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TOEFL (Test of English Foreign Language) sering dijadikan salah satu prasyarat kelulusan akademik, pendaftaran beasiswa, melamar pekerjaan dan tujuan akademik atau non-akademik lainnya. Rata rata persyaratan minimal nilai TOEFL yang diminta minimal berkisar dari 450 – 550. Sayangnya masih banyak mahasiswa atau masyarakat umum yang kesulitan untuk mencapai persyaratan nilai minimal TOEFL. Oleh karena itu tim dosen Bahasa Inggris Fakultas Pertanian, Universitas Brawijaya berinisiatif untuk melakukan pengbdian masyarakat berupa pelatihan TOEFL. Kegiatan pengabdian ini bertujuan untuk membantu mahasiswa Universitas Brawijaya atau masyarakat umum yang butuh untuk meningkatkan atau mencapai nilai TOEFL yang ditargetkan sebagai prasyarat akademik. Adapun bentuk pengabdian masyarakat yang dilakukan adalah pelatihan dan simulasi TOEFL Equivalent Test yang difokuskan pada penyampaian strategi untuk mengerjakan soal TOEFL serta tips dan trik untuk mencapai passing grade yang menjadi prasyarat. Kegiatan pengabdian ini akan diadakan secara daring melalui platform Zoom Meeting agar memudahkan peserta yang berada di luar Universitas Brawijaya atau kota Malang mengikuti pelatihan ini. Durasi pengabdian masyarakat ini kurang lebih tiga bulan, meliputi pembuatan draft materi pelatihan, pelatihan TOEFL secara intensif, dan simulasi TOEFL. Hasil dari pelatihan ini mendapatkan antusiasme luar biasa dari peserta yang berasal dari berbagai daerah di Indonesia. Para peserta merasa terbantu dengan pemberian materi strategi TOEFL yang sekaligus dipraktekkan melalui simulasi TOEFL. Kedepannya pelatihan serupa akan diadakan lagi dengan materi yang lebih intensif.

Reading is a pivotal skill for non-English department students as a vehicle to update their knowledge. One of reading activity which is beneficial is extensive reading. Several studies have proved the advantage of extensive reading, but study regarding what reading material is read by students is under explored. To fill this gap, this research aimed to uncover what non-English department students read during extensive reading program and why they chose that theme. The participants were Agroecotechnology students (n=52). The data was collected from the reading log sheet and participant interview. The reading log sheet was analyzed by the researcher to find the theme of the text that students read. The interview was conducted in Indonesian to make students at ease. After the interview, the transcript was written and translated into English. The result shows that there are 32 types of themes with various frequency distributions. Theme that students read is mainly caused by their hobby, favorite idol, and a senior student who influence them to read certain theme.

There have been many researches on online language learning, especially online writing. Yet, research describing a reflection after experimenting with online writing to students is still under-investigated. To fill this gap, this paper aimed to inform the reflection of the researchers for the last three years conducting online writing exchange. The reflections came from the researchers’ view and students' views regarding the writing exchange program. The research design was narrative inquiry. The data were garnered from the researchers’ experiences and students’ interviews. The results of reflection revealed Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT). The strengths are flip classroom, flexibility for the teacher, motivation to write, writing practice, and interaction. The weaknesses are able to write a post after the deadline, unaltered topics in stage, unavailable notification of reply, a difficult operationalized website, and a short deadline. The opportunities are adding other countries from other continents, extending the collaboration into a full semester, and adding online chat on the website. The threats are less active participation from students and less active buddy.

Generally, a course is taught by one lecturer during one semester. However, one of the institutions in Malang implemented a team teaching model in almost all courses either English or Non-English course. The courses with two and three credits are strongly advised to implement the team teaching model. In this institution, team teaching model is one subject taught by two lecturers; one lecturer for seven meetings before the middle test, and another different lecturer for seven meetings after the middle test. In other words, students will meet two lecturers for one course in one semester in turn. Hence, in this study, the researcher aims to elaborate the concept of team teaching model implemented in this institution. Then, it compared to the real concept of team teaching implementation from other discussions. As a result, there was a bit misconception in the implementation of team teaching concept in this institution. Overall, this study hopefully contributes the insight of team teaching concept for this institution that could be implemented to all courses properly later on

The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic reconfigured several aspects of life, one of which is education. A study on grassroots voices on online learning is a dearth of. Therefore, a present study was addressed to uncover teachers’ and students’ voices in online learning. Questionnaires and interviews were employed to garner data. 233 students and 30 teachers’ responses from questionnaires were obtained. The interviews were conducted to obtain in-depth data. The data were interpreted descriptively. The results showcased that students’ voices on the ease of GC and GC performance were positive, yet institution support was not maximally implemented. Simultaneously, the teachers’ voices on the ease of GC, the performance of GC, and the supports of institution were positive. In a nutshell, teachers and students have a positive impression of online learning. Their positive impression comes from the ease of the online platform operation, the online platform’s good performance, but student views that the institutional support is not maximally implemented. The ease of using online platforms should be considered in choosing one of the various online platforms available. The online platform features are not complicated for students and teachers to easily operationalize the online platform and support teaching and learning activities such as delivering materials, assigning tasks, submitting a task, and assessing tasks.

Writing skill is crucial for non-English students, like agriculture students because students are required to write an abstract of bachelor thesis in English. Nowadays, writing is not only conducted conventionally i.e. using paper and pencil, but also using the internet through online writing exchange. Several studies regarding students’ writing errors have been conducted but error analysis of agriculture students’ writing using online writing is still less researched. To fill this gap, the present study aimed to analyze the types of errors made by agriculture students during joining Online Writing Exchange with Japanese students and students’ perception of the Online Writing Exchange program. 137 students’ writings were analyzed and identified the error and counted the error. Questionnaires and interviews were used to know students’ perceptions. The results showed that there were three types of error made i.e. mechanical, grammatical, and L1-influence error. Students’ perception toward the online writing was positive although they face several difficulties. It is noteworthy that different writing media affect students’ different writing errors.