Repetition is a learning strategy that has been known for many times and still used by the teacher as it helps them in teaching-learning process in the classroom. This study aimed to investigate how student-teachers use repetition in their first teaching practice experience. The researcher tried to find out the kinds of word repetitions that are mostly repeated by student-teachers and also dete…
The aim of this study was to find out the ability of the eighth grade students of SMPN 20 Pekanbaru in comprehending procedure texts. The population of this research was the eighth grade students of SMPN 20 Pekanbaru. There were 30 students who participated in this study. The research instrument was multiple choice questions, which consisted of 30 questions. The test given included 5 components…
English is a foreign language in Indonesia. English is important because it is the international language. During classroom activities, teachers and students switched from English to Indonesian and other local languages. This research aims to analyze code- collected using an observation checklist and recording to gather the data in the use of code switching used by an English teacher of SMA Neg…
This descriptive research aimed to find out the ability of the third-year students of the English study program in paraphrasing a paragraph. 39 students of the third-year students in the English study program Universitas Riau in the academic year 2021/2022 were the sample of this research. The sample was chosen by using the cluster random sampling technique. The data of this research were the p…
TOEFL test is taken to measure someone’ English Proficiency in order to be able to connect to community around the world. TOEFL test is also set as one of requirements for college students for college admission and graduation. This study aimed to find out students’ perceptions toward TOEFL prediction as one of the graduation requirements at Universitas Riau. This study employed descriptive-…
This study aimed to identify and analyze the types and functions of code mixing used by English department students at Universitas Riau in their Twitter accounts. Using a qualitative descriptive research design, 63 students from the classes of 2018, 2019, and 2020 were selected through purposive sampling. Data was collected through observation and documentation techniques, and analyzed using Ho…
The purpose of this quantitative research was to find out the vocabulary mastery of the third year students of SMPN 40 Pekanbaru. The study sample was 35 students. The result of data analysis showed that multiple-choice test 1 was 37.6 and categorized into “very poor level” and test 2 was 57.8 and categorized into “average level”. The conclusion concerning the category classification is…
This study aimed to find out students' perception toward Google Meet in learning english during COVID-19 Pandemic. This study was a quantitative study using survey design. There were 219 English students academic 2019-2022 of University Riau. In this research the writer used a questionnaire as an instrument, there were 30 items of the questionnaire. The questionnaire was adapted and modified fr…
The term "code-mixing" is used in research of bilingual language acquisition to describe a developmental stage in which children mix vocabulary from different languages. That, the objective of the research is to learn what the students think about using code-mixing in the process of teaching, and based on the final result, it seems that the objective has been achieved. his research was designed…
This study aims to develop a valid instructional media using animated video based on Powtoon for the Pre-Intermediate Structure class. This research was conducted to add digital-based learning media to the Pre-Intermediate Structure class. This study used the Research and Development (R&D) research method. The development process in this study used the ADDIE approach model by Sugiyono (2016). T…
This study aimed to determine whether there is a positive correlation between reading interest and reading comprehension ability of the eleventh-grade students of SMAN 10 Pekanbaru. This study used a quantitative method to obtain data from participants. Using random sampling, the writers took 31 students from class XI MIPA 7 at SMAN 10 Pekanbaru. The data were collected using a questionnaire an…
This research investigated discourse markers used in writing theses abstract made by the students of English Study Program Universitas Riau who graduated in 2021. This study was aimed at finding out: a) discourse markers used in theses abstract b) the most dominant types of discourse markers used in theses abstract. This research was a descriptive study. The subjects in this research were 29 th…
This research aimed to find out if there is the effect of intensive reading on vocabulary mastery of students by descriptive text at eleventh grade of SMAN 2 Tapung. This research used quantitative methods. The sample of this research was 30 students of XI IPS 1 class. The research data were collected through Pre-test and Post-test as the research instrument. The test items consist of synonyms …
Reading is an ability that enables people to acquire information while improving their fluency, vocabulary, and general knowledge. Nonetheless, reading for academic purposes is harder than readers imagine. In the development of reading skills, reading attitude was considered to influence student achievement. This research aims to investigate students' attitudes toward reading English. The r…
The purpose of this research is to analyze and classify metaphors in newspapers to add vocabulary that is rarely found to help students in the learning process. The research was conducted at the Riau University Library, Pekanbaru, Riau. This research was conducted from August 2021 to September 2022. This research used qualitative research and data collection was carried out by researchers. Thes…
The objective of this study was to find out the level of students’ ability in writing descriptive text at the first-year students of international class of MAN 2 Kota Pekanbaru. The research design of this study was descriptive research that focused on quantitative approach. The students’ writing ability was analyzed according to the analytic scoring rubric by Brown (2007). The sample of th…
This research aimed to find out the correlation between the self-directed learning and reading comprehension of the fifth-semester students of the English department of FKIP Universitas Riau. The researchers used a descriptive quantitative method as the data approach. The samples of this research were 74 students from the fifth-semester students of the English department of FKIP Universitas Ria…
This research used descriptive-quantitative design which aims to find out the vocabulary knowledge level of the second year students of SMAN 1 Kuantan Mudik. The sample of this research was class XI MIPA 3 of the second year students of SMAN 1 Kuantan Mudik who were chosen by using cluster random sampling technique. The number of the students was 32 students. The students were given The Updated…
Pendidikan Abad 21 merupakan pendidikan yang mengintegrasikan antara kecakapan pengetahuan, keterampilan dan sikap, serta penguasaan terhadap Teknologi Informasi dan Komunikasi (TIK). Kecakapan tersebut dapat dikembangkan melalui model dan metode pembelajaran berbasis aktivitas yang sesuai dengan karakteristik kompetensi dan materi pembelajara (Silviyani et al., 2019). Kecakapan yang dibutuhkan…
This paper discusses a study that focuses on discussing the effectiveness of online learning for students of the English Education Study Program in learning Listening Comprehension 3 courses in online learning. This research is a quantitative descriptive study involving 118 English Department students taking the Listening Comprehension 3 subject at the Universitas Riau. The sample was selected …