In the 21st century, many parents try to introduce foreign language since earlier. The introduction is started since very beginning because some experts believed that the students who learn foreign language especially English on their primary schools or pre-schools, it will contribute the successful of them in learning language in the next level Ferrandino and Tirozzi as cited in MacDonell, C. (2007:1). This research is a case study. It aims to find out the use of potential rewards in kindergarten schools. This study will also investigate some challenges and efforts of five EYL teachers in teaching English. Hence this study will also focus on the benefits of potential rewards in motivating the EYL students in learning English. The result showed that social reinforcers is the most used reward and three activities that usually implemented in the class are giving applause, smiles and teacher’s signature. Then, there are two main challenges in teaching English in kindergarten school. The first is the use of technology and the second is classroom management. While the efforts used in teaching EYL are the use of media, strategy and rewards. So, the students will be more fun and enjoyable in learning English. Then, the last is the benefits. The result showed that by implementing the rewards system in the class. It can encourage the students to achieve the target learning. The students are happy to follow the instructions from the teacher and can complete the task well.

The Indonesian Minister of Education and Culture has instructed schools to carry out online learning since March 17, 2020 along with widespread COVID-19. Among all online learning media, YouTube has become increasingly popular for learning tools, especially with young adults. Thus, this research tried to investigate the students’ perception of using YouTube in the study of English skills class. The qualitative approach with case study design was implemented to six undergraduate students of the 3rd semester who voluntarily participated in this research. The instruments used in this research are questionnaires and interviews. The data was analyzed descriptively to answer the research question. The finding reported that YouTube videos make students happy to learn English; it helps them understand the material. However, youtube makes communication with lecturers and classmates difficult without Whatsapp. In terms of strengths and weaknesses, Youtube can keep the students from feeling bored; they can study anytime and anywhere, they can also re-watch the video at will. However, YouTube videos can be a poor learning media if the videos are too long. Youtube is considered expensive without Wi-Fi access. Then the last is the possibility of signal interference.

Saat ini, penguasaan bahasa Inggris adalah suatu keharusan. Globalisasi dalam segala aspek kehidupan menuntut penguasaan bahasa Inggris sebagai landasan dalam pendidikan. Untuk membangun fondasi penguasaan bahasa Inggris yang baik, pembelajaran dini dianggap sebagai pilihan terbaik. Pembelajaran dini akan membantu siswa untuk mendapatkan pemahaman yang kuat tentang bahasa Inggris. Namun, di Indonesia, pembelajaran bahasa Inggris tidak disarankan untuk diperkenalkan pada tahap awal pendidikan. Dengan kebijakan ini, siswa kurang mendapatkan paparan bahasa Inggris dalam proses pembelajaran awal mereka, dalam hal ini di taman kanak-kanak dan sekolah dasar. Menyikapi situasi tersebut, mahasiswa Jurusan Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris Universitas Wiralodra menggagas kegiatan Fun Learning sebagai salah satu kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat. Kegiatan ini bertujuan untuk memberikan para pelajar muda dalam hal ini siswa SD untuk mendapatkan pengalaman dan meningkatkan motivasi mereka untuk belajar bahasa Inggris dengan cara yang menyenangkan. Kegiatan ini dilakukan kepada siswa SD kelas 1 sampai 6 di SDN 1 Tegalurung. Artikel ini melaporkan bahwa para siswa termotivasi dan tertarik untuk belajar bahasa Inggris. Kosakata bahasa Inggris mereka juga meningkat setelah kegiatan ini dilakukan. Para siswa sangat antusias belajar bahasa Inggris dan berharap agar dapat lebih aktif dalam belajar bahasa Inggris. Pihak sekolah SDN 1 Tegalurung juga mengharapkan kegiatan ini terjadwal secara rutin. Mereka mengharapkan Jurusan Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris Universitas Wiralodra melakukan kegiatan rutin di sekolah tersebut. Artikel ini menyiratkan perlunya Pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris di Sekolah Dasar sebagai kegiatan wajib karena pentingnya dalam pendidikan siswa.

In this global era, it is possible to do communication with native speaker of English. Thus, the need to master communicative competence of English communication is needed. Beside face to face communication, people are also need to be able to communicate in different way, such as chat via mobile phone. It is used to call as Short Message Service or SMS. This study is aimed to know the kinds of conversation that happened in their short text message for a month. The classification of conversation is according to the Grice (1975) the formulation of Cooperative Principle in which it is classified into Generalized Conversation Implicature and Particularized Conversational Implicature. The method used in this study is Descriptive Qualitative. It is used to interpret the data according to the conversational classification. The result of this study shows that 81. 25 % the conversations are classified into Generalized Conversational Implicature, and 18. 75% conversations are classified into Particularized Conversational Implicature.