All educational institutions during COVID-19 pandemic move to online learning to prevent the spread of this virus. All students and lecturers of the institutions have no other option. They must use some of online platforms to continue the learning process. The aim of this research was to know the students’ perspective of online learning on speaking class during COVID-19 pandemic. This research was categorized as mixed method research. There were 20 items of the questioner that have been distributed. The result showed that 14 items disagree and 6 items agree.

Taman Kota merupakan salah satu perwujudan dari ruang terbuka kota yang sangat penting sebagai salah satu fasilitas publik yang juga adalah bagian dari ruang terbuka hijau. Selain sebagai ruang terbuka hijau, taman kota memiliki fungsi yang banyak berkaitan dengan fungsi hidrologis, kesehatan, estetika, ekologi, sosial dan rekreasi. Kota Surabaya merupakan kota terbesar di Provinsi Jawa Timur dengan jumlah penduduk terbesar kedua di Indonesia. Jumlah penduduk 2.97 juta jiwa yang mendiami wilayah seluas 326.81 km2, membuat kota Surabaya memiliki kepadatan 9.090 jiwa/km2 yang tersebar 31 Kecamatan dan 154 Kelurahan (BPS Kota Surabaya 2021). Jumlah penduduk yang besar dengan kepadatan penduduk dan penggunaan kendaraan bermotor yang tinggi membuat kejenuhan dan pencemaran di Kota Surabaya sangat tinggi. Pertambahan penduduk, pencemaran, dan urbanisasi, serta dinamika kehidupan kotanya juga menimbulkan konsekuensi spasial, yaitu bertambahnya kebutuhan akan ruang terbuka hijau publik. Untuk mencapai kebutuhan akan RTH ini tidak lepas dari pemerintah kota Surabaya yang melakukan usaha pengadaan taman kota.

: The aims of this study are: to identify the needs of English teaching materials based on local culture for VII graders of junior high school and to develop an appropriate guideline of English teaching materials based on local culture for VII graders of junior high school.  This study adopted the design of research and development proposed by Dick, Carey & Carey (2009). The first draft of the guideline was validated by experts and evaluated by English teachers through Focus Group Discussion. The students’ responses also were needed to know their agreements toward the English materials based on local culture. The responses of the English teachers show the mean value ranging from 2.91 to 3.82, while the mean value of the students was ranging 2.94 to 3.62. It means both of mean value results categorized into “good” and “very good” based on interval range 2.52 to ≥ 3.28. It can be concluded that the English teachers agree with the developed guideline and the students agree with the English materials based on local culture. Keywords: needs analysis, developing a guideline of English teaching materials, local culture

The development of technology has resulted in many innovations, one of which is in the field of education. Innovation in the field of education today apparently uses online learning systems, online tutoring course is one of the learning systems that make students or else easier to access knowledge anytime and anywhere. One of the E-learning innovations in online learning is an application called Ruangguru. Online study or online tutoring from Ruangguru is the highest number of students who have registered in Indonesia. Education in these days was no longer centered upon a back and forth between student and teacher; todays took on a more networked approach and student having their own direct connection for gain knowledge or information. This encouraged the development of a more personalized way of learning where a student’s independence and various way to gain knowledge. This study aims to analyze innovation e-learning on modern platforms in the development of learning medium Ruangguru.