Higher Education as one of the educational institutions has a role in producing qualified graduates. Lecturers are an important component in higher education, regardless of the quality improvement policy designed, the lecturers are the people who are in charge and responsible in the learning process. The quality of the learning process depends on the competence and commitment of the lecturers themselves which reflect their professionalism and professionalism requires the perfect result, therefore passion for quality improvement is always needed to build it. It requires seriousness and thoroughness of work that can only be obtained through experience and habits. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the competence of lecturers to improve teaching and learning activities to compete in the world of work, especially in the ASEAN economic era. The population of this study is all the students of the Faculty of Economics of University of Wijaya Kusuma Surabaya. Sampling technique is used in this research as it is purposive sampling. The collecting data procedure is using questionnaires. Analytical techniques using factor analysis is used in this study to prove the competence of lecturers affect the teaching and learning process. The results showed that personality factor ranked the first in the factors influencing on the learning process, followed by social, professionalism and pedagogic factors.

Acquiring second language for young learners is a challenging task for them especially when it comes to speaking competence. Speaking may be the hardest competence that young learners have to master as it involves many aspects of language skills such as grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, fluency at the same time. Young learners find difficulty in expressing their thought and idea in spoken language as they have to combine what is in their mind with the target language and then express it orally. These young learners finds difficulties in expressing their ideas in the target language because they have limited knowledge in vocabulary and grammar while speaking is the key skill in primary school foreign language curricula as the learners develop their social-awareness and become competent speakers of the target language (Toledo & Hoit, 2016).For this reason, some school holds English Proficiency test which include speaking as one of the test. Young learners or primary school students need to practice speaking more as it is the medium through which language is encountered, understood, practiced and learnt, (Cameron, 2001).This study aims to find out what are the factors affecting young learners’performance in speaking test and to find out what  problems encountered by young learners in speaking test. This study was done in a private school in West Surabaya, Indonesia and the subjects were 87 students from second grade to sixth grade. The research instruments are questionnaire and interview. This study was expected to help students with their difficulties and improve their speaking skill. Keywords: speaking test, speaking skill, young learners, difficulties

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Penguatan ekonomi masyarakat harus menjadi suatu konsep yang dapat menyediakan tanggungjawab yang lebih besar kepada orang-orang tentang bagaimana melakukan suatu pekerjaan. Meningkatkan nilai tambah ekonomi merupakan sebuah kegiatan yeang berkaitan dengan pembangunan ekonomi bertumpu pada masyarakat. Program-program dalam meningkatkan nilai tambah ekonomi bagi masyarakat yang sesuai dengan tujuan pembangunan Indonesia yaitu membangun msyarakat Indonesia seutuhnya. Tujuan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat ini memberikan pelatihan bagi ibu-ibu rumah tangga, yang akan membantu mengembangkan kegiatan ekonomi rumah tangga yang pada akhirnya dapat menambah penghasilan keluarga.

Penguatan ekonomi masyarakat harus menjadi suatu konsep yang dapat memberikan tanggungjawab yang lebih besar kepada orang-orang tentang bagaimana melakukan pekerjaan. Meningkatkan nilai tambah ekonomi merupakan sebuah kegiatan yeang berkaitan dengan pembangunan ekonomi bertumpu pada masyarakat. Program-program dalam meningkatkan nilai tambah ekonomi bagi masyarakat sejalan dengan tujuan pembangunan Indonesia yaitu membangun manusia Indonesia seutuhnya. Tujuan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat ini memberikan ketrampilan bagi ibu-ibu rumah tangga, yang akan membantu mengembangkan kegiatan ekonomi rumah tangga yang pada akhirnya dapat menambah penghasilan keluarga.