This paper aims to see the students' responses toward the use of Augmented Reality in English learning as the application has been used in some courses in some levels of students in UWKS.  The study implemented the quasi-experimental methodology by applying for the program to two groups, controlled and experimental.        Survey method along with the use of questionnaire was used for data collection.  The finding and discussion showed that Augmented Reality was well -utilized in the activity of English language teaching. However, the utilization needed to be more optimized and explored due to most of them were first time users.

The objective of the research was designed to find out the students‟ ability in writing descriptive text by using HOTS questions at 8th grade in SMA Negeri 3  Pematangsiantar. It deals with content, organization, vocabulary, language use, and mechanics. The problem of this research was “to what extent does the students writing ability based on the application of HOTS questions? This research was designed as a quantitative research. The sample of this research was taken from two classes that consist of 66 students (33 students in experimental group in class 10 IPA 7 and 33 students in control group in class X IPS 1. Then quantitative data were obtained from the students‟ writing score of pre-test and post-test.  The research finding of this research showed that there was an improvement on the students‟ writing ability in descriptive text based on HOTS questions. It can be seen from the mean score of pretest was 52.75 and the mean score of post-test was 80.51.  And the researcher also found that t-test is higher than t-table it can be seen from df: 64 (33+33 -2) with the t-table is 1.25 and the level of significance 0.05. It shows that t-test is higher than t-table (1.27 > 1.25). After analyzing the data, the researchers concluded that using HOTS questions could develop the students‟ writing ability in descriptive text at 10th grade in SMA Negeri 3 Pematangsiantar.

This research was focused on the extent of the accuracy of the translation of the Indonesian Short Story “ Angsa dengan Telur Emas" into  English Using U-Dictionary. The short story “Angsa dengan Telur Emas" of translation were analyzed from Using U-Dictionary.Theories used in this research was Nababan (2012) Scale for scoring accuracy divided into 3 namely accurate, less accurate, inaccurate. This research was conducted using a descriptive qualitative method and the objective of the research is to find out the level of accuracy of the translation of the Indonesian short story “Angsa dengan Telur Emas" into English using U-Dictionary. After conducting the analysis, this research showed the accurate, less accurate and inaccurate. And the kinds of inaccurate divided 4 namely, mistranslation, omission, addition and un-translated According Specia and Shah (2014). They were 182 data as samples. The accuracy percentage was 48, 35%. The less accurate percentage was 17, 58%.The inaccurate percentage was 34, 06 %. After calculating the average accuracy level, the result showed that Short Story “Angsa dengan Telur Emas” Using U-Dictionary was considered as accurate translation.

The pandemic caused by the outbreak of Covid-19 has prompted many changes in various sectors and lines of people's lives. The changes that appear to suggest are the application of digital technology among the wider community such as bold learning in schools. This is marked by the increasingly intensive use of digital form plates to support online learning in accordance with health protocols and the new order or what we call the New Normal. The learning form plate is included in the learning media which is very useful for schools and universities. One of the platforms that have been used is Sevima Edlink. Where Sevima Edlink is changing the way we do online learning including being creative, video conferencing or completing assignments and quizzes. This service aims to help implement better and easier learning by relying on collaboration between teachers and students. The service method used is data collection through observation and interviews, implementation of socialization and monitoring and evaluation. The results of the community service activities carried out showed that the teachers at SMP Negeri 11 Pematangsiantar were very enthusiastic about knowing, learning, and using the Edlink platform in learning.Abstrak: Pandemi yang disebabkan oleh mewabahnya Covid-19 telah mendorong banyak perubahan di berbagai sektor dan lini kehidupan masyarakat. Perubahan yang terlihat mengemukakan adalah meningkatnya adopsi teknologi digital di kalangan masyarakat luas seperti pembelajaran daring di sekolah. Hal ini ditandai dengan makin intensifnya penggunaan plat form-plat form digital untuk mendukung pembelajaran online yang sesuai dengan protokol kesehatan dan tatanan baru atau yang sering kita sebut New Normal. Plat Form pembelajaran termasuk didalam media pembelajaran yang sangat banyak manfaatnya bagi sekolah maupun perguruan tinggi. Salah satu plat form yang sudah digunakan adalah Sevima Edlink. Dimana Sevima Edlink mengubah cara kita untuk melakukan pembelajaran online termasuk berdiskusi, video conference atau menyelesaikan tugas dan quis. Pengabdian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pelaksanaan pembelajaran yang lebih baik dan mudah dengan mengandalkan kolaborasi antara guru dan siswa. Metode pengabdian yang digunakan pengumpulan data melalui observasi dan wawancara, pelaksanaan sosialisasi dan melakukan monitoring dan evaluasi. Hasil kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat yang dilakukan menunjukkan bahwa guru di SMP Negeri 11 Pematangsiantar sangat antusias untuk mengetahui, mempelajari, serta menggunakan plat form Edlink di dalam pembelajaran.