Due to the Corona Virus or most known as Covid-19, The Minister of Education and Culture issued a new policy to temporarily eliminate face-to-face learning and replace it with learning from home or online learning. It can be an effective way for activating classroom even if schools or universities are closed. Moreover, in supporting this new regulation, people need to use technology. So, the on…
This research was aimed at finding out the ability of using question tags by the second semester students of English Study Program FKIP Universitas Riau. The population of this research was the second semester students of English Study Program FKIP Univeristas Riau. The number of the sample was 37 students selected by using cluster random sampling technique. The instrument to collect the data w…
The purpose of this study is to determine whether or not the reading aloud technique aided eighth-grade junior high school students in developing reading habits. This is pre-experimental quantitative research. The instruments utilized in this study will be a test and a questionnaire. This study's population included 56 students from two classes, with 29 serving as the sample. The data was colle…
This study aims to determine the types and reasons for code-mixing in magazines which are analyzed using documentation study techniques. This study uses data from 2 different types of print magazines, Kebaya magazine from vol. 086, vol. 087, and vol. 088, and Gogirl! Magazines from vol. 152, vol. 152, and vol. 154. There are three types of code-mixing: intra-sentential, intra-lexical, and code-…
This research was aimed to find out the students’ ability in comprehending descriptive text at the second year of SMPN 42 Pekanbaru. The population of this research was the Second Year Students of SMPN 42 Pekanbaru. The number of samples was 40 students selected by using cluster sampling technique. The research instrument was multiple choice questions consisting of 40 questions. The test was …
This research aims to find out the level of students’ speaking anxiety and the factors that causes students’ speaking anxiety during online learning. The subject of this study was students of the English Study Program, Faculty of Teachers Training and Education, Universitas Riau (2020 batch). This study used the simple random sampling technique which means the sample taken 25% of the popula…
Learning vocabularies for mastery levels mean practicing its strategy. However, it is not realized by language learners in the process of learning. This current study aimed to identify the relationship of the students‟ vocabulary learning strategies and the vocabulary mastery level. The research design of the study was quantitative research and the participants were the second year studen…
The goal of this study is to identify the students' perceptions in using the WhatsApp application as a Mobile-Assisted Language Learning. To collect the data, this survey research used an online survey, then analyzed descriptively. The questionnaire in the survey used Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) with three indicators to measure the students' perceptions. The survey was distributed to…
This study aims to find out the students’ ability in writing a paragraph by the second semester English Department students of Universitas Riau. The population was the second semester English Department students of Universitas Riau, they consisted of three classes: class A, class B, and class C. From 117 students of the population, class A was taken as the sample of this research consist of 3…
The aim of this research is to discover the correlation between social media activeness and vocabulary mastery of the English department students at University of Riau. The population of the research is all of the third year students of the English department at University of Riau. The number of the samples is 117 students. The research instruments are 1) a questionnaire; and 2) a test. The que…
This research aims to identify the types of metaphor found in Coldplay’s selected songs. This is descriptive qualitative research. The lyrics used in this research were Coldplay’s selected song lyrics. There were 45 collected data from the lyrics. Structural metaphor appears 31 times, orientational metaphor appears 8 times, and ontological metaphor appears 6 times. Based on the research fin…
This reserach aimed at finding out the most common problems in writing experienced by the third year students of English Study Program FKIP Universitas Riau. This research is a descriptive quantitative with survey and the population of the survey is 110 third year students of English Study Program FKIP Universitas Riau. A questionnaire was used to collect the data to find out most common proble…
This study aims to develop audio-visual media in learning recount text for grade 10 MAN and to find out the level of validity of the media that has been developed. The lack of available media and students' disinterest in the learning process, which makes them less engaged in class, are the driving forces behind the development of learning media audio-visual. This research uses development resea…
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive research was to identify the strategies of compliment responses to the EFL learners of the English Study Program of Universitas Riau. This study applied the theory of Holmes (1988) and Farenkia (2012) as supporting idea to analyze the types of compliment responses. The participants of this research involved 32 EFL participants of the English Study Pro…
Throughout the academic year, students employed various strategies for acquiring new vocabulary. Unfortunately, it is still unknown which strategy is applied more frequently. The purpose of this study is to investigate the type of vocabulary learning strategies used by students of the English Department at Universitas Riau. This research used a quantitative research method, and 93 undergraduate…
This research is a correlational-research which is intended to find out whether there is a significant correlation between students’ habit in watching English YouTube videos and their listening skills of the third-semester students of English Study Program FKIP UR. The samples were 40 students selected through the cluster random sampling method. The data were collected using online questionna…
This research aimed to find out the ability of the second year students of State Junior High School 21 Pekanbaru in identifying quantifiers. The sample of this research was two classes of the second year students that were chosen by using cluster random sampling technique. The population of this research was 78 students. The researcher conducted the test as instrument to gain the data about stu…
This study aims to determine the level of student anxiety in learning English in class XI at SMA Negeri 1 Rengat and the factors that cause it. This research is a mixed study that combines both quantitative and qualitative research. By using a cluster random sampling technique, 32 students from class XI science 1 were selected as participants. Data were obtained through questionnaires and s…
The objective of this research was to find out the students' knowledge and problem in vocabulary mastery. This research used a quantitative method. The sample for this research consists of 38 students of first-year students. The researcher used two instruments which were a test and a questionnaire. The vocabulary test results found that the students' vocabulary knowledge got a mean score of 59.…
The objective of this research is to develop interactive learning media for narrative texts at SMK Telkom Pekanbaru and to know the validity of interactive learning media for narrative at SMK Telkom Pekanbaru. This research used research and development method. This development used type of research is ADDIE model. Data analysis technique in this research used needs analysis questionnaire a…