ENGLISH INITIATION – CLOSING EFF (ENGLSIH FOR FRESHMEN) 2017 IN HARMONY

FBS-Karangmalang As part of the 2017 EFF (English for Freshmen) activities, English Initiation or better known as sikrab, always becomes the closing event of EFF 2017 activities that are eagerly awaited by the new students majoring in English Language Education, Yogyakarta State University.

The sikrab activity lasted for two days on 23rd and 24th October 2017, a month after the 2017 PKKMB activity. Although it lasted for two days, the activity was not carried out in the same place since it took place in two different places. The first day of the activity took place at the Karawitan Laboratory, 2nd Floor, Faculty of Language and Arts, Yogyakarta State University, while the second day took place at Gondang 2 Campground, Cangkringan, Sleman.

Sikrab was held in two different places as the series of activities were also conducted in two different places. In the series of activities on the first day, the concept of activity still looked formal even though it was already in an atmosphere of intimacy between new students and their classmates or with the committee, especially SPK (Enforcement Discipline). In addition, there were also performances from Edsacoustics, Emacflicks, and Relung Laboratory which introduced the sub-divisions contained in EDSA (English Department Student Association) more deeply.

On the second day, the new students were invited to get to know the EFF 2017 committee and the divisions at EDSA. The activities at Gondang 2 foster friendship with joy through outbound tours and also the 'benteng takeshi' which closed the event with great festivities.

Many things are obtained through sikrab. Sikrab is proof of kinship and brotherhood in diversity.