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On Monday, January 9 2023, the Indonesian Language and Literature Education study program (Diksasindo), Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Brawijaya, succeeded in sending three female students to Thailand accompanied by two lecturers during their departure. The departure assistance which is carried out for three consecutive days aims to accompany and leave female students for the next month at schools that are partners in Teaching Assistance activities, namely Salihiyah School and Songserm Wittaya School.

The names of the students who departed included Salamah, Pratista Widya Satwika, and Wakhidatus Salma who were Diksasindo students class of 2020. The lecturers assigned to accompany them included Mrs. Eti Setiawati as the study program head and also Mr. Maulfi Syaiful Rizal.

“We are sending students to cooperate abroad, the point is cooperation for teaching assistance to students of Indonesian Language and Literature Education. In addition, this activity is also to translate the rules from the Ministry of Education and Culture and Higher Education where students carry out activities outside the campus,” said Ms. Eti Setiawati as the head of the study program when interviewed.

Departing at 07.00 WIB from the Faculty of Cultural Sciences building B, the group of lecturers and students arrived at Juanda International Airport at 09.00 WIB. Furthermore, takeoff is carried out at 11.40 WIB, followed by transit in Malaysia, until arriving at Hat Yai International Airport at 18.20 local time. The group was then picked up by Fatoni University, a partner in the Teaching Assistance MoU whose job was to bridge the Diksasindo FCS UB with the target schools.

The next day (10/01), at eight o’clock in the morning local time, the group was picked up by the Salihiyah School and a reception, discussion, and presentation of the MoU and souvenirs were carried out upon arrival. At around one o’clock in the afternoon, after leaving two students –Pratista and Wakhidatus, the rest of the group returned to Fatoni University to conduct a guest lecture and discussion regarding the continuation of the MoU.

On the last day of the assistance, Fatoni University together with the two lecturers escorted Salamah to Songserm Wittaya School, Hat Yai to carry out assignments for the next month. The series of activities carried out at Songserm Wittaya School included signing the MoU and exchanging souvenirs. After signing the contract, the lecturer headed to Hat Yai International Airport to return to the Faculty of Cultural Studies, Universitas Brawijaya.

“Students here, apart from studying, also work on assignments that will be converted into future courses. They have to write logbooks, textbooks, articles, also do research while here,” concluded Ms. Eti Setiawati when asked about future student activities.

Author: Salamah

In order to improve the competence of lecturers of the Indonesian Language and Literature Education Study Program through the fulfillment of Key Performance Indicators 3, several lecturers of the Language Education Study Program and Indonesian Literature (DIKSASINDO) Faculty of Cultural Sciences (FIB) Universitas Brawijaya (UB) participates in training and competency certification tests for book writers, manuscript editors, and substantive editors organized by The Association of Indonesian Language and Literature Lecturers (ADOBSI) collaborated with LSP UM Purwokerto Central Java on Monday and Tuesday, June 14-15 2022. This activity took place at The Amrani Syariah Hotel, Jalan Slamet Riyadi No 534, Kerten, Kec. Laweyan, Surakarta City, Central Java.

The form of this activity is in the form of training and competency certification tests which include three schemes, namely: book writers, manuscript editors, and substantive editors. This certification and competency test activity involved two assessors from the National Professional Certification Agency, namely Mrs. Indri Murniawaty, M.Pd. from Unnes and Dr. Sriyanto, M.Pd. from Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto. The participants of this activity are lecturers of the Indonesian Language and Literature Education Study Program, with the following details:

In general, the certification and competency test activities went smoothly and well. All participants of the Indonesian Language and Literature Education Study Program at FIB UB, all of them have passed the competency certification test. It is hoped that this activity will be able to fulfill IKU 3 and improve the professionalism and competence of lecturers. (ais)

Dr. Eti Setiawati, M.Pd. Diksasindo lecturers, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Brawijaya carried out the Visiting Lecturer (hereinafter abbreviated as VL) in Vietnam by presenting BIPA material related to Types of Batik in Indonesia for 2018 class students who are proficient in Indonesian. The purpose of this material is to introduce Indonesian batik culture in Vietnam. This VL program is carried out offline and online starting from April to May offline using the Zoom.

The offline VL program will be held from 18 to 19 May 2022 at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH) Vietnam. This program is officially scheduled by USSH for VL lecturers to teach classes in the student force from 2018 to 2021.

VL is a teaching program initiated by the Association of Indonesian Language Lecturers (ADOBSI) which is attended by 17 lecturers of Indonesian language and literature as well as other study programs from various universities, including UB, UNS, UNY, UNESA, UNG, and IPB. The VL teaching program lasts 90 minutes per class by applying the team teaching method. In this program, Dr. Eti from Brawijaya University is grouped to teach in class 2018 together with Dr. Ari Kusmiatun, M.Pd from UNY, Dr. Elisabeth Nugraheni Eko, from UNS, and Dr. Atikah Anindyarini from UNS. Interestingly, at the end of the class, USSH students were given a challenge to do a Fashion Show. This Fashion Show activity demands the creativity of students to create batik cloth into attractive clothes to be demonstrated.

