This study aimed at finding out the psychological effects that have been drawn by the implementation of online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic on university students. The approach implemented in carrying out this study was a descriptive qualitative approach. There were 140 students involved as respondents. The instrument used was a questionnaire set that was generated from Wiles (2020). Before proceeding with data collection process, the validity of the instrument was checked, and the items were valid. Then, the data were analyzed using Interactive Analysis as suggested by Miles, Huberman, and Saldana (2014). The result shows that from the seven mental effects raised from increased screen time, the students admit that they most likely feel fatigued (100%), they experience physical pain such as headache, shoulder sore, eyesore, and others (100%), they have bad time management (98.6%), they feel isolation being drawn from their classmates (68.6%), and they experienced uncertainty about the lecturer's explanation during the online classes. Hence, it is suggested that there is a special unit to care about the students' mental health during online learning in this pandemic.

This study investigated the TOEFL benchmark policy as an exit requirement for Universitas Teuku Umar students. The research method used was survey design hereby the data from the questionnaire and students' TOEFL score were collected. Under the policy, the students have to pass the standard passing score of TOEFL to graduate. 100 non-English major students from Universitas Teuku Umar participated in this study. The results of the study revealed that the participants gave more positive responses than negative ones. The extend of approval for this policy seemed more related to their abilities, awareness of the importance of learning English, and motivation to learn English. The result from TOEFL scores taken from 2018-2019 found that as many as 58% of students failed to obtain minimum criteria (˃ 400) while only 42% of them reached 400 or above. It indicates that Universitas Teuku Umar students are not ready yet to face this policy.  On the other hand, based on the questionnaire result, most students agreed with the implementation of TOEFL as an exit requirement, however, a minimum passing score should be evaluated and a set of students' needs under the policy should be facilitated.

This paper aims to investigate the students’ perception about the effectiveness of teaching English at Universitas Teuku Umar from non-English major students. Data were collected from the students of six faculties: Economics, Social and Political Science, Fisheries and Marine Science, Engineering, and Agriculture. A number of 120 participants were selected from each faculty by using the random sampling technique. The instruments used included questionnaire and interview guide. The data were analyzed qualitatively following four effective learning criteria; material, learning method, learning motivation, and classroom management. The results showed that (1) some students were still disstatisfied with the materials given since they were hard, (2) the teaching methods used did not stimulate the students to learn English well, (3) some students did not like learning English because they could not speak like native speakers, and (4) the lecturers paid little attention towards the students’ questions and rarely did they give rewards to their students such as praising for students’ achievement. Further, the students’ obstacles in learning English included lack of vocabulary, problem in pronunciation, and grammar difficulty.

In daily life, individuals occasionally use language to connect with other individuals, and they have their specific manner to pick the language variety which can affirm their character. This language can be in the form of verbal and nonverbal language. This research aimed at finding out the types of verbal and non-verbal taboo, along with the mythical and factual reasons underlying their usage. The method used was qualitatively based. The data collection was done through several interviews with the participants who are the native speakers of Acehnese in Nagan Raya. Later on, the data were recorded using an android device and in the analysis, the three-step analysis was employed. The process was data reduction, data display, and data verification. Then the results show that, first, nine swearing taboo words are occasionally used by the people there. The reason for using these words is generally to express anger and disappointment. Second, concerning the non-verbal taboo, there were 10 data obtained concerning non-verbal taboo, and the reason behind using these nonverbal taboo is to threat the youth to get them obedient so that they can carry out the day safely.

Probiotics application in aquaculture sector has been promoted since the government has banned antibiotics application in aquaculture sector. Probiotics are very useful in aquaculture because it can accelerate fish growth, improve fish health, and maintain water quality in good condition. However, there are many fish farmers who do not know the advantages, manufacturing techniques and the application of probiotics to support aquaculture activities. Therefore, we have conducted this community service for fish farmers in Meunasah Sukon Village, Lembah Sabil District, Southwest Aceh Regency. This community service is carried out through counseling by describing the benefits of probiotics, followed by discussions with participants and probiotics practice using natural ingredients that are easily available. The result showed that the level of understanding and knowledge of fish farmers in this village about the benefits of probiotics, how to manufacture and its application were increases after this community service was conducted. The activities of enhancement fish farmer capacities are needed to improve their abilities about information on aquaculture renewable technology.

Tourists' demands which particularly those of international visitors are best served by tour guides, who are valuable coastal human resources. English as an international language is essential for communicating with travelers and is a crucial communication ability in the travel and tourism sector. Thence, it is necessary to analyze the English needs of local tour guides on the Simeulue coast. There were ten local tour guides chosen through random sampling as the subjects. The research instrument was a questionnaire set adapted from Prachanant (2012) address needs, functions, and issues with the use of English. It also makes reference to elements from the need analysis model developed by Waters & Hutchinson (1987).Interactive Analysis by Miles, Huberman, and Saldana (2014) was used to perform additional analysis on the findings, and the results were later displayed and verified. The results revealed that speaking was the most important English skill for the participants, followed by listening, reading, and writing. Second, individuals felt they lacked proficiency in speaking, listening, writing, and reading. Therefore, they desired to develop their speaking, listening, writing, and reading abilities. It implied that speaking played a major role in tour guiding and needs further follow-ups.

Language assessment plays such a vital role in English teaching and learning process to measure students’ ability. Doing mistake in creating test items leads the failure in finding out presumption of the student’s achievement. This research was expected to break down the nature of English test including the difficulty index and the adequacy of distractors as a part of an english language assessment. Content analysis was utilized in this study by using two different techniques, namely check list and document analysis to collect the information data. The information from checklist were investigated by utilizing a factual method in percentage and the information from archive examination were analyzed  by using a test item analysis software. The result demonstrates that in the term of difficulty index, the english item test met 48% to be acknowledment and the presentage of distractor effectiveness of English test was 41%. It means that more than 50% of the test should be revised and removed.

This article aims to discuss the impacts of language testing on someone’s personal life continuance and how language teachers should compromise to this reality and bring out the positive impacts that language testing can have on language learning (positive washback). The rationale of position of language testing in determining the flow of education, job and movement is firstly reviewed and then the cases of language testing impacts on various contexts is explored from previous studies. We then try to point out the main keys to maintain and optimize the positive washback from the existence of language testing. The consideration includes a good coordination between test producers, teachers and test-takers. Teachers, in addition, should provide follow-up teaching activities from the results of the students’ tests.