Mastering excellent English is a must for fresh graduates these days. TOEFL as one of the parameters to determine students’ English proficiency becomes the main requirement for every student before registering themselves to munaqosyah defense in Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University, especially in English Department. English Department requires students to have the minimum TOEFL score of 500, while most other departments require only 400.

In order to help students reach the minimum score, English Department held a training session named “Upgrading TOEFL Score for Students.” Students need to comprehend the importance of mastering English to compete in the workforce in this globalization era.. The guest lecturer who was invited to this event was the consortium of ELITE, Miss Fahrunnisa, S. Hum.

This event was held in several sessions. The first session was Pre Test TOEFL for students of chapter 2013-2014. This was held to record the basic score and to measure the basic comprehension of the students. The next session was the practice session. It was held in a week precisely starting from May of 15 to May of 19, 2017. Each meeting was about three hours long. After the practice session, there was also Post Test TOEFL session to know the score of each student after joining the practice session.