This program is an implementation of foreign cooperation bottom-up MoU or MoA system at USSH top-down. Therefore, in addition to teaching and learning activities, this VL program is no less interesting, the ADOBSI lecturer team also created an Indonesian language literacy corner by donating books made by lecturers who participated in these activities, this is certainly a matter of pride for Diksasindo, as well as the University. Brawijaya.

Lastly, Dr. Eti conveyed a message for all Diksasindo students to continue to be enthusiastic about learning and spread their wings wherever and whenever. “In this open era, students must have high motivation to learn, and learning does not only happen in our space, because the MBKM program allows us to broaden our views and aspirations to continue learning anywhere.” said Dr. eti. (wrl)

Elvin Nuril Firdaus, student of Indonesian Language and Literature Education Study Program (Diksasindo) Faculty of Cultural Sciences (FIB) Universitas Brawijaya (UB), successfully won 3rd place in Play Writing in the Regional Student Art Week (Peksimida) competition ) East Java (Jatim) 2022. The activity took place at Universitas Airlangga (UNAIR) on Tuesday (30/8/2022).

Peximida is a student-level competition that focuses on the arts at the regional level. There are various types of competitions that students from various universities can participate in. Each university sends a maximum of 1 male and 1 female delegate who has been screened through the selection process of each university.

In dealing with participants from various universities, Elvin revealed that the preparation process he did was quite short because it collided with the P4 activity he was undergoing in this 7th semester. He felt that he was not intense enough in practicing writing to prepare for the competition. However, because Elvin knew that this competition would be held in the near future, he decided to immediately contact his supervisor, Mrs. Jamila Wijayanti, S.Pd., M.Pd. From the results of guidance with Bu Jamila, Elvin received a lot of input and encouragement to continue practicing and improving his work. Although at first he was pessimistic because he did not have talent in the field of play writing, but thanks to the encouragement of his supervisor and several other lecturers as well as his hard work, he finally managed to get 3rd place in this prestigious event.

From Elvin’s experience in this competition, he is very happy with the results he has achieved, because writing plays is something he has just been involved in. In addition, Elvin also advised Diksasindo students to be more confident in participating in various competitions. “Don’t be afraid to try,” he said. “If you feel that you like it, then just do it, don’t be shy, who knows you will have many opportunities in that regard.” Elvin concluded. (wrl)

Students of Indonesian Language and Literature Education, FCS UB again inscribed gold ink in the competition event. This time a proud achievement was achieved by Ihza Fi’lia in the “Poetry Creation Competition” at the National level. This competition is intended for students who receive Bidikmisi and KIP Lectures organized by Formadik UM on July 19, 2022.

Ihza, who is a third semester student of the Indonesian Language and Literature Education Study Program, managed to win 1st place in the “Poetry Creation” category. His motivation for participating in this activity is to develop himself into a better person, so he is very grateful to be able to win the competition even though he only had one day of preparation. “I hope Diksasindo’s friends can make more achievements and be more daring to try various kinds of competitions,” said Ihza. (wrl)

In May 2022, the Indonesian Language and Literature Education Study Program (Diksasindo) received proud news in the form of a series of student achievements when participating in the 2022 Literature and Arts Competition (Satrani) competition.

The competition was held online by Yogyakarta State University (UNY) from 14 to 18 May 2022. In this event, Diksasindo managed to win achievements in 4 competitions. The 4 championships were won by Danastry Olivia Qisthy as the 1st Hope in the Short Story Competition branch, Moch Fajar Izzul Haq as the 3rd winner in the Photography competition branch, Puri Savitri as the 1st Hope in the Monologue competition branch and Elvin Nuril Firdaus as the 1st Winner in the competition branch. Poetry Writing.

Elvin Nuril Firdaus, as the winner of the 1st Place in the Poetry Writing competition, revealed that the Diksasindo study program fully supports students in participating in various competitions, that is what prompted Elvin to take part in this SATRANI competition. “Actually, I didn’t expect to get such an extraordinary appreciation,” he said proudly. Furthermore, Elvin also hopes that Diksasindo students can be more confident and develop their talents. “Prodi and Himaprodi always accommodate friends to continue to grow.” closed with enthusiasm. (wrl)

Faculty of Cultural Sciences (FIB) won the overall winner in the UB 2022 Musabaqah Tilawatil Qur’an (MTQ) competition on Sunday (20/6/2022). MTQ UB is an annual agenda held by UB Religious Arts UKM as a form of preparation for Universitas Brawijaya (UB) in participating in the National Musabaqah Tilawatil Qur’an (MTQN) at Sriwijaya University, Palembang, next October.

