This article discusses an experiment conducted in two courses: Survey of Contemporary Literature in English and Further Studies in Prose, involving the use of memes and WhatsApp message. In the classroom, at the beginning of each session, the memes and WhatsApp message relevant to the discussion topic in each session are displayed. This moderate experiment then developed and resulted into a different perception when students showed different levels of knowledge on popular culture upon interpreting the memes and WhatsApp message. This triggered an analysis on the reception of information implied on the memes and WhatsApp message, which was affected by students’ intercultural competency. In the discussion, theoretical concepts on digital culture refer to Brodie (1996), Blackmore (1997), Shifman (2014), and Crystal (2014). This artucle proposes an argument that, in relation to the teaching of literature, the memes and WhatsApp message used are able to mediate certain perception that bridges students’ understanding on the literary works discussed in class.

This study aims to explain Indonesian language errors on signboards and banners in Magetan. The problem in this study is the mistake of using Indonesian on nameplate and banners in Magetan. The method used in the compilation of data uses a qualitative descriptive method of phenomenology. The data source in this study is a photo document that results from monitoring the use of Indonesian on signs and banners in the city of Magetan. For data retrieval techniques in this research using sampling snowball. The focus in Indonesian language error research on signboards and banners is on spelling, use of inappropriate sentences and foreign words.

The purpose of this study was to examine contemporary poetry by Sutardji Calzoum Bachri using the stylistic approach. The research method used is based on content analysis. The object of this research is contemporary poems entitled Husspuss, O, Mantera, Sepisaupi, and Tapi. The method used in this study is a qualitative method. The results and discussion in this study in the poems of Husspuss, O, Mantera, Sepisaupi, and Tapi shows that there are many elements of rhyme, rhythm, sound play, and sound repetition that are incorporated in the characteristics of sound and meaning of poetry while the style of language contained in these contemporary poems received less attention from the poet. The poet uses only a few styles of language such as hyperbole and repetition.

This study aims to describe language errors made by the Klaten police officers when giving speeches. The method used in this study is qualitative. The data collection technique used is refer to and record. The data analysis method used is the Agih method. Data analysis techniques use extending techniques and reading merkah techniques. The results of this study were (1) phonological errors 5. (2) spelling field errors 1. (3) morphological errors, 1 pleonasms, and 9 prepositions. (4) syntax errors, 6 word waste errors, 6 repetition errors and 1 sentence ineffectiveness. (5) sociolinguistic errors, 3 code switching errors.

The existence of cultural literacy can be observed in the typical language in the Lo I Keta spells which developed in the traditional Bima society. A broad understanding of society about the Lo I Keta spells language by substituting meaning in producing figures of speech. This research aims to describe the figure of speech in the Lo I Keta spells. The research of Riffaterre's semiotics becomes the basis for analyzing the replacement of meaning. The research approach is descriptive qualitative using data collection techniques such as recording, interviewing, and recording. The results show that figurative forms include metaphor, anaphora, epiphoria, parallelism, and symbolic.

Critical literacy teaching aimed to improve students' ability to be literate about history, experience, language, and culture. In addition, students are able use their environment and culture code to compile reading text. Teaching critical literacy is done by building critical criticism generated through careful and critical assessment. Critical assessment aimed to obtain meaning from the writing and the intended meaning into writing. Critical literacy brings students to gain knowledge of social and cultural events. Teaching literacy is done through four stages which include (1) discrupting the commonplace, (2) interrogating multiple viewpoints, (3) focusing on the socio-political issues, and (4) taking actions.

The student’s language competence is a supporting factor that can be used to facilitate communication activities at school or in the community. One of the activities is negotiation. Negotiation needs a language competency for producing negotiating texts, (1) language knowledge including grammer and lexical, (2) strategics competence for finding accurate information on the topic to obtain facts, dare to ask for more than expected, and students must be able to show a firm attitude, and (3) communicative competence including confidence, contextual and effective. Based on these results, the purpose research for describing a Indonesian language competence by students in producing negotiating texts. The research method used is literature study to collect reference data that are relevant to topics from various sources of books, literature and other research results.

This article discusses the challenges of developing bahasa Indonesia in the education environment as millennial generation character formation. Education is an official institution that is under the auspices of the state. In fact, education is a very important thing that must be owned by every individual human being. Education is expected to be able to educate the nation's children. This can be seen from the position or education stated in Undang-Undang Nomor 2 Tahun 2003 about the same right to obtain quality education for every citizen. In the world of education, the ability that must be fulfilled by everyone who needs abilities that can help anyone who easily communicates with the good. But when it did not work properly, it was seen in the world of education in the millennial era that it still lacked raw and correct language, so that Indonesian was always distorted by its narrative. This makes Indonesian language look less authoritative and irregular. Therefore, the need to maintain the use of bahasa Indonesia is for keeping such characters, which arev(1) not afraid of misreading, (2) not afraid of making mistakes in pronunciation, (3) not afraid of making mistakes, and (4) eliminating self-mistrust.

Islamic children literature, which transformated, in new media was viewed as a part of religious movement. This movement was assumed as social reality in this era. The video children animation, Dodo and Syamil take as case. This paper explores social reality from the religous movement phenomena. Ian Watt’s sociology literary theory is used in this paper, especially the genre and the ideological expression to express social world. Data in this paper includes topic, genre, formula, and idea in the Dodo and Syamil phenomena. The data interpretation is done by relating between topic, formula, and ideological concept to find social reality. The result of this paper is that social reality based on religios islamic movement in modernity context. This movement manifested with several topic, such as faith, worship, and characters. NCR Production is a part from islamic movement which was banned by political and ideological situation.

Children short stories are one way among other literature studies to educate children about moral values and social life around them. In order to be able to socialize with other people, one of the important moral values that an individual must have is ethics. Most of children short stories, both classical and contemporary, are trying to present ethics as the main theme. This paper explores the way ethics is being conveyed in classical and contemporary children short stories. This paper uses Narrative Inquiry of Qualitative Method. This method is used to explore the background of the stories and authors with diverse culture as it is shown through the stories. There are 6 children short stories being analyzed. Three stories are classical, and the other three are contemporary. This paper also shows the results of comparison of ethic in classical and contemporary children short stories.