Rector of UNIB, Dr. Retno Agustina Ekaputri, S.E., M.Sc. inaugurated the UNIB English Club as a forum for increasing student creativity and skills in mastering English. The inauguration ceremony took place at the UNIB’s Integrated Services Building (GLT), Friday (14/4/2023).
Apart from inaugurating (UEC) the Rector was also asked to be a guest speaker at a talk show entitled “The Urgency of English, for UNIB Internationalization” with another guest speaker, a researcher from Columbus State University-USA, Dr. Patricia Patrick who is currently active at UNIB.
The UNIB English Club was formed as one of the realizations of the Technical Service Unit (UPT) of Language’s work program, which is expected to be a forum to encourage students to increase their competence in the field of English.
To realize the formation of this UEC, the Office of Language recruited and collaborated with 12 volunteers from 6 UNIB Faculties. The volunteers are Agni Satria Perdana, Alya Afifah Izwandi, Carolina Ito Hutauruk, Fajriah, Faruqi Rafifah Huwaida, Irene Riskiana V S, Meisy Hasanah, Nurul Haliza, Raisya Ghina Inayah, Rezzita Salma Anjani, Shafira Zahwa Anantha, and Yusri Fajri Annur.
At the event, the Rector gave her appreciation to the Office of Language and Volunteers who had realized the formation of UEC. According to the Rector, UEC is expected to become a forum for improving English language skills for UNIB students so that they will contribute to the realization of internationalization programs that are being intensified by UNIB in order to increase international relations towards Excellent UNIB and become a world-class university.
A researcher from Columbus State University-USA, Dr. Patricia Patrick, in the talk show also gave motivation and shared tips with the students so they could easily improve their English skills.
Patricia Patrick explained, in learning a language it is very important to have courage and confidence. Loving the process of learning is very necessary in order to be able to better digest what is being learned.
She also provides various examples of dialects in English so that students who are studying can determine which dialect is suitable for them so that it is easy to learn. Not only that, but she also provides several examples of applications that can be used in learning English, such as Duolingo, Hello English, Lingbe, and many others.
“It is important for us not to think too much about what other people think and to stay focused on what we are studying. Be confident and have to diligently practice using English,” she said. [Author: Volunteer/Humas1].