A Discussion That Brings Prosperity To Everyone

Discussion is a method or way to solve a problem with a group thinking process, in the discussion of course we will get some responses to the problems discussed from some individuals in the discussion forum. With various ideas and ideas obtained from the discussion, of course there must be ideas or ideas that can make our insight develop about something. Talking about problems that occur with the discussion method has also been applied by many people, one of which is the Student Executive Board of the English Literature Study Program which organizes the English Study Program Gathering.

“The English Study Program Gathering or ESPG, is a work program owned by the Department of Student Welfare Advocacy from the Student Executive Board of the UNJ English Literature Study Program. This event, which is held every two years, is a place for students and even all individuals in the English literature study program such as lecturers to study program admins to convey their aspirations, complaints and ideas or solutions, more or less” Said Raffi Syahid as Chairman of ESPG 2022. Implementing ESPG 2022. With the theme “Be Active, Be solutive, and dare to change for the better future”, it is hoped that all English literature students will become active and responsive individuals in providing solutions to every problem they face. participants who took part in this discussion forum dared to make changes so that English literature would become a better study program in the future.

This year ESPG became the first work program to be carried out offline after approximately three years of lectures and all activities were carried out online through a laptop screen, of course this made ESPG a challenge for the committees who prepared this event to take place safely and smoothly. The difficulty faced by the committees was that licensing was a little difficult due to the transition from the pandemic period that has been inherent in many people’s daily lives, besides that there were many things that the committee still did not understand because both the staff and the daily management body that became the committee in the ESPG both had good experience. minimal about the offline event. Even so, the committee consisting of staff and the daily executive board of the student body of the English Literature Study Program managed to get a lot of suggestions from the study program choir and other lecturers so that this event ran smoothly.

On Monday 11 June 2022, the ESPG will be held at the Bung Hatta Hall, 2nd Floor, UNJ M Building. Although it was held one day after the Eid al-Adha was held, it did not make the enthusiasm of the ESPG participants, lecturers and even the administration of study programs less enthusiastic. Even the participants who came and discussed in this event exceeded the target set by the committee, the initial target was 48 people and this year’s ESPG participants amounted to almost 60 people, which means that they have successfully passed the target of the program success requirements made by the Study Program Student Representative Council.

Of course, there are many aspirations, concerns, complaints and solutions presented in the ESPG 2022 discussion, including the obstacles in accessing learning media where many students complain if they have difficulty and confusion in accessing the learning media (LMS). In addition, the lecture situation and the issue of offline lectures that have spread to students make them worry that they will not be able to get effective lectures because all buildings in the Faculty of Language and Arts are being repaired, but all these worries are over when the lecturers can find solutions and answer all the worries of the english literature student

In general, the results to be achieved from the ESPG 2022 discussion forum are to convey the aspirations and opinions of the academic community of the English Literature Study Program in order to make academic and non-academic activities in the study program better, besides that this ESPG discussion forum can be a means of delivering information that is useful for students of English Literature Study Program, and lastly so that the entire English Literature Study Program community can stay in touch and establish intimacy between the English Literature Study Program academic community and the management.