Writing in English is one of the language skills that are taught in the context of learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Indonesian senior high schools. According to previous studies, most of the students consider writing is the most difficult of the four skills. This research was aimed at finding out the main difficulties in writing faced by the grade XI students at SMA Negeri 10 Fajar Harapan, Banda Aceh, and the efforts made by their teacher to overcome those problems. The design of this study was a descriptive qualitative study. To obtain the data, the writers used document collection and interviews. The results from the document collection showed that the highest percentages of problems faced by the students were in the aspect of language use and the least problems were in the aspect of content. The results from the interviews showed that the most common correcting efforts made by the teacher were giving written feedback for all aspects of writing i.e. language use, mechanics, vocabulary, organization, and content. Likewise, teachers need to develop systemized forms of feedback and make it clear to students what the feedback means and what they are to do with them to assist students in improving their writing skills.
Library management ideally use an automation system to provide optimal services. However, the library management in The Religious Education and Training Center of Aceh (BDK Aceh) has been done manually, which impacted on less effective and efficient performance. Therefore, it is important to optimize the library management at BDK Aceh. This study focused on describing the stages in optimizing the collection management of the BDK Aceh library through Senayan Library Management System (SLiMS) application. Sources of data in this study were the Head of BDK Aceh, librarian, staffs, and trainers of BDK Aceh. This study showed seven stages of SLiMS utilization; (1) coordinating and consulting, (2) downloading and installing SLiMS into the library computer, (3) uploading the bibliographic data of library collections on the SLiMS application, (4) uploading the cover of library collections, (5) setting the SLiMS online to the internet, (6) socializing the automation system, (7) evaluating the automation system. This library management using SLiMS at BDK Aceh has resulted in five outputs, namely: (1) bibliographic databases in digital form, (2) video tutorials on the use of automation systems, (3) an online library with the website librarybdkaceh.com, (4) online circulation services, and (5) automatic library membership cards. The use of the SLIMs escalates performance in library collections managements, thus resulted in better service quality which suits the regulations of the industrial revolution. Users can easily browse information about library collection and access the BDK Aceh library anywhere and anytime through the website. In addition, users can get quick and accurate information about library collections. Keywords: Library Management, Library Automation System, SLIMS
The Qur'an Hadith lesson for students of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah aims to complete the competence to recite, write, memorize and recognize the word meaning from short letters and selected hadiths. The students of MIN 23 Aceh Besar were less enthusiastic about learning the Qur'an and hadith and had difficulty memorizing short suras and their translations. This resulted in low indicator of achievement of student competence. To overcome this problem, the teacher applies the KQM (Kauny Quantum Memory) method in learning activities in memorizing short letters. This research was conducted with a qualitative approach, with the students of class V/a MIN 23 Aceh Besar as the data source. Data was collected through interviews and tests. The research time was during the odd semester of the 2019/2020 school year. The results of the study was the ability to memorize short letters of class V/a MIN 23 Aceh Besar students increased after the teacher applied the KQM method. The initial testscore of 63.03 lifted to 83.13. The enthusiasm of students to memorize short letters kept increasing. The time it took to memorize was getting faster. The KQM method makes the class atmosphere lively and fun. The steps for memorizing short letters using the KQM method were as follows; (1) The teacher motivated students with encouraging sentences, (2) the students listened to the recited short letters and pay attention to the movements made by the teacher, (3) the students imitate and follow the memorization under the guidance of the teacher, (4) the students repeated until fluent. Compared to other memorization method such as steps of reading, repeating words and memorizing, the KQM method was more appropriate to be applied in memorizing short verses. Keywords: Kauny Quantum Memory, memorization, short letters.
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