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PELATIHAN TEST OF ENGLISH FOR INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION (TOEIC) BAGI MAHASISWA POLITEKNIK NEGERI JEMBER Alfi Hidayatu Miqawati; Fitri Wijayanti; Agus Setia Budi; Cholimatus Zuhro; Nila Susanti
SELAPARANG Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat Berkemajuan Vol 4, No 3 (2021): Agustus
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Mataram

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (143.243 KB) | DOI: 10.31764/jpmb.v4i3.4836

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ABSTRAKBahasa Inggris menjadi salah satu keterampilan yang harus dikuasai oleh mahasiswa agar dapat terjun ke dunia kerja global. Banyak perusahaan mensyaratkan penguasaan bahasa asing, salah satunya adalah bahasa Inggris. Untuk menjawab tantangan tersebut, Politeknik Negeri Jember (Polije) mengadakan uji kompetensi bahasa Inggris Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) untuk mahasiswa tingkat akhir sebagai salah satu syarat kelulusan. Namun, permasalahan utama yang dihadapi mahasiswa yang akan mengikuti tes tersebut adalah mereka belum mengetahui TOEIC. Tujuan dari kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini adalah untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan mitra tentang TOEIC melalui sosialisasi dan pelatihan TOEIC yang melibatkan 65 mahasiswa Polije. Hasil dari pelatihan TOEIC menunjukkan bahwa mahasiswa dapat (1) meningkatkan pemahaman tentang TOEIC, (2) mengimplementasikan strategi yang sesuai dalam mengerjakan soal TOEIC, (3) dapat meningkatkan kemampuan Bahasa Inggris mereka. Kegiatan serupa direkomendasikan melibatkan lebih banyak mahasiswa di lingkungan Polije agar mahasiswa Polije lebih siap mengikuti uji kompetensi bahasa Inggris dan bersaing di dunia global. Kata kunci: pelatihan; TOEIC; komunikasi; keterampilan; bahasa inggris. ABSTRACTEnglish is one of the skills that must be mastered by students in order to enter the global world of work. Many companies require mastery of foreign languages, one of which is English. To answer this challenge, Politeknik Negeri Jember (Polije) held an English competency test; Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) for senior students as one of their graduation requirements. However, the main problem faced by students who took the test was that they knew nothing about TOEIC. The purpose of this community service activity was to improve the students’ knowledge about TOEIC through TOEIC socialization and training, which involved 65 students. The results of the TOEIC training showed that the students could (1) improve their understanding about TOEIC, (2) implement appropriate strategies in working on TOEIC questions, (3) improve their English skills. Similar activities are recommended by involving more students in Polije so that students of Polije are better prepared to take the English language competency test and compete in the global world..Keywords: training; TOEIC; communication; skills; english.
Literal Reading Comprehension Ability of English Study Program Students of Politeknik Negeri Jember Agus Setia Budi; Cholimatus Zuhro
Journal of English in Academic and Professional Communication Vol 9 No 1 (2023): January
Publisher : Politeknik Negeri Jember

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (380.335 KB) | DOI: 10.25047/jeapco.v9i1.3760

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This article addresses the result of study that was carried out at the English Study Program, Politeknik Negeri Jember. This research was conducted to determine reading comprehension ability especially literal reading comprehension ability. The study is a descriptive quantitative research because it describes students' literal reading comprehension ability. In this study, data was used to describe and report students' ability in understanding literal text. In this study, researcher used a purposive sampling technique so that he made all students of the English Study Program in Semester1 for the 2020/2021 Academic Year as samples to be studied in this study. The samples taken in this study were 64 students who took reading course (literal reading course). To analyse the data in this study, the researcher conducted a literal reading test to measure their literal reading comprehension ability.
The Indonesian Lexical Interference in the Students’ Descriptive Writing Texts of Politeknik Negeri Jember Cholimatus Zuhro; Agus Setia Budi
Journal of English in Academic and Professional Communication Vol 9 No 2 (2023): July
Publisher : Politeknik Negeri Jember

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25047/jeapco.v9i2.4009

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This study aimed at analyzing the interference of Indonesian lexical made by   students of Automotive Engineering Study Program of Engineering Department of Politeknik Negeri Jember in their descriptive writing texts. This is a descriptive  study, the data were collected and documented using elicitation teqchnique, and then analyzed by using theory of language interference. This study revealed that there were 40 students made 239 lexical errors in their descriptive writing texts. The identified lexical errors were classified based on their frequencies. From the lexical errors analyzed, the result showed that the category of lexical errors committed by the students in their descriptive writing texts were 5 categories, lexical errors in the form of borrowing (17errors/7%), lexical errors in the form of calque (75 errors/31%) lexical errors in the form of misspelling (72 errors/30%), lexical errors in the form of misselection (53 errors/23%) lexical errors in the form of semantic confusion (22 errors/9%), The students made lexical errors in attempting to follow English sentence construction standards. The differences between the grammatical aspects of the English language and the Indonesian language mean that distinct of lexical errors are committed. The interference of the students' native tongue and their insufficient comprehension of some English grammar rules are to blame for these errors. To construct a decent and acceptable sentence, it is important to teach the students about the distinctions between the two languages' structural differences. The way that topics are handled in Indonesian and English has to be emphasized by the teachers.
Pelatihan Menulis Paragraf Deskriptif Memanfaatkan Artificial Intelligence (AI) Bagi Siswa SMKN 1 Jember Nila Susanti; Cholimatus Zuhro; Agus Setia Budi; Alfi Hidayatu Miqawati; Fitri Wijayanti
TAAWUN Vol. 4 No. 02 (2024): TA'AWUN AUGUST 2024
Publisher : Pusat Penelitian Pengabdian Pada Masyarakat Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Tarbiyah Al-Fattah Siman Lamongan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37850/taawun.v4i02.734

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This service aims to increase students' knowledge and skills in writing descriptive paragraphs by using AI in the learning process. The implementation of the service involved 30 students in English lessons by combining several methods, namely lecture, demonstration, simulation, and discussion methods including preparation, implementation, and evaluation stages. The descriptive paragraph writing results of the students before and after the training on the use of Quillbot were evaluated, and with the use of Quillbot, their writing showed improvement in expressing ideas and developing paragraphs logically and systematically, quality in grammatical aspects, and more structured. Questionnaires filled out by participants during the implementation of the activity showed that many students had not utilized Artificial Intelligence so far in any case, especially related to learning activities. Through this training, students have the ability and knowledge from experience in using AI in writing descriptive paragraphs.