Nowadays, English has played an important role in the job market. Almost all companies in this digital era require employees with English skills, especially in working with foreign enterprises. The advanced technology has made English even more crucial through the internet making workplace expand into virtual world. Looking at this trend, Cerdas Digital Nusantara Company or more renowned as CAKAP initiated a program to improve employees’ English skills in collaboration with Rainbow Reading Gardens. The program offered an English course program to 13 staff of Rainbow Reading Gardens for six months from September 2022 to February 2023.

 

This program has helped Rainbow Reading Gardens’ employees to develop their English skills including speaking, listening, reading, grammar, and vocabulary skills. This program was conducted online and taught by CAKAP’s facilitators. Furthermore, the lesson came with interesting topics and engaging activities such as games and quizzes which made the materials easier to grasp.

Chandra Bakti, one of Rainbow Reading Gardens’ employees, enjoyed the program and found it very practical. He said, “With this English course program offered by CAKAP, I feel empowered professionally in terms of language skills. Now, I have partners to practise speaking and have enriched my vocabulary. Also, the various activities during the lesson has helped me understand the materials more easily.”