Again,
ESA FKIP UNISMA succeeded to hold a national-scale event in its
presidency this year. After holding the National English Seminar
(NES) in December last year, the ESA’s members has currently
carried out another reputable event, called National English Festival
(NEF) 2014. This event is held annually. However, this year, there is
a great difference from the usual event.
Attending
by almost 355 participants thoughout Indonesia, NEF this year
provides five competitive English tournaments either for university
students, senior or uiversity students. As told by Moh. Fauzy, the
NEF’s convenor this year, the committee has work very hard to
succeed it, starting from six months ago. He added that this year ESA
can hold English olympiad over East Java and Bali. It is a good
initiative since it becomes the first time for ESA itself to hold the
competition out of East Java.
M.
Faruq Ubaidillah, as the president of ESA this year, told us that
National English Festival 2014 presents English olympiad, speech,
news reading, debate and essay writing competition. Those tournaments
have been prepared a half year previously by cooperating with some
spondors and Malang Debating Union. As usual, he adde that he
instructed all ESA’s members to run the competitions within three
days, starting on Friday through Sunday. What a hard activity was !
Holding
five wider English competitions this year has shown how ESA builds
its quality in every year. It, of course, surprises lecturers in
Faculty of Teacher Training and Education. On another point, ESA also
invited Prof.
Dr.
Ir. H. Agus Sugianto, M.T, vice rector of Administration Affairs,
Islamic University of Malang to officially open the grand opening of
the festival 2014.
This
gesture was not in pain. Prof. Agus really appreciated the work of
ESA’s members in holding such a great event this year. More
importantly, Prof. Agus promised to fund the ESA’s event next year
if it it carried out internationally.
In
addition, the appreciation also came from the Head of English
Department, Mr. Hamidin, M.Pd, the one who always accompanies ESA’s
members in every single activity they carry out. Mr. Hamidin admitted
that National English Festival is the only one national-scale event
that ESA has ever conducted over the past ten years. He feels very
happy with the improvement this year. As the head of English
Department, Mr. Hamidin will always accompany ESA’s members to hold
the other activities in this presidency.
Thus,
what made by ESA this year has inspired many students, lecturers, and
participant this year. Hopefully, the ESA’s members will still
carry a more prestigious event in the next year’s presidency.
Festival
Lomba Bahasa Inggris se- Indonesia oleh English Student Association,
FKIP, UNISMA
Mei,
yang merupakan bulan pendidikan bagi bangsa Indonesia, dijadikan
kesempatan oleh mahasiswa FKIP UNISMA jurusan pendidikan bahasa
Inggris yang tergabung dalam English Student Association (ESA) 2014.
Pasalnya, bulan pendidikan tersebut digunakan sebagai bulan
pelaksanaan festival lomba bahasa Inggris 2014 yang diadakan bagi
seluruh mahasiswa dan siswa SMA dan SMP se-Indonesia. Dengan
mengusung tema “Empowering the Youths for the Critical and Global
Challenges”, acara festival tersebut dihadiri dan dibuka secara
langsung oleh Prof. Dr. Ir. H. Agus Sugianto, M.T, pembantu rektor
II, Universitas Islam Malang.
Festival
yang diikuti lebih dari 355 peserta pilihan dari seluruh pelosok
negeri tersebut berhasil dengan sukses menyelenggarakan lima kategori
lomba baik untuk SMP, SMA dan mahasiswa. Kelima lomba tersebut adalah
essay writing, debate, speech, news reading, dan olympiad. Dalam
kesempatan kali ini, Moh. Fauzy selaku ketua pelaksana fesival
tersebut, mengaku bahwa hanya karena kerja keras tim panitia lah
acara terbesat di FKIP UNISMA tahun ini dapat terlaksana. Menariknya,
sekalipun acara tersebut tidak didukung oleh pemprov Jatim dan Bank
Indonesia di Surabaya, tim panitia masih mampu menjalankan
teknis-teknis perlombaan dengan baik, imbuhnya.
Di
pihak lain, M.Faruq Ubaidillah, selaku ketua umum ESA thaun ini,
berpendapat bahwa pengembangan kualitas anggotanya sangat perlu
dilakukan dengan mengadakan acara-acara besat setiap tahunnya.
Harapan Faruq bahwa periode selanjutnya, ESA FKIP UNISMA mampu
mengadakan lomba-lomba yang lebih prestis dan besar kembali sebagai
salah satu pengejawantahan pembangunan individu-individu yang kritis
di negara Indonesia.
Dalam
pelaksanaan festival bahasa ini, tim panitia mengambil beberapa
pelajaran berharga yang membangun, tentunya untuk UNISMA dan jurusan
pendidikan bahasa Inggris FKIP sendiri. Semoga dengan awal
pelaksanaan festival tingkat nasional ini dapat memotivasi
mahasiswa-mahasiswa Indonesia untuklebih bersaing lagi dalam
meningkatkan kualitas mereka khususnya kulaitas kemmapuan berbahasa
Inggris. Diharapkan juga tahun depan, ESA FKIP UNISMA mampu
menyelenggarakan acara festival bahasa yang lebih besar dan
prestigius kembali.
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