Efforts Made in Enhancing Communication Skills of Student University Librarian in the Digital Age

Library and Information Science (LIS) students as Students of Non-English Department (SNED) need advancement in terms of approach from their facilitators (lecturers or instructors, that is). The approach should bring with it an atmosphere of enlightenment of which nature should be inspiring, triggering, and entertaining in a way. Elements of teaching philosophy playing a greater role in putting the atmosphere come into existence is evident. As English Language Learners (ELLs) majoring in LIS, they would find it rather discouraging to learn English since they might not see the importance of studying other than their major, LIS. However, as university students, they are there to exercise their critical thinking. Learning English to communicate at their age with confidence requires more cognitive effort. The aim of the present study is to generate flair of this kind of ELLs through wellproven mode of approach. The present study using a qualitative approach with descriptive method of research with interview and observation as instruments results in significantly positive impact. It is indicated that any facilitator’s efforts made towards advancement in terms of mainly speaking and, writing using acceptable English to communicate with confidence gives room for a promising future learning points. Keywords—approach; learning; foreign language; flair; facilitator; acceptable English