This research is entitled The Effectiveness of Index Card Match (ICM) Learning Media on Japanese Vocabulary Skills of Grade 11 Students of SMA N 1 Tilatang Kamang, Agam Regency, West Sumatra. This type of research is a pre- experimental research involving one experimental class with the aim of determining the effectiveness of Index Card Match (ICM) learning media on Japanese language learning o…
This study aims to identify and analyze the difficulties students face in writing descriptive texts. Using a qualitative method, data was collected through a Likert scale questionnaire and a written test involving 25 respondents at the Junior High School. Based on the analysis, it was found that students experience difficulties mainly in five aspects: content…
English is an international language that is widely used in today's globalized world as a means of communication. In Indonesia, English is used in every formal education setting, from elementary school to university. However, it can be challenging for language learners to practice their English in a natural environment because most of students spend very little time in class and only sometimes …
The research aimed to analyze the difficulties in reading comprehension that were faced by tenth grade students at MA Diniyah Puteri Pekanbaru and the factors that cause the students’ difficulties in reading comprehension of descriptive texts. The research was conducted a mixed-methods approach with a sequential explanatory design to collect data. A reading test is for collecting quantitative…
This study aim to determine whether the use of impromptu speaking has an effect on studens‘ English-speaking ability among the students ofMAN 2 Kuantan Singingi in academic year 2024/2025. This research design was a quasi experimental design with quantitative approach and applied pre-experiment, one group pretest and post-test research design. The isntrument to collect the data we…
This research analyses about the factors contributing to speaking anxiety among third-year students in the English Department at University Riau. It also explores strategies that can help reduce this anxiety and enhance students’ ability to communicate effectively in English. Speaking anxiety is a common challenge faced by learners of English as a foreign language, often stemming from fear of…
Penelitian ini membahas tentang metafora batu dalam ungkapan: analisis semantik kognitif. Penelitian ini dilatar belakangi penggunaan objek “batu” dalam ungkapan. Adapun rumusan masalah yang terdapat pada penelitian ini yaitu, apa saja jenis dan makna metafora batu dalam ungkapan? Dan apa saja bentuk skema citra pada metafora batu dalam ungkapan?. Sedangkan tujuan pada penelitian ini untuk …
The aim of this research is to describe the level of ability to write news texts for class VIII students at SMP Negeri 47 Pekanbaru. This type of research is quantitative research that uses data derived from written skills tests. Then, the data that has been obtained is expressed in the form of numbers. The method used to collect data in this research was a writing skills test by assigning stud…
This study aims to analyse the phenomenon of code-mixing in Gadis Kretek film series released in 2023. This phenomenon is analysed in the context of sociolinguistics, focusing on the use of code-mixing that occurs in dialogue between characters. The research method used is descriptive qualitative, with data collected through listening and note-taking techniques on dialogues in five episodes of …
This study aims to develop an electronic module using Flip Book media for teaching listening to observation report texts for Grade X students at SMAN 3 Bukit Batu. The learning objectives can be achieved effectively, necessitating innovation in teaching materials to facilitate the learning process for both educators and students. This research adopts a research and development (R&D) method as p…
Judul penelitian ini adalah perancangan komik sebagai media pembelajaran untuk meningkatkan pemahaman pembelajaran Bahasa Jepang siswa Japanese Club SMKN 2 Pekanbaru. Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh permasalahan yang ada di kelas Japanese Club SMKN 2 Pekanbaru, yaitu kurangnya media pembelajaran yang dipakai. Hal ini menyebabkan siswa lebih sulit dalam memahamimateri dalam pembelajaran. Ol…
This study analyzes students' perceptions of the use of digital flashcard media and paper flashcards in mastering Japanese vocabulary. The purpose of this study was to find out how the perceptions and whether there are differences in students' perceptions at SMAN 9 Pekanbaru towards the use of digital flashcard media and paper flashcards in mastering Japanese vocabulary. This study uses a quant…
Penelitian ini membahas tentang efektivitas penggunaan aplikasi kahoot! sebagai strategi dalam meningkatkan kosakata bahasa jepang siswa kelas XI SMA Negeri 1 Dayun. Urgensi dalam penelitian ini yaitu siswa gagal mengingat karena siswa hanya menggunakan satu strategi tersebut tanpa menggunakan media, sementara pada saat belajar kosakata membutuhkan banyak strategi untuk keberhasi…
This study explores the effect of podcasts on the listening ability of first-grade students at MAN 1 Kuantan Singingi. The research addresses challenges students face, such as difficulty distinguishing English phonemes, understanding stress and intonation, and predicting content. Using a one-group pretest-posttest design, 29 students participated in the study. A pretest assessed their initial l…
This study aims to find out the ability of students in conducting oral presentations. An oral presentation is one of the skills in speaking. This research is descriptive quantitative and has only one variable, namely the students' oral presentation ability. The population of this study was taken from second-year students of one of the English study programs in Riau with a sample total of 34 stu…
As a foreign language, English becomes a difficult subject to be learnt by the students. This fact leads to the used of code- switching both by teachers and students in the classroom. Therefore, code- switching phenomenon in the teaching and learning process in EFL classroom cannot be avoided. It is because most of English teachers believe that code pswitching has several functions in teaching …
Penelitian ini membahas tentang efektivitas pembelajaran kooperatif dengan metode Snowball Throwing pada materi kosakata bahasa Jepang di SMA Negeri 4 Pekanbaru. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk membandingkan hasil belajar kosakata bahasa Jepang siswa kelas XII SMA Negeri 4 Pekanbaru menggunakan metode Snowball Throwing. Metode yang digunakan adalah pendekatan kuantitatif dengan metode penelit…
Fakta bahwa internet telah mengubah komunikasi global secara radikal tidak lagi menjadi kontroversi, dengan akses instan dalam berkirim pesan, berkomentar dan menyatakan pendapat, telah mengubah cara orang berkomunikasi saat ini secara signifikan (Barseghyan, 2014:19). Situs majalah daring numan.tokyo memiliki target pasar pada kalangan remaja, dalam artian situs majalah numan.tokyo juga mencak…
Pengembangan sumber belajar dapat dilakukan dengan memanfaatkan potensi lokal. Potensi lokal merupakan salah satu fenomena yang berkembang di lingkungan sekitar masyarakat setempat untuk dapat dimanfaatkan sebagai sumber belajar. Kota Pekanbaru sebagai ibu kota Provinsi Riau memiliki kawasan ruang terbuka hijau yang berada ditengah kota yaitu Hutan Kota Pekanbaru yang terletak di jalan Diponego…
Penelitian ini membahas tentang bentuk disfemisme dan fungsi disfemisme yang terdapat dalam konten youtube Nikita Mirzani. Rumusan masalah dalam penelitian ini adalah apa saja bentuk disfemisme yang terdapat dalam konten youtube Nikita Mirzani dan apa saja fungsi disfemisme yang terdapat dalam konten youtube Nikita Mirzani. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan bentuk disfemisme dan fu…