Semarang – Central Java. The International Affairs Office of Diponegoro University (KUI Undip) again held the socialization for 2023 IISMA. The event raised the topic of the 2nd Round 2023 IISMA Preparation (Tips and Tricks for Language Proficiency Test) on Wednesday (01/02). This event is a continuation of the 2023 IISMA Socialization which was held on Tuesday (24/01). On this occasion, KUI Undip invited three speakers who were awardees from 2022 IISMA and IISMAeVo, namely Felda Adisti (student of Architecture Study Program, Faculty of Engineering), Widya Kania Rusminar (student of Information and Public Relations Study Program, Vocational School), and Jessica Nathania (student of International Relations Study Program, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences).
The event started at 10.05 WIB, starting with the opening from the MC and continued with remarks from Diastama Anggita Ramadhan, LLM. as Deputy Head of the Undip International Affairs Office. He also moderated the course of the webinar this time. The next session was filled with material from Felda Adisti, one of the awardees for the University of British of Columbia, Canada. In her material presentation, she gave tips on writing good motivation letters. Felda suggested using the Star Method, which has a situation, task, action, and result structure.
The next session was attended by awardees from Coventry University, UK (Widya Kania Rusminar) and the University of Glasgow, UK (Jessica Nathania). In the next material, Widya and Jessica provide tricks to get optimal TOEIC and IELTS scores. The next agenda was presented by Widya, one of the 2022 IISMA awardees. She also shared her experiences during her preparation for the TOEIC test. Widya urged that students must prepare as well as possible before carrying out the English proficiency test.
Unlike the previous material which focused on the TOEIC test, the last session was filled with material from Jessica regarding the IELTS English proficiency test. She said that in selecting the host university, the awardee candidates must first conduct research on the minimum IELTS score of the intended university. She also explained that the IELTS test has high credibility compared to other English proficiency tests. In the end, in preparation for the foreign language proficiency test, prospective participants must prepare seriously so that the expected results are achieved optimally. (AR-AH)
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