MTQ UB 2022 is held offline on Thursday (16/6/2022) to Sunday (19/6/2022) in several buildings of Universitas Brawijaya. Through a very strict coaching process, FCS managed to pass 8 students who became champions and will be fostered to take part in MTQN. One of them was in the Musabaqah Syarhil Qur’an competition which won 1st place with stunning performances by 2 Diksasindo students from the 2021 batch, namely Ihza Fi’lia and Fransiska Tarisa Putri.

According to Fransiska, this event is one of the big opportunities for all UB students who want to take part in the National Student MTQ. “I feel Alhamdulillah very happy and very grateful.” He said with enthusiasm. “I didn’t expect to be the 1st place winner with only one week of practice time”. Tarisa continued to respond to questions about the implementation of MTQ UB 2022. Tarisa also hopes that he can be more enthusiastic in the process and progress in his preparation for MTQN. In addition, Tarisa also hopes that Diksasindo’s friends can be more active in pursuing their fields of interest so that more and more excellent seeds are produced from the Diksasindo UB study program. (wrl)

On Sunday (5/6/2022) the closing ceremony of PEKSIMA (Student Art Week) took place at the Widyaloka Building, Universitas Brawijaya. In this championship event, the Faculty of Cultural Sciences (FIB) once again won the overall champion, after being the previous overall champion at PEKSIMA UB 2020. FCS excels with 15 awards, 6 of which come from the Indonesian Language and Literature Education study program (Diksasindo).

PEKSIMA is a student level competition in Universitas Brawijaya (UB) as a forum for selection for UB representatives in participating in PEKSIMIDA (Regional Student Art Week). This year’s Peksima is held offline on 2 to 5 June 2022 in UB campus by carrying 15 competitions.

Muhammad Kriswanto, one of the outstanding student representatives at PEKSIMA UB this year said that he was very surprised and happy as well as grateful for being one of the best. In PEKSIMA UB 2022, Diksasindo succeeded in donating 6 winners from 4 branches of the competition, namely 1st Winner of Play Writing on behalf of Elvin Nuril Firdaus, 2nd Winner of Play Writing on behalf of Muhammad Irvanul Abidin, 3rd Winner of Play Writing on behalf of Muhammad Kriswanto, 1st Winner of Monologue on behalf of the name of Yoko Oktavian Wahyu Pratama, 3rd Place Pop Songwriting on behalf of Fakhrinal Tresna Kusuma and 3rd Place Poetry Reading on behalf of Fransiska Tarisa Putri.

With this event , Diksasindo students are expected to be braver in competing. “Hopefully the Diksasindo children will be more courageous in making decisions and clear out the competitions they really want or in the fields they like.” Kriswanto said. (wrl)

The Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia has once again opened up learning opportunities for students in the Kampus Merdeka, one of the programs in which is the Kampus Mengajar which provides students with real learning experiences through community service activities in schools in their respective areas starting from elementary school. as well as middle school. The program was well received by students of the Indonesian language and literature education study program, because the number of registrants for the Kampus Merdeka program reached one-third of the total students of the Indonesian language and literature education study program. Asri Kamila Ramadhani, as one of the students who passed the Kampus Mengajar selection shared her interest in participating in the Kampus Mengajar program “Kampus Merdeka has many programs, for that I take advantage of activities that are in accordance with this lecture activity to add experience as well as convert it into P4 activities at semester 7,” she said.
Asri also shared his experience during the selection process. Asri said that the selection stages and the obstacles that arose were very unexpected, therefore they had to be prepared carefully. The preparations can be in the form of searching for information about the Kampus Mengajar, or preparing the electronic devices used. Registrants can seek information from students who have attended kampus mengajar in the previous period, with this the registrant will get information so as not to feel confused. Participants can also prepare material that is tested at each stage of the selection, the material tested is very varied, ranging from numeracy literacy to national insight. In addition, preparing electronic devices and networks is also important in this selection, because the website that is used often experiences problems due to the large number of users accessing it. Participants are also required to comply with the rules during the exam so as not to have a fatal impact on the selection activities.
The selection stages that have been completed have produced good results for the registrants for the Kampus Mengajar, eleven students who have passed the selection from the 2019 and 2020 batches. All participants who have passed will carry out learning activities at schools that have been determined in their respective regions. Asri Kamila as one of the students assigned to Klaten Regency was happy because she had the opportunity to share knowledge with students in her area, Asri also expressed her hopes for friends who carry out Kampus Mengajar

“My hope is that my friends from Kampus Mengajar 4 and also P4 this can be given convenience and fluency, being able to complete all assignments from start to finish, being able to contribute significantly to the target school, being able to carry out a new work program that can be useful, because actually it is in our place to develop and engage in real, not just theory but this. it’s time for us to contribute. So please pray, hopefully what we are doing can be useful for all of us” she said.(vrd)