The beginning of human learning is from hearing, thus, many educational experts and educational theories claim that the first learning activity is auditory. The influence of students’ listening comprehension, such as cognitive factors and psychological aspects also involved. One of the psychological problems is students’ interest. The purpose of this research is to find out a significant correlation between students’ interest in listening and their listening comprehension on the eleventh-grade students of SMKN 3 Tanah Putih, Rokan Hilir. The sample of this research was 26 students. The technique used in this research was correlational. In collecting the data, this research was distributing questionnaires to the respondents to assess students’ interests. Aside from assessing students’ listening comprehension, this research conducted a listening test for the students. In analysing the data, the questionnaires were assessed by Likert’s scale rating. The result of this research showed that the score of Sig. (2-tailed) gathered from SPSS 22, it was found that Sig. (2-tailed) the result was 0.001. Because of Sig. (2-tailed) was smaller than 0.05, it can be concluded that the null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected, and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted, which states there is a significant correlation between students’ interest in listening and their listening comprehension. In conclusion, there is a positive correlation between students’ interest in listening and their listening comprehension. It means that students with higher interest will get better listening comprehension than the lower one. In other words, the higher the interest of students, the better listening comprehension can be achieved.

WhatsApp has been extensively used by many English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers in Indonesia as a near synchronous online learning platform. This program enables users to make announcements, exchange ideas and learning materials, and participate in online debates. Some recent publications inform its utilization in learning language, yet little discusses how students engage in the learning activities. Therefore, to fill this void, the present study aims to investigate the students' behavioral engagement during online learning using WhatsApp. To collect the data, this study employed observation and semi-structured interviews. An observation was completed in one class at a state university in Tasikmalaya, West Java, Indonesia to perceive how the students responded to the teacher's instructions during the learning process. Meanwhile, the interviews were conducted with nine students in a similar class. The data were analyzed using thematic analysis. The findings revealed that students engaged behaviourally by (1) posing questions or comments politely, (2) using emoticons and emojis as politeness reinforcements, and (3) confirming the unclear information behind the scene. Implications for teaching and further studies are discussed.

This study aims to know learners’ interest with blended learning at new normal period at the second, fourth, and sixth semesters of English Department, Islamic Religion Department, Islamic Banking Department, Islamic community Development Department of  STAI Hubbulwathan Duri. This research used quantitative approach. The design of the research was a survey research. Total population was 260 respondents. The undergraduate students have the same qualification and academic background before doing survey. They had ever learned by using blended learning in a new normal situation. Sample of this research was 155 respondents. The total rating percentage of learners’ interest in involving in the blended learning was 69.98 %. it was in “agree category”. This category showed the respondents’ interest  in blended learning process. Based on overall mean is 2.82 and standard deviation is 0.54. The respondents agree used to have the blended learning activities in their learning process. It means that the learners’ had good interest in their blended learning activities.

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui penerapan kode etik syariah di Lembaga Keuangan Syariah (LKS), serta mengetahui apakah ada perbedaan dan persamaan dalam penerapan kode etik di Bank BNI Syariah dan Bank BTN Syariah. Metode penelitian ini menggunakan analisis comparative membandingkan variabel yang sama atau sampel yang berbeda. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan teknik wawancara kepada salah satu karyawan Bank Syariah yang disajikan dari Bank BNI Syariah dan BTN Syariah. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa etika di LKS khususnya di Bank BNI Syariah dan BTN syariah memiliki perbedaan dan persaman dalam penerapan kode etiknya di tinjau dari empat aspek yaitu etika umum, etika bisnis, kepatuhan syariah dan keteladanan hal ini dikarenakan kebijakan setiap Bank berbeda dan memiliki sistem kode etik yang berbeda. Namun bank BNI Syariah dan BTN Syariah memiliki juga persamaan pada penerapan etika syariah nya dimana Bank Syariah berlandaskan pada prinsip-prinsip Syariah (Islam).