Motivation Based on Prof.Dr.Marsigit,MA’s Experience

Become a successful person is not easy, a lot of hurdles and obstacles that must be taken to reach it. If there is intention, effort and prayer to God can all be achieved. My lecturer, Prof.Dr.Marsigit, MA, he was a mathematician who specializes in speaking English. He is not so expert in the field of language and art. When Junior High School , he prefers mathematics than language or English. When Senior High School, he also was ranked in the class. It can make motivation for him, so he wants an expert in English speaking. However, because of his ability, he study hard to learn English. Every Sunday he went to the shopping center (now Taman Pintar) to buy a book, he was riding a bicycle on the banks of the river Progo. In there he buy a cheap English-language books, such as the rainbow (small magazine of about 10 pages that tell about the sights, animals and the environment). When Senior High School he enjoys reading books that interest him, and always re-read them. When Senior High School ,he got 2nd place and received a list in State University of Yogyakarta exact sciences in Teaching Faculty of exact sciences in IKIP Yogyakarta. Starting from appointed assistant lecturer then became a lecturer. Because he wanted to continue his studies abroad, then he must be fluent in English, so he's trying hard to study English. It can be realized if he has a minimum TOEFL (Test Of English as a Foreign Language) 500. So he did a course to Jakarta, Bandung, Malang (for 6 months). He wanted to study abroad because he wanted to have new experiences and want to tell it to the university students so that it can become motivation. He tested many times with a score of only 449. It turns out he has a mistake on English grammar, so that when a course in Malang, atmosphere is created naturally in IKIP Malang. After that, his score increase to 550. So he escapes and lectures in the UK in 1996 for 1.5 years with 6 others received a scholarship from the World Bank Customer Programs. In fact he could pass the first year alone, but were told to wait for the others, so the half-year used to improve the dissertation. In there he felt happy and can find English formally and informally. Such as in the Bank, he was asked by the bank teller, "What note do you want?" . In his mind the meaning of note is note beams and a notebook. Then when jogging around University of London, he heard strange words, after finding out it turns out that the London people say "Water, please" the accent is different from the Indonesian people, etc. In 2000- 2014 he already more than 10 times to go to Japan, 6 times go to Thailand, 4 times go to Australia, 2 times go to England, and Cambodia.

If the structure of the English language and grammar are correct, don’t worry about the pronunciation. He is often a guest speaker in the International seminars, and then he's prepared it, his material is about mathematics education. Indonesian people actually have more capabilities in the areas of pronunciation than other countries, so our job is to do whatever directly supporting our communication skills and communication content. Starting everything from the small things. Do not come to college with the perception that you will get English from your lecturer, but you will get it from your efforts. This is not according with the principal of learning. Your lecturer just give you a task to facilitate and provide you in order that you able to act directly your able to be have, to write, to speak, to listen, to communicate in English. Now, Establishing your base and increase it, not only in English but in the other aspect. After that, up to identify what mathematics, the history of mathematics, ideas of mathematics, to do research of mathematics,etc.  Please, look at the people doing mathematics and then explain in front of your class. Such my lecturer said, so start everything from now on, don't be afraid to make mistakes so that we can know the right things.