Improving English Literature Students’ TOEFL Score with Rosiana Rizqy Wijayanti

All students who graduated from the English Department are required to have an excellent English proficiency. One of the parameters in mastering English is by having a high TOEFL score. English Department requires the students to complete the required TOEFL score before applying for Munaqosyah. The students need to complete TOEFL with the minimum score of 500. TOEFL or the abbreviation ofTest of English as a Foreign Languageis an English proficiency test that is needed as the requirement to apply for a job or scholarship and for other purposes.
Therefore, English Department has held training to help the students of English Department chapter 2014-2015 to increase their TOEFL score. The training was held from April 2nd to April 6th 2018. English Department of Faculty of Adab and Cultural Sciences considered it important for the students to have excellent proficiency in English. This training was held in the Faculty of Adab and Cultural Sciences and was facilitated by Rosiana Rizqy Wijayanti, M. A., a TOEFL tutor in English Café and also as the lecturer in English Department of Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University.
The Upgrading TOEFL training was officially opened by the Head of English Department and continued with training sessions for five days facilitated by Rosiana Rizqy Wijayanti, M. A. The scopes of the materials areListening Comprehension,Structure and Written Expression, andVocabulary and Reading Comprehension. The training started from 14.30 WIB until 17.30 WIB during the five days of training. This program went successfully according to a predetermined schedule. This program was expected to increase the TOEFL score of English Department students of State Islamic University of Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta especially for the students of chapter 2014-2015 as the preparation before they enter the real workforce.