Research Article
Investigating Students’ English Competence in Participating Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka (MBKM) Program
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.9-10-2021.2319474, author={Didik Hartono and Esti Junining and Isti Purwaningtyas}, title={Investigating Students’ English Competence in Participating Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka (MBKM) Program}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Language, Literature, Education and Culture, ICOLLEC 2021, 9-10 October 2021, Malang, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICOLLEC}, year={2022}, month={7}, keywords={english competence mbkm}, doi={10.4108/eai.9-10-2021.2319474} }- Didik Hartono
Esti Junining
Isti Purwaningtyas
Year: 2022
Investigating Students’ English Competence in Participating Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka (MBKM) Program
ICOLLEC
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.9-10-2021.2319474
Abstract
This study investigates the English competence of 69 non-English Department students through English proficiency test prediction using descriptive qualitative analysis as its method. The scores categorize all occurrences of communicative competence, using the thematic categories provided by the CEFR framework. It finds that the students` TOEFL scores were mostly in the basic category. There were 43 students. 26 students were in the independent user category. The result shows that they are predominantly basic users, further research is needed to develop materials in order to be able to prepare materials for students so that they achieve independent and proficient user categories, and become literate and ready to take part in the MBKM program.