ENGLISH CORNER : IDIOM

Are you a shopaholic?? 

You probably can not find this word in the dictionary. It’s slang for someone who is addicted to shopping. If you prefer to spend time in the mall rather than at home. If you often buy something that you realy don’t need and if you have clothes that still have tags on them then you might be a shopaholic. 

Kambing Hitam

The second is “Kambing hitam”. In english mean ‘scapegoat’. if someone who is innocent, get the blame for something that has happened when we say they are being used as a scapegoat.

Demam Panggung

The third is “ Demam panggung” or in English ‘stage-fright’. If someone is really scare about being on stage or in show then they often experience stage-fright or “Demam panggung’’. Stage-fright often occurs just before they person is due to appear on stage in front of an audience.

How Many Language Do You Speak? 

Indonesia has hundred of different ethnic group and each of them speak a different dialect or language. In some place, mainly the rural area, the national language Bahasa Indonesia is not widely used especially at home. In Lombok student might speak Bahasa Sasak at home. In Bandung it might be Bahasa Sunda and etc. When this children go to school they must also learn and use Bahasa Indonesia. So do you realize that when they also study English they are actually learning language number three (or maybe four). 

Many expert agree that learning language is easier when younger. Young learners learn multiple language in a parallel path instead of translating from their native language. They learn to think in multiple language at the same time and become fluent much more easily. 

So, all of you out there who are learning English as the third or maybe even fourth language .I think you should give you self a path on the back. WELLDONE !!!!!!!***