This study was descriptive research. The objective this study was “to find out whether descriptive methode can analyse writing ability in second semester of English Educational Program at STKIP Nurul Huda OKU Timur”. The students’ writing ability in descriptive text was analyzed based on score clasification. In this case, the highest score of 32 students in this class, get 75 which it considered the as in good level. While the lowest results get score 52 which it considered the as in average level. Then, the other students’ get 54 until 74 mean score in terms of sub indicator in writing text they get was in which it also considered as in average and good level. Thus, generally, the students’ mean score of writing ability particularly in writing descriptive text was 60 and it was considered as the average level of ability. Thus, from the data presentation, it can be concluded that the writing descriptive text skill of the second semester of English educational program in STKIP Nurul Huda was in average level

Translation as a process cannot be separated to the activity in foreign language learning despite there is still a controvesial issue abou it.  This article aims to describe the translation process in Bandongan and Sorogan Method as the oldest and the best method in teaching and learning “kitab kuning”. The data are collected by observing, interviewing and studying of documentation. The writer as an instrument to collect the data attended the teaching and learning process. The data are analyzed by comparing the theory of translation method and the application of bandongan and sorogan method. The result shows that in the bandongan method, the teacher apply the word for word and literal method toward text in kitab kuning and also in sorogan method, the students apply word for word and literal method when they are reading kitab kuning.

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan korelasi antara kecepatan membaca dengan pemahaman isi bacaan pada pembelajaran bahasa Inggris kelas VII SMP Negeri 1 Buay Madang. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode deskriptif. Sampel penelitian ini adalah 31 siswa. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa, siswa dengan kecepatan membaca tertinggi berada pada interval lebih dari 152 sebanyak 1 siswa (3,22%) dan siswa dengan pemahaman isi bacaan tertinggi berada pada interval 81 – 100 sebanyak 3 siswa (9,67%). Karena terbukti secara signifikan (meyakinkan) adanya hubungan korelasi sebesar 0,042 < 0,05 dan derajat hubungan terdapat nilai 0,367 (kedua variabel berkorelasi rendah), maka hal ini dapat disimpulkan bah tidak terdapat korelasi antara kecepatan membaca dengan pemahaman isi bacaan.

This Community Service aims to provide assistance in learning English about pronunciation of vocabulary using Audio Visual and providing knowledge about the use of Audio Visual media for teachers and learning for students. The chosen partners in this service are children an  teachers of Raudhatul Atfal (RA) Dharma Wanita eersatuan Simpang, Buay Pemaca, OKU Selatan, with the consideration that they rarely learn English because there is no English teacher in the RA in using learning methods. In addition, based on observations in the RA, it shows that children's lack of interest in learning English and even English for them is too ordinary / foreign. The target in this service is to help the children of RA Dharma Wanita Persatuan Simpang to learn English so that they do not feel unfamiliar / unfamiliar and increase student motivation in learning English and minimize errors in speaking vocabulary in English. From the results of this service activity, it can be concluded that learning English by utilizing audio-visual media in students of RA Dharma Wanita Persatuan Simpang is proven to contribute significantly to the mastery of the English vocabulary of students.