This study investigates the most difficult parts in listening comprehension test faced by undergraduate students from Universitas Teuku Umar. The subject was 30 students who have taken the TOEFL test more than three times. The study used descriptive qualitative research. The data were taken from students’ TOEFL score and interview. This study focused on 13 aspects of short dialogues (synonym, similar sound, Who, What and Where, Passive, Negative Expression, Double Negative, Negative with Comparative, “Almost Negative”, Expression of Surprise, Expression of Agreement, Uncertainty and Suggestion, Wishes and Untrue Condition, Idiomatic Expression) which adopted from Longman Complete Course for the TOEFL Test. The result found that the most difficult aspects in listening comprehension of short dialogue test were similar sound, uncertainty and suggestion, idiom words, and synonym. It was revealed that the most difficult aspect in listening Part A (short dialogue) is similar sound that was proven from students’ incorrect answer (97%), only 3% of them answered correctly, followed by Uncertainty and Suggestion (94%) and idiom words (94%), only 2% of students answered correctly from each of the aspect, and synonym (90%), 3% of them chose the right answers. The result of interview found that most of them got unfamiliar with the sound, lack of practice and low motivation in learning a foreign language. It can be stated that the most difficult aspect in listening short dialogue is similar sound and the factors that cause them hard to answer short dialogue part come from external (unfamiliar sound) and internal problems (lack of practice and low motivation). Keywords: Listening Comprehension, Short Dialogue Problems, TOEFL Test.

Kebijakan Merdeka Belajar - Kampus Merdeka (MBKM) merupakan manifestasi konsep baru di dunia perguruan tinggi yang memberikan keleluasaan kepada mahasiswa untuk belajar selama tiga semester di luar program studinya. Tren belajar seperti ini dianggap lebih fleksibel, otonom, dan relevan di zaman sekarang. Ini dianut dengan maksud membantu mahasiswa agar lebih mantap dalam ancang-ancang memasuki dunia kerja. Namun begitu, kebijakan yang tergolong baru ini memunculkan banyak polemik dalam benak mahasiswa, terutama bersinggungan dengan prasyarat, prosedur, dan benefit mengikutinya. Adapun magang atau praktik kerja merupakan salah satu item dari kebijakan MBKM tersebut yang menjadi bahasan khusus dalam artikel ini. Berakar dari masalah yang telah diuraikan, maka penulis memandang krusial untuk mengadakan pengabdian ini. Tujuan pelaksanaannya adalah membantu mahasiswa khususnya Prodi Ilmu Komunikasi, Univesitas Teuku Umar untuk lebih paham secara totalitas menyangkut berbagai ihwal yang masih mengganjal. Diseminasi dan dialog interaktif menjadi metode utama dalam pelaksanaan pengabdian ini, sehingga diperoleh hasil sebagai berikut: (1). Minat dan keingintahuan mahasiswa terhadap magang tinggi; dan (2). Banyak mahasiswa masih minim pengetahuan tentang prasyarat, prosedur, dan benefit magang, sehingga banyak dari mereka sangsi antara lebih baik memilih magang atau tidak. Merespons temuan ini, maka para pembicara menjelaskan secara detail tentang apa yang dianggap penting dan apa yang ingin diketahui oleh peserta diseminasi dengan mengacu pada buku panduan. Selanjutnya, alternatif tambahan untuk mewanti-wanti jika masih ada hal urgen yang belum tuntas tersampaikan, maka pembicara mengarahkan mahasiswa untuk mencari jawabannya melalui buku panduan yang telah disusun dan diunggah di web Prodi yang dapat diakses siapa saja, kapan saja, dan dimana saja.

Tourists' demands which particularly those of international visitors are best served by tour guides, who are valuable coastal human resources. English as an international language is essential for communicating with travelers and is a crucial communication ability in the travel and tourism sector. Thence, it is necessary to analyze the English needs of local tour guides on the Simeulue coast. There were ten local tour guides chosen through random sampling as the subjects. The research instrument was a questionnaire set adapted from Prachanant (2012) address needs, functions, and issues with the use of English. It also makes reference to elements from the need analysis model developed by Waters & Hutchinson (1987).Interactive Analysis by Miles, Huberman, and Saldana (2014) was used to perform additional analysis on the findings, and the results were later displayed and verified. The results revealed that speaking was the most important English skill for the participants, followed by listening, reading, and writing. Second, individuals felt they lacked proficiency in speaking, listening, writing, and reading. Therefore, they desired to develop their speaking, listening, writing, and reading abilities. It implied that speaking played a major role in tour guiding and needs further follow-ups.

The existence of multi varieties of English in today’s international communication requires the inclusion of what is called World Englishes (WE) in English teaching. While many have attempted to incorporate WE in English classrooms, such clear procedures on how to implement this along with the outcomes are so far hard to find. Therefore, this review elaborates on the implementation of WE, examines the challenges, and highlights the benefits of this incorporation. 18 research articles from the year 2010 to 2019 on the incorporation of WE worldwide starting from school to university context were reviewed. The review reveals that the teaching of WE is mostly still in the introduction phase since a majority of English teachers and learners still prefer the native English varieties. On the other hand, the introduction of WE to English learners may improve their confidence to use English. This review is expected to be able to provide clear current conditions of WE teaching, impose challenges that need to be addressed, and at the same time encourage the incorporation of WE in an English classroom.DOI: 10/26905/enjourme.v7i1/7827

Minapadi is a prawn rearing system in rice fields that is carried out with rice plants. This study aims to increase the income of farmers with high productivity of rice yields and increase the production of giant prawns. The method used is a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) experiment with 3 treatments and 3 replications. The treatments were : P1 = stocking density of 100 ind/plot, P2 = stocking density of 200 ind/plot, P3 = stocking density of 300 ind/plot. This research was conducted for 90 days. Parameters observed were rice productivity and growth. The results showed that the best treatment was P2 = stocking density of 200 ind/plot. By producing an average rice productivity of 5.5 kg/50 m2 and the average relative growth rate of 4.72%. From the results of this study, the application of the Minapadi system with giant prawns had a positive impact on the observed parameters (P<0.05) and thus will provide benefits for farmers.