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The Assessment of non-English Lecturer English Skills through TOEFL Training and Test at a Private College in Jakarta Octa Pratama Putra; Fitriyah Fitriyah; Herlin Widasiwi Setianingrum; Sufi Alawiyah
UICELL No 3 (2019): UICELL Conference Proceedings 2019
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. HAMKA

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The lecturers are supposed to increase their English competence which is indicated by their TOEFL scores. This research is aimed to know the measurement of English skills toward the non-English lecturers from different background by joining the TOEFL training and test. There are twenty selected-lecturers to join it at one of Private colleges around Jakarta and due the requirement of lecturers’ certification. It has Listening, Structure-Written Expression, and Reading Comprehension. The research form is done by providing a field research; by two matters of obtaining the data, they are: by using written test and giving observation. While for the assessment, it has two steps; the first is providing the lecturers to do the pretest which purposes to know the current level of TOEFL mastery and the second is giving the post-test, which reflects to know the final comprehension after joining the TOEFL training. Before it, the lecturers have the opportunity to have the TOEFL training for about two months intensively, thrice of sessions within a week. The result, mostly, the lecturers have the predicate of Beginner in achieving their TOEFL final score through the training. The mean score points out 421. Keywords: TOEFL, Assessment, Mastery, Pretest, Post-test.
The Students’ Character Strengthening by Using SMART-Based in Welcoming the 21st Century’s Learning Octa Pratama Putra; Endry Boeriswati; Ratna Dewanti
UICELL No 6 (2022): UICELL Conference Proceedings 2022
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. HAMKA

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Both seeing and recognizing the crisis of moral values and character of students at the present time, absolutely, it becomes very important thing toward the educator. For instance, this happens to students entirely or partly at a certain school. In the future, it is expected to be a hope of the nation in leading the country. This research belongs to literature study. It means, it reviews of several sources of electronic books, electronic journals, and other references in supporting this article. Based on the results of the literature study, it can be concluded that character education needs to be strengthening by using SMART-based. SMART stand for: Setting-goal, Mannerly, Active, Respectful, and Thankful. So, the 21st century skills-based learning models used in the learning process as an effort to build the character of the student, of course, it is aligned to the needs and goals of learning. Then, the learning objectives can be done optimally. Thus, one of the goals of national education is the development of students’ character. Keywords: characters’ strengthening education, 21st century’s learning, and SMART