especially in life style of the Indonesian teenagers. Korean culture specifically refers to Kpop or Hallyu. In Indonesia, it began to enter in 2000. As time goes by, the teenagers become rabid fans. In fact, they are willing to spend time and waste of money just to see their idol directly, started from attend ...

SPEAK ENGLISH? “YES, WE CAN” Dian Ariana Junaedi (AG.1)             Is it difficult to speak English?             English is international language. Indonesia as one of the developing country deeply understand the importance of English in life. With that thing, the education curriculum in 2006 is expected that the students are able to communicate in English by mastering the whole skills. Actually, English has four skills. They are listening, reading, writing, and speaking skill. However, it is not an easy thing to master all skills. For the student the most difficult skill to be learned is speaking skill considering that English as a foreign language. That is a difficult thing to communicate or interact with the foreigner as native speaker grammatically through English. However, to improve the speaking skill in English for students is really needed the effective way...

GARBAGE, GO AWAY! Dian Ariana Junaedi (AG.1) Makassar ta’ tidak rantasa (MRT) Lihat sampah ambil (LISA) In Makassar, those slogans are very familiar as one of the efforts of Mayor in Makassar about the garbage problem that is uncontrollable increasingly. Generally, handling the garbage problem in Indonesia is serious problem. However, the uncontrolled garbage problem has many effects that can not be tolerated, not only in terms of environmental impacts such as environmental pollution, disturbing the aesthetics of the city, even can have a natural disasters, such as flood. The various effects of the garbage problem that are not solved seriously need to get the full attention of Indonesian government and the society as a whole. In other words, the garbage problem in Indonesia needs the effective solutions such as public awareness, rubbish management with recycling and applying the fines. The garbage problem in Indonesia can not be solved, if there is no public awareness ...