This study aimed to explore the availability of facilities to implement blended learning in teaching and learning foreign languages, the use of the internet and e-learning literacy among lecturers and students of foreign languages departments, and the readiness for blended learning in teaching and learning foreign languages. This study used a mixed method which combined quantitative and qualitative descriptive methods. A questionnaire containing several statements was distributed to lecturers and students of the English and Arabic Departments ​​to collect necessary data. The statements break down into three categories according to the problems in this study. The first are the ones that require close answers yes or no, while the second and third are the ones that demand responses on four scales namely strongly disagree, disagree, agree, and strongly agree. Then, the data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results of the study revealed that the lecturers and students had the needed facilities to support the implementation of blended learning, yet the internet service in terms of coverage and accessibility at the campus was not adequate. It was also known that the lecturers and the students had the knowledge and skills to operate any tools and features of the internet for blended learning. Most importantly, the lecturers and students were ready for the implementation of blended learning in the teaching and learning of English and Arabic.

The quality of education that has not been maximized, especially in East Lombok Regency, is influenced by many things, including teacher performance. Teacher performance is influenced by internal factors (competence, motivation, morale, discipline) and external (physical environment, leadership of the madrasa principal, managerial implementation of the madrasa principal, compensation, work culture). This study aims to examine the influence of the managerial skills of madrasa heads, compensation and professional competence of teachers on teacher performance. This study uses a quantitative approach to the type of comparative causal research or expost pacto. The sample of this study was 176 teachers from private Madrasah Tsanawiyah in Aikmel District, East Lombok Regency. The research instrument was a questionnaire which was given to the respondents directly after testing the validity and reliability. Data analysis techniques used simple regression tests and multiple regression tests followed by correlation tests (with the help of the SPSS version 22.0 application). The results of data analysis based on the value of the correlation coefficient and determination for each research variable on teacher performance obtained the determination coefficient of madrasa principal managerial skills of 0.324 and 10.5%, teacher compensation of 0.298 and 8.9%, and teacher professional competency variable of 0.711 and 50.5%. While the results of the coefficient of determination together obtained by 52.3%. Thus, it can be stated that: 1) The managerial skills of madrasa principals affect teacher performance; 2) teacher compensation affects teacher performance; 3) teacher professional competence influences teacher performance; and 4) the managerial skills of madrasa heads, teacher compensation and teacher professional competence jointly affect teacher performance.

This study aims to describe the assessment practices carried out by English teachers of state madrasah schools in Mataram City at the stages of planning, implementation, supervision, and recording. In this descriptive study, the researcher used qualitative and quantitative descriptive approaches. A total of 18 teachers from both state MTS and MA in the city of Mataram participated in the study. The data collection technique used a questionnaire in the form of a google form containing a number of statements related to the assessment practice at the four stages of the assessment with the answer format using a Likert scale with a range of answers strongly disagree, disagree, not sure, agree, and strongly agree. The data were the results of the average calculation of each item was analyzed descriptively. The results of the study showed that (1) teachers were not sure to ask for parental approval before the assessment was carried out, (2) teachers agreed that the assessment was carried out within a certain time, according to the situation and conditions and accompanied by feedback, (3) teachers felt hesitant to share the findings of the assessment with fellow teachers and the involvement of parents in the assessment process, and (4) the teacher felt aware and responsible for recording or documenting the results of the assessment that were carried out. Thus, assessment is an important part that cannot be separated from learning activities and teachers are expected to keep conducting assessments.