The objective of this research was aimed to analyze find out the types and sources of error made by the first-year students of MAN 2 Kota Pekanbaru. The types of error were analyzed according to the theory by Azar (1989), meanwhile the causes of error were analyzed using the theory proposed by Richards and Schmidt (2002). The research design was descriptive research that focused on quantitative…
The objective of this research was to find out the correlation between students' translation ability and the frequency of using Google translate. This research used a quantitative approach with a correlational research design. The sample for this research included 36 representative from the sixth-semester students, who have completed Translation subjects for 2 semesters. The researcher was usin…
Grammarly gets a lot of attention because many students make mistakes in writing, so they need it as a medium for correcting writing errors. This study aims to examine the effectiveness of using Grammarly toward the students' writing quality of eleventh-grade students at SMA Negeri 1 Ujung Batu. In particular, this study explores if there is any significant effect of Grammarly on student’s wr…
This research is a correlational research design in a quantitative, which used the statistical correlation test in describing and measuring two variables. This research is aimed to investigate the learning motivation and vocabulary size of students of English Study Program of Universitas Riau batch 2020 and to find out whether or not there is any correlation between learning motivation and voca…
This study aims to find out the type of conditional sentences make errors. The population was the fifth-semester students of the English Department at Teachers Training and Education faculty Universitas Riau, which consisted of three classes: class A, class B, and class C. From 114 students of the population, 30 students were taken as the sample of this research by using purposive sampling. The…
This research intended to find out the students difficulties in translating academic essay from English to Indonesian of students English study program(sixth semester). The researcher formulated a question as the problem as follows: “what are the difficulties facing the English study program students when doing English-Indonesian translation?” This study used Mathieu (2003) theory with cons…
The research aimed to investigate whether animation video can affect students’ Pronoun mastery in terms of pronouns. The research was conducted at the seventh grade students of SMPN 4 Siak Hulu. In conducting the research, the researcher applied a pre-experimental method with VII-3 as the sample. There were 36 students as the sample of this research. This research design used one group pre-te…
Technology has received a lot of attention because of its potential to solve learning problems in this modern era. Disinterest and low participation of students in the learning process, encourage teachers to use technology as a medium to increase students' enthusiasm for learning English, especially speaking. This research aims to determine whether Hello English application had a significant im…
Writing an abstract is one of the important components that must be included in a thesis or research article, but in fact, it is difficult to do. The purpose of this research was to identify difficulties in writing informative abstracts in Jurnal Online Mahasiswa Universitas Riau. This research used a qualitative approach, and the research design is content or document analysis. The data was ta…
This research aimed to find out the correlation between students’ motivation in learning English and their English learning achievement of the first grade students of Madrasah Aliyah Khairul Ummah. The researcher used a descriptive quantitative method as the data approach. The sample of this research was the 57 students in class X IPA 1 and X IPS 2. The students’ motivation score was obtain…
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…