This research aimed to discover the language learning strategies used by successfull students in developing speaking performance in speaking performance at English Language Education Program in Universitas Muhammadiyah Sorong. This research used qualitative method in the form of descriptive qualitative. the participants of this research were taken from the third semester of English Language Education Program in Universitas Muhammadiyah Sorong with the total 6 students. The participants were the students who gained score A in speaking class. Based on the data gathered, the result showed that the students applied both of Direct and Imdirect learning strategies in developing their speaking English Language Education Program in Universitas Muhammadiyah Sorong, namely social strategies, metacognitive strategies, affective strategies in Indirect Strategy and memory strategies, cognitive strategies, and compensation strategies in Direct Strategy. From those of six strategies applied, most of the students tended to apply Indirect Strategy that was social strategies by asking help, working in pair, practicing with the proficient user of English and making small group discussion.

Identifying English for Specific Purposes material for A Specific Student was the process of selecting, adjusting, and evaluating English material based on the special needs of students. Need analysis is needed to identify ESP learning material. The purpose of this research was to identify the English for Specific Purpose (ESP) Materials need by students in learning the English Language for Students in Maritime Affairs and Fisheries School using mix method. Through the Cluster Random Sampling, thirty-six students of fisheries product processing technology department level II at Sekolah Usaha Perikanan Menengah (SUPM) Negeri Sorong became the sample of this research. Guttman scale questionnaires and interviews were used to collect the Data. Questionnaires were given to students to find out the goals, necessities, want, and lack of students. To do the triangulation method, the interview was conducted to deeper explanation gather from the Questionnaires’ answer. The results showed that ESP Material need by the students in the fisheries product processing technology department was English learning material that related to fisheries product processing technology in order students can use the language when having a job. While the ESP topics that students were expected to learn are about the duties of a captain, special terms in shipping, special terms of fisheries, ways to operate machinery, conversations about fisheries, ways to bind fish, special terms for a cook and others English materials are correlated with fisheries product processing technology department.

Kabupaten Tambrauw sebagai kabupaten dengan jumlah buta aksara tertinggi di Papua Barat menjadikan kegiatan Pembelajaran dan Pemberdayaan masyarakat melalaui pembelajaran Calistung perlu dilakukan. Kampung Bano menjadi lokasi pembelajaran karena jaraknya dengan Kota Kabupaten yang cukup jauh. Berdasar pada data terbaru distrik Bamusbama, 72% masyarakat kampung Bano tidak mengenyam pendidikan. Hal tersebut tentunya berbanding sama dengan kemampuan calistung yang dimilki masyarakat. Untuk mengatasi hal tersebut, KKN-PPM dengan 20 mahasiswa UM-Sorong melalui hibah Kemenristek Dikiti dilakukan dengan kegiatan pembelajaran Calistung. Sebelum pembelajaran dimulai, sosialisasi kepada masyarakat dilakukan. Setelah itu dilakukan pemetaan potensi lokal guna mendukung pembelajaran calistung. Selanjutnya kontrak belajar dilakukan guna menyepakati jadwal kegiatan. Setelah itu dilakukan pre-test guna mengetahui kemampuan awal masyarakat. Pembelajarn selama lima kali seminggu disesuaikan dengan kegiatan rutin masyarakat. Sebelum proses pembelajaran berakhir, dilakukan post-test untuk mengetahui peningkatan pengetahuan masyarakat setelah pembelajaran. Hasil pre-test dan post-test menunjukan peningkatan pengetahuan masyarakat, dari 17% hingga 89% untuk membaca, kemampuan memnulis dari 28% menjadi 89%, dan untuk kemampuan berhitung meningkat dari 17 % hingga 44 %. Kemampuan Calistung yang dimiliki oleh masyarakat masih tergolong kemampuan dasar hingga masih perlu keberlanjutan pembelajaran. Hingga melalui KKN-PPM ini telah dipilih dua peserta sebagai tutor yang akan melanjutkan kegiatan pembelajaran Calistung di Kampung Bano.

Nowadays, Technology improves massively in hence learning media used in teaching and learning processes should go along with it. Using interactive learning multimedia becomes one of the efforts to do. Meanwhile based on the interview result with English teachers, iit has not been a trend especially in teaching English monolog text, descriptive text, in Junior High School. Based on that reason, the recent research aimed to develop multimedia called Wikitext in learning English Descriptive Text that is appropriate and effective to use in teaching descriptive text in Junior High School Kota Sorong. Research and Development design was conducted through ADDIE design (Analyse, Design, Develop, Implement & Evaluate). The place to try the product's effectiveness was SMP Islam GUPPI Kota Sorong. The validity test result has shown that the material and the multimedia has been appropriate with 3.85 average as a result in a very valid category. To know the effectiveness of the product, the multimedia Wikitext has been implemented in teaching descriptive text at class VIII SMP Islam GUPPI using an LCD projector. The Pre-test and post-test results revealed that students got to score 60 rises from 10% to 44 % in once implementation. It concluded that the use of multimedia Wikitext was effective in teaching the descriptive text.

Pentingnya penguasaan bahasa asing sebagai salah satu bahasa internasional yang mampu menjadi penunjang dalam dunia kerja menjadi salah satu hal yang dibutuhkan oleh manusia di zaman penuh teknologi ini. Hasil observasi awal di Panti Asuhan Putri Muhammadiyah Al-Amin Kota Sorong, seluruh anak asuh di panti tersebut masih memiliki kemampuan Bahasa Inggris yang lemah. Kegiatan pemberdayaan melalui Bimbingan Belajar Bahasa Inggris telah dilakukan selama kurang lebih tiga bulan melalui kegiatan Pengabdian pada Masyarakat Kuliah Kerja Nyata (PPM KKN). Tahapan kegiatan tersebut telah dilakukan mulai dari persiapan, analisis kebutuhan, penyusunan silabus dan jadwal, pelaksanaan pre tes, pelaksanaan bimbingan belajar, pos tes hingga penjajakan kerja sama antar lembaga. Hasil luaran kegiatan ini adalah satu pengetahuan peserta belajar telah meningkat yaitu kemampuan dasar Bahasa Inggris peserta mencapai target, yaitu lebih dari 50% siswa yang memperoleh nilai dengan kategori baik (71 %) dan 19 % siswa dengan perolehan kategori sangat baik.Â