Information technology is well developed today. This is shown by several applications that support online activities, social activities, commerce, services, and learning. In this pandemic situation (covid-19), several institutions provided policies to carry out online learning to prevent and minimize the spread of the Covid-19 virus. In this case, the institution committees ask the teachers and lecturers to provide online learning to students, especially in learning English. The purpose of this study was to determine the teachers' perceptions in online language learning. Researchers used a questionnaire instrument to conduct surveys and interviews to obtain qualitative data. This is aimed to observe the teachers’ perception towards online language teaching practices and changes in teaching to online teaching. The things encountered during learning, as well as obstacles faced by the English teacher. In online learning, teachers must be able to involve students so that the situation runs like face-to-face learning. The final results of this study will be useful for online language teachers, institutions, and all aspects involved in education.

Gender stereotype should be understood as negative beliefs shared by a particular group due to over-simplification and generalization. In this study, gender stereotype is used to mean negative beliefs toward women, which is based on their sexual or gender identity instead of their personal quality and individual competence. The writer try to show that in The Scent of Sake by Joyce Lebra is considered as a novel depicting the issue of gender stereotype in Japanese family culture, especially in managing the sake business which is represented trough Rie as the main character. Hence, in this study try to answer What are gender stereotypes experienced by Rie as reflected in Joyce Lebra’s The Scent of Sake and how does Rie struggle against gender stereotype as reflected in the novel. The research design used by the writer is literary criticism; it is liberal feminism especially the theory of Mary Wollstonecraft. The results of the study show that women as represented by Rie, is stereotyped in the family’s sake business through many negative stigmas. Such stereotypes have given negative influences toward Rie in terms of marginalization in management, in educational access and women’s lack of decision making in marriage. To reduce the effects, Rie struggles against gender stereotype by performing the stereotypes. Through considerable struggles, Rie has proven that women should not be viewed as inferior to men. Rie has tried very hard to play an active role as a subject in her own family’s business of sake production.

This research is a narrative inquiry research that focuses on students' perceptions and experiences in language learning using a pop-up book. The use of media in learning is considered very important so that researcher focused on language learning by using realia media in the form of pop-up books. Narrative inquiry research is a form of qualitative research in which researcher obtains data from documentation and student interviews. This research was conducted at MTs Muhammadiyah 13 Solokuro, at the 7th grade level with a total of 9 students. The study took place from March to May 2022. The results of this study indicate that students have a good perception of language learning using pop-up and of course they have new experiences with the methods applied in the learning. There have been many studies on the development and application of a method in learning, while this time the researcher choses to look for something different by looking at the stories, perceptions and experiences of students.

This is a narrative inquiry research that focuses on students perceptions and experiences in language learning using a pop-up book. The aim of this study is to know the influence of pop-up book in learning language through students perception. The use of media in learning is considered very important so that researcher focused on language learning by using realia media in the form of pop-up books. Narrative inquiry research is a form of qualitative research in which researcher obtains data from documentation and student interviews. This research was conducted at MTs Muhammadiyah 13 Solokuro, at the 7th grade level with a total of 9 students. The study took place from March to May 2022. The results of this study indicate that students have a good perception of language learning using pop-up and of course they have new experiences with the methods applied in the learning. There have been many studies on the development and application of a method in learning, while this time the researcher choses to look for something different by looking at the stories, perceptions and experiences of students. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian inquiri naratif yang berfokus pada persepsi dan pengalaman siswa dalam pembelajaran bahasa dengan menggunakan pop-up book. Tujuan dari pada dilakukannya penelitian ini untuk mengetahui seberapa berpengaruh media pop-up book dari persepsi siswa. Penggunaan media dalam pembelajaran dirasa sangat penting sehingga peneliti berfokus pada pembelajaran bahasa dengan menggunakan media realia berbentuk pop-up book. Penelitian inquiri naratif ini adalah bentuk penelitian kualitatif yang mana peneliti mendapatkan data dari dokumentasi dan juga interview siswa. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di MTs Muhammadiyah 13 Solokuro, pada jenjang kelas 7 yang berjumlah 9 siswa. Penelitian berlangsung dari bulan Maret sampai Mei tahun 2022. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa siswa memiliki persepsi yang baik terkait pembelajaran bahasa menggunakan pop-up dan tentu mereka memiliki pengalaman yang baru dengan metode yang diterapkan dalam pembelajaran tersebut. Sudah banyak dijumpai penelitian tentang pengembangan dan penerapan sebuah metode dalam pembelajaran, sedangkan kali ini peneliti memilih mencari hal yang berbeda dengan melihat dari cerita, persepsi, serta pengalaman siswa.

Conceptual metaphors are noticeable in everyday life, not just in language but in thought and action. They can be found in many life aspects such as advertisements. Through advertising slogans of products, especially coffee, metaphors are used. This paper aims are to: identify and analyze both the conceptual metaphors and the creative metaphorical linguistic expressions used in coffee advertising slogans and the possible reasons why a certain source domain is chosen for coffee target domain. The findings of this paper are that conceptual metaphors are used extensively in coffee advertising slogans to arouse customers’ interest. Good and creative coffee advertising slogans depend on well-chosen conceptual metaphors. This expands some new conceptual metaphors in our everyday life.Since advertising slogans contain brief and short sentences, even not in a full sentence, there could be more than one possible interpretation for each slogan. Different people may have different interpretation. No matter the understanding achieved, the advertising slogans main focus is to deliver a positive message and to promote the products.