This study aims to use dictation to improve students' listening skills in Indonesian and to determine the effectiveness of dictation in improving students' listening skills in descriptive texts. This research is a collective action research. This research uses the dictation method to improve the skills of listening to descriptive texts in Indonesian subjects. Action research for this course consists of 2 cycles. Each cycle consists of four stages, namely: (1) planning, (2) implementation, (3) observation, and (4) reflection. The results of the classroom action research showed that students' listening skills improved by using the dictation method. Dictation is a method commonly used to measure students' writing ability. With dictation, students must be able to understand the meaning of what they hear and then write it down while dealing with time constraints.In the end, using the dictation method can improve the writing skills of students in lower grades who initially could only write by looking at the writing on the blackboard or copying, now they are starting to be able to write slowly.

The purpose of this study was to find out the role of the zapin dance in Islamic da'wah in North Sumatra. The method used in this study is a qualitative method with data collection techniques of observation, interviews and documentation. The research results obtained are, First, the make-up used in the zapin dance is a realist make-up which functions to emphasize or thicken facial lines and sharpen the expressions of the dance characters being performed. The dress code for the Arabic zapin dance is a symbolic dress code, that is, it has special symbols for a performance that are different from everyday clothes. The clothes used are typical clothes of the Malay tribe.
Second, the value of religious education is found in song lyrics, alif worship movements and there are also alif movements that contain the meaning of determination, patience and strength to face all challenges of steadfast life. This is also a religious value where every human being will definitely not escape the problem of being patient and steadfast is the key because patience is part of faith.Third, the zapin dance in Islamic da'wah acts as a means of propaganda through its dance movements which contain Islamic meanings, music which contains the Oneness of Allah and the musical instrument used is the tambourine which is an Islamic musical instrument.