The purpose of the study was to focus on parents‘ involvement in the homework, and lecturers’ involvement in homework of students. Participants consisted of parents of engineering and non-engineering students in State Polytechnics of Sriwijaya and its teaching staff. The sample consisted of 150 parents of 95% high-income status and 24 certified lecturers. The research used a qualitative approach. Data was collected via surveys answered by parents and lecturers based on Lickert scale items adapted from Reglin, Cameron, and Losike-Sedimo. The results showed that parental involvement towards students’ homework completion and partnerships between parents and lecturers were very low. Since educational gains of parental involvement are noted and confirmed the significance of parents in educational processes, it is recommended that parents who do not assist their children in homework should be sensitized to do so.

In terms of language acquisition, preschoolers are associated with the golden age. This led to the awareness of the importance of mastering English as early as possible. Vocabulary learning is an important aspect of learning a language because the basis of language is vocabulary. However, a lack of strategy in introducing English vocabulary is the problem faced by preschool teachers. This study is a literature review that aims to review the use of songs in vocabulary learning for preschoolers.  In addition, the success of using songs in English vocabulary learning for preschoolers, which was reported by a lot of studies, is thought to be paramount to discuss. This study refers to 49 references which are books or articles from journals related to the use of songs as a medium in vocabulary learning for early childhood. Therefore, this article is intended to review the use of songs in English vocabulary learning for preschoolers. The English vocabulary, English children's songs, and development of English Vocabulary in preschoolers were presented descriptively. The review concludes that songs can be an alternative media in vocabulary learning for preschoolers.

Many studies have come to a strong conclusion that pre-school education is important in supporting children Keywords: pre-school education, vocabulary, pictures, concept mapPre-school education is vital. According to some experts, it is even the most important education because several studies have shown that past experience in pre-school education gives very large impact on many aspects of a child's development. This early education institution has first developed the potential of affective and cognitive abilities at an early age (Bibi & Ali, 2012: 153). Bibi and Ali's research result (2012:157) suggests that elementary school children who receive pre-school education tend to have academic achievement and extra -curricular better than those who did not receive pre-school education before.Problem in the field is the learning materials given to the kindergarten children often do not correspond to the stages of child development. Many kindergartens give kindergarten children lessons of reading, writing, arithmetic and English which are burdensome or difficult for early childhood. Kindergarten is supposed to be a park where children play, socialize and explore turned into early childhood school elementary school that teaches a variety of academic skills. Handling erroneous since the early education will not help children enter higher education level, but it can have the opposite effect. Children are burdened with English subject matter which is abstract or too heavy that they will feel that these lessons are a difficult subject to master.Most of the teachers of Early Childhood Education (ECD) that teach English do not have the linguistic knowledge and ability to use the English language as well as adequate pedagogical knowledge. The results of the initial survey in early childhood institutions of

Ensuring the quality of online distance learning in institutions of higher education has been a growing concern during the Covid-19 pandemic. This research was conducted on students’ perceptions toward the quality of online distance learning and utilized qualitative and quantitative methods to investigate the perceptions of students. To collect the data, the researchers used a modified questionnaire. Survey analysis was carried out. A total of 570 students from two study programs, Public Sector Accounting and Business Administration at State Polytechnic of Sriwijaya, were asked to answer a questionnaire. The findings of this research revealed that majority of students considered the use of online distance learning in English teaching and learning is effective and efficient in terms of time. The online distance learning is the best choice to keep students away from the COVID-19 pandemic spread. The findings can be used by any lecturers to understand students’ perceptions regarding online distance learning, and ultimately improve their online distance learning instructional practices.

The reason why the writers conducted the research is to know the correlations among reading attitude, and motivation of urban students, and parental involvement towards their reading comprehension achievement of four private polytechnics in Palembang 2018/2019. In conducting the research, the writers used the method of quantitative-correlation. The sample was 99 students and the random sampling method was used.  All the data were analyzed with Multiple Regression. The instrument to collect data in this research is the reading comprehension test comprising 40 questions in terms of multiple choices. The results show that (1) reading attitude has a positive influence towards reading comprehension achievement in which t1= 2.596, p-value = 0.011/2 = 0.0055 < 0.05, (2) reading motivation has a positive influence towards reading comprehension achievement in which t2= 4.658, p-value = 0.000/2 = 0 < 0.05, (3) parental involvement significantly influences students’ reading comprehension achievement in which t3= 6.21, p-value = 0.000/2 = 0 < 0.05, and (4) FCal is 31.189, p-value = 0.000 < 0.05 which imply that students’ reading attitude, students’ reading motivation, and parental involvement positively affect students’ reading comprehension achievement.