A genre of reading text includes the social function, text structure, and features. In this study, the author of the textbook "Talk Active" in English examined the genre of the reading passages. The goals of this study were to identify the genres that are present in the English textbook "Talk Active," as well as its social functions, generic structures, and linguistic characteristics. They also…
This research was conducted to find out and analyze errors made by students in writing recount text. The method of this research is qualitative descriptive method. To describe the errors, the writer classified the errors based on Betty S. Azar’s classification (1989) they are singular plural, word form, word choice, verb tense, add a word, omit a word, word order, incomplete sentence, spellin…
This study was conducted to analyzing EFL Learners’ strategy in apologizing. This was a descriptive qualitative study using a qualitative approach combine with descriptive statistics. The participants of this study were 32 EFL Learners that currently study in their second academic year in English Department of Universitas Riau. They were selected using cluster random sampling technique. The d…
In communicating, people may express themselves in a particular communication channel, spoken or written. For instance, people may use direct and indirect communication as their message’s perceived meaning varies depending on the tone of the messages. As a result, they may apply different levels of politeness. This research investigated politeness strategies used by George W. Bush in his …
This research was conducted to analyze the difficulty level in using gerund and infinitive. The design of this research is descriptive quantitative. The participants of this study were 37 students that are currently studying in their sixth semester of English Study Program of Universitas Riau and they were selected by cluster random sampling. In collecting data, the researcher used a test. Afte…
From the difficulty and necessity to mastering English as it is almost useful in every life aspect nowadays, the writer decides to conduct this study to examines the translation strategy of idiomatic expressions in Onward movie subtitles. It is a descriptive qualitative method one, aiming to find out the types of idiomatic expressions and the strategy employed to translate it. The two objective…
This study aims to investigate the types and purposes of code-mixing used in “Ini Talkshow” You Tube videos. The research utilized a descriptive qualitative and documentation method. The source of the data in this study are from 5 “Ini Talkshow” You Tube videos entitled “Ayu Gani Valerie dan Veronika malah takut sama Om Yoo, Cie Andre malu ketauan niruin Chef Juna, Unseen Before Sule …
The purpose of this study is to determine and explain how much influence between the perception of the social status of teachers on students' interest in becoming teachers. This research is descriptive research with a quantitative approach. The sample of this research was students of the Class of 2019 and 2020 of the Japanese Language Education Study Program, FETT Riau University, totaling 60 p…
The aim of this research is to find out political metaphors in headline news of The Jakarta Post and to figure out the type of conceptual metaphor that is most frequently used there. This is qualitative research with an analysis method. The data is taken from the headlines of the news on the politics section of The Jakarta Post from January 1st 2021 to January 31st 2023. From the research, it i…
The aims of this study were to find out the correlation between students' emotional intelligence and their achievement in reading comprehension.This study applied a correlational design. The population consisted of all of the fourth-semester students of the English Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education at Universitas Riau in the academic year 2020/2021. The writer used cluste…
This research aims to analyze the students’ ability in writing recount text at the tenth grade students of SMK Tigama Pekanbaru. This research was used descriptive research. The populations of this research were the tenth grade students of SMK Tigama Pekanbaru. The sample of this research was X Cullinary Art, consist of 33 students who have been the participants for this research. In collecti…
Language holds an important role in human life because it is an effective way for contacting purposes in their lives. It is a tool of communication which means that the language itself beings to understand and cannot be separated with human because language is one of the ways for human to communicate to each other. Language is also used to show ideas, feelings, and thoughts to others. This…
The purpose of this research was to find out the correlation between two English skill variables, namely reading comprehension, and writing ability, especially in recount text of the second year students of SMP YLPI Perhentian Marpoyan Pekanbaru. A total of 46 second year students of SMP YLPI Perhentian Pekanbaru were used as the sample of this research. There were a reading comprehension test …
This research is aimed to analyze the students’ ability in comprehending reading texts at SMAN 2 Bungaraya Siak. Using cluster random sampling, 25 students employed in this study were taken as the sample of this research. This study employed descriptive quantitative research. The quantitative data collected from a test. The test consisted of 40 questions. The test consists of three types of r…
The objective of the research is to find a correlation between reading speed and reading comprehension on narrative text of the first year students SMAN 14 Pekanbaru.This quantitative research used a speed reading and reading comprehension tests. The data were collected using timed Google Form. The total number of samples (N) is 35. The mean score of speed reading (Variable X) is 270, and the m…
The aim of this research is to investigate the realization of the rhetorical move structure and language features in research article abstracts in the fields of socioeconomic, mathematics, and engineering. The study utilizes Hyland's (2000) rhetorical framework as the analytical framework for analysis. The research methodology employed is descriptive qualitative analysis. The dataset compri…
This research aimed at findings the correlation between students' habit in watching English movies and their pronunciation ability. It was conducted at SMPN 1 Bukit Batu. The background of conducting this research is to see how the possibility of students' habit in watching English movies influenced students' pronunciation ability. This research applied a quantitative approach with a correlatio…
This research aims to identify and describe the types of metaphors used by advertisers in Advertisements of Drink Products and to discover the dominant type of metaphor. This qualitative research with analysis method. The data source was obtained from advertisements that appeared on internet media which were observed from Monday, June 20th, 2022 until June 26th, 2022 the data obtained was colle…
This research was purposed to discover whether there was a significant correlation between vocabulary mastery of English Study Program FKIP Universitas Riau and their reading comprehension. The population was the second semester of English Study Program FKIP Universitas Riau. The sample was chosen by cluster random sampling and there were 2A as the sample. Vocabulary test was used to find out t…
Writing is one of the basic skill that must be mastered by students or learners to comprehend English. However, it is difficult to do for some reason. The Objectives of this research are (1) to find out whether there is an effect of POWER Strategy on third-year senior high school students’ explanation text writing ability or not and (2) to find out whether there is any significant difference …