This quantitative descriptive research aimed to find the difficulty faced by students of SMAN 1 Singkep in comprehending narrative texts. The population was 80 students. 28 students were taken as the sample selected by using a purpose sampling technique. The instrument to collect the data was a reading test. The reading test consisted of 5 short narrative texts. Each consists of 8 questions tha…
This research aimed to discover the correlation between grammar usage and Indonesian – English translation ability of the fourth-semester English Study Program students of Universitas Riau. The total 38 students were selected by using cluster random sampling technique as the research sample. The instruments of the research were sentence completion and error recognition questions for English g…
The aim of this research is to find out students’ perceptions on using Google Classroom in learning English at Madrasah Aliyah Hasanah Pekanbaru. By applying the descriptive-quantitative method, the subjects of this study were all grade students of Madrasah Aliyah Hasanah Pekanbaru with the total of 76 students. The research instrument was a questionnaire adapted from previous research by Hid…
This study aimed to analyze the types of illocutionary acts performed by main characters and to find out the most dominant type of illocutionary acts performed by the main characters in “The School for Good and Evil” movie.. The School for Good and Evil movie tells the story of adventure between two best friends (Sophie and Agatha) in their new school. Descriptive quantitative and qualitati…
This research aimed to find out the effect of using YouTube video of eleventh-grade students of SMAN 1 Kampung Dalam Kabupaten Padang Pariaman in writing analytical exposition text. The sample of this research was taken by using the quota sampling technique. The number of the students was 20 students. The data was collected by using pre-test and post-test. This research used four types of aspec…
Narrative text is one of the types of text learned in school. Therefore, it is necessary to know the students’ ability in comprehending narrative text. The aim of this study is to find out the ability in comprehending narrative text of the third year of Junior High School 1 Sungai Apit which consists of 82 students in total. The writer used cluster random sampling technique to determine the s…
This research discusses a case study of second language acquisition of an 8 year old child in Duri Riau. A qualitative approach was applied to this descriptive study. The data were gathered through a qualitative method by observing and recording. The researcher recorded, transcribed, analyzed, and classified the gathered data to determine the types of sentences and factors influencing in acquir…
This research aims to find out how many test items of HOTS in summative tests are prepared by teachers of SMK TELKOM Pekanbaru. The object of this study was the odd and even semester of summative test items of grade X students for the 2022/2023 school year. This research used descriptive quantitative research. The data was gathered through a documentation study, namely the document in the form …
This study aims to find out the difficulties of the second-year students of SMAN 1 Sungai Lala in writing hortatory exposition texts. This study was descriptive quantitative research. The writer used a systematic sampling technique to decide the sample. From 133 students of the total population, the writer selected 50 students’ as the sample. A written test and questionnaire were applied to c…
Vocabulary plays a crucial function in learning English because it is the component that connect 4 language abilities are reading, writing , speaking, and listening. Therefore, teaching techniques are needed to teach vocabulary appropriately. Students can improve their vocabulary through many platforms in this technological era, including the Memrise application. The objective of this study…
This study sheds light on perceptions and attitudes toward obtaining competency of English teachers at Senior High Schools regarding the integration of internet, communication, and technology (ICT) in the English classroom in Indonesia. The research involved 113 English teachers from 11 different sub-districts in Riau Province-Indonesia, and data were collected through online questionnaires uti…
This study aims to determine whether the use of Wordwall.net has any effect on students’ vocabulary mastery in reading the narrative texts among the tenth-grade students of SMK Muhammadiyah 2 Pekanbaru in the academic year 2023/2024. This research design was a true experimental design with quantitative approach. Samples were selected using cluster random sampling. The sample of this study was…
This study aims to develop an animated learning video on describing people. The subjects of this study were first-year students majoring in English education at Riau University, totaling 39 students. The researchers applied Research and Development (R&D) by applying the ADDIE model. The instruments used were interviews, validation sheets from media experts, material experts, and pedagogic exper…
This study aims to find out the effectiveness of using Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition learning method towards students’ reading comprehension in narrative text. In conducting this study, the writer applied pre- experimental method and one group pre-test and post-test design. This study is conducted to the first-grade students of SMAN 15 Pekanbaru. The purposive sampling is the…
Duolingo has been a popular application for language learning nowadays. Using survey design, this study aims to investigate students' perceptions of the Duolingo app for improving English skills at Universitas Riau. Over half the students surveyed actively use Duolingo. The findings reveals that 51 of the users poses positive attitudes towards the app. Students found that the app was most usefu…
This research aims to find out whether there is a significant effect of using Picture Word Inductive Model on Students’ Ability of SMAN 4 Pekanbaru in Writing Descriptive Texts. This research used quantitative method, namely by applied Pre-Experimental Design. The sampling technique used in this research is Purposive Sampling. Class X. 11 was selected as the sample with the total of 36 studen…
The aspect of Directive Speech Acts can be analyzed through movie in order to find out how they are used in everyday situations. The result might be useful for learners whose first language is not English. In order to find out types and contexts of Directive Speech Acts in a movie, this research aims to analyze types and contexts of Directive Speech Acts used in Howard and Bush’s Encanto Movi…
Curriculum changes have resulted in the unavailability of technology-based learning tools that suit the Merdeka Curriculum as the latest curriculum. Thus, this research aims to develop e-modules as a learning tool that can help the English teaching-learning process at SMAN 3 Pekanbaru and determine the module’s validity level that has been developed. This research applies Research and Develop…
This study aimed to examine the contribution of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) competence and self-efficacy on the EFL learning autonomy. The study involved first-year students enrolled in the English Department at public universities located in Pekanbaru, Riau Province. Participants were instructed to fill out three questionnaires, each pertaining to one of the three variables:…
This pre-experimental research aims to evaluate the efficiency of Blindfold Games in raising SMPN 2 Logas Tanah Darat students' vocabulary mastery. Specifically, the research answers the research questions about how effective is Blindfold Game to improving students’ vocabulary mastery. This study used a one-group pretest-posttest methodology. 30 students from grades 7 were chosen for the samp…