The research is an inventory aimed at identifying and categorizing the character values in the English package books for students of Islamic Junior High School or Madrasah Tsanawiyah by considering their relevance to Islamic character values in the Quran and Hadits. The method used was content analysis following Bogdan and Biklen model by analyzing, grouping, sorting, and synthesizing the values taken from the package books to draw the patterns.  The patterns were discussed to conclude the final findings to be disseminated as the list of inventory.  The main data source was the English package books published by the government and the supporting data were the Core Competencies taken from Curriculum 2013 for Junior High School (SMP) and Madrasah Tsanawiyah (MTs) or Islamic Junior High School students. There are 10 values inserted in the package books that are relevant to the Islamic religious characters. The result showed various English expressions relevant to Islamic character values which have a long-term and sustainable effect as a reference for character building by English teachers in developing English supplementary materials for Islamic Junior High School students.

E-learning has become a mandatory component of all educational institutions as has been decided by the Indonesian goverment during the COVID-19 pandemic emergency period. Policy has demanded that educational institutions should be able to ensure the teaching and learning process that is usually carry out through face to face is transformed into E-learning in order to avoid spreading the virus COVID-19 to students, teachers and other related parties. Even with all the lexisting imitations and constraints, E-Learning must be applie by all levels of education, including the process of English E-Learning. The purpose of this study was to know the students’ perception toward English E-Learning during COVID-19 pandemic and how it impacts students’ motivation to join the online learning during pandemic. The method of this research was desciptive qualitative research. The data were collected through questionaires, interviews, and documentations from 223 respondents of grade X SMA Negeri 3 Palangka Raya. Questionnaire was compiled in Google Form and distributed to students via Whatsapp. Interview was conducted through conversation via WhatsApp and documentation was also done by collecting related government policies with E-Learning during pandemic and document related to the research subject. The findings of this study indicated that students’ perception toward English E-Learning during pandemic was positive, and this has an impact on students’ motivation to join the teaching and learning process well during pandemic. In conclusion, English E- Learning during pandemic has provided very valuable experience for teachers, students and other related parties wich can be used as reference to develop hybrid models of teaching in Senior High Schools.

Basic Instructional Speaking materials of English for Business Management plays important role in teaching learning process for Economic College in order that the education goal as stipulated in National Framework Curriculum (KKNI) could be achieved. The ability to use English in oral communication is the communicative goal. In fact, there have been many Higher Educations such as Economic College does not provide reliable instructional materials which are based on students‘ needs and industrial needs. Even the materials are not relevant to the students‘ Department. However, since there has no many ESP books and researches done due to this issue, this research was eventually carried out and the final product is to grand a basic instructional material of ESP for Economic Students. The data analyses were through interview and questionnaires to the first grade students of Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi Sampit. The results indicated the students are considered as basic learners of English who need appropriate materials as per their level ability. Therefore, instructional materials for Business English especially for basic learners who want to speak English for Business needs are hardly needed in STIE Sampit.

English for Specific Purposes (ESP) is generally interpreted as an approach to learning English based on the goals/needs of the learner. In the context of learning English in Indonesia, both at secondary and tertiary schools, especially for automotive students, the ESP approach is a popular choice. The application of this approach is in line with the government policy in the field of education which emphasizes the purpose of learning English, namely to improve the ability of students to use English, especially for academic and professional career needs with an emphasis on reading skills that allow students to understand authentic material topics according to their majors. effectively. This article puts forward a theoretical study of the basic concepts of ESP including its definition and role as a learning approach, along with related issues including needs analysis as the main feature of ESP, syllabus, learning objectives, materials, methodology, and evaluation of ESP-based English learning.