The objective of this research was to find out the perception of the third year Rambah Samo junior high school students toward Whatsapp for English learning medium. This research uses quantitative methods with survey approach. The sample for this research included 42 students from the third year SMPN 5, Rambah Samo who experienced in learning English trough WhatsApp as learning medium. The inst…
The lack of student interest and participation during teaching and learning activities motivates teachers to utilize technology for students to increase their interest, especially in vocabulary development in English learning. The purpose of this research was to find out whether Quizlet application is effective in improving students' vocabulary. The design of this research was quasi-experiment…
Digital posters are visually appealing and can capture students' attention more effectively than traditional teaching materials, while Canva offers a wide range of design tools and templates, allowing students to express their creativity in designing posters. Hence, digital poster creation on the Canva application is suitable as instructional media. This study aims to investigate the effect of …
This research aims to investigate EFL students’ writing self-efficacy at the English Study Program FKIP Universitas Riau. In this research, the researcher applied explanatory mixed method research design with a closed-ended questionnaire and an open- ended questionnaire as the instruments. The population of this research were 108 respondents from the third semester students taking Post Interm…
The aims of this research are to identify the types and the functions of slang in the film “Don’t Look Up” based on Allan and Burridge theory. This research was conducted by doing descriptive qualitative method with content analysis design. The source of this research is taken from the movie and the script of “Don’t Look Up” movie directed by Adam McKay. Based on the research result…
The aims of this study were to analyze the types of code mixing used by beauty influencers in TikTok and the reasons of why they used code mixing in their videos. The method that used in this research is descriptive qualitative to collect the data from the transcript of beauty influencers’ videos. Interviewing the beauty influencers is used to find out the reasons of why they use code mixing …
Students encounter difficulties when it comes to speaking in online classes, particularly when they are navigating this new era of E-learning during the pandemic. This research aims to find out the speaking problems in E-learning due to covid-19 faced by the 6th semester students of the English Study Program of FKIP Universitas Riau. This research is a descriptive study with a mixed method rese…
This research aimed to know the learning autonomy of the sixth semester students of the English study program Universitas Riau. This research is quantitative research. The research involved 74 students from two classes. The instrument in this research is questionnaire. The questionnaire that researcher adapt is called MILLA (Measuring Instrument for Language Learner Autonomy) was designed by Ca…
This research was aimed to discover whether there is any effect of using Canva as teaching media on descriptive text writing ability of SMP YLPI seventh grade students. Experimental research was used in this study. This research is classified as a quasi-experiment, where in conducting this research, the writer involved one group pre-test and post-test design without the use of control group. S…
This study aims to investigate the English Study Program students’ perceptions of online listening courses during the COVID-19 Pandemic at FKIP Universitas Riau. The subjects of this study were 89 students majoring in English Study Program in the academic year of 2020. This research is a mixed method study with explanatory sequential design. Researchers used surveys to collect quantitative da…
The aim of this research is to find out whether or not there is a significant correlation between social media usage and English vocabulary mastery of the fifth-semester students of the English Study Program Universitas Riau. By applying the quantitative method, this research used a population with the total 112 students, while the selected samples were 76 students, using a cluster random sampl…
The purpose of this research is to study students’ writing ability in descriptive text at first grade of SMK Metta Maitreya Pekanbaru. This study was descriptive quantitative research. The subject of this research was the first-grade students of SMK Metta Maitreya Pekanbaru while the object of this research was students’ writing ability in descriptive text. The writing used cluster random s…
The objective of this research was to find out what types of grammatical errors were made by the first grade students of SMA Negeri 15 Pekanbaru in writing recount texts. The types of errors were analyzed according to Dulay’s theory. This was a descriptive research design that focused on a quantitative approach. The sample for this research was 36 students of the school above. They were selec…
Textbook is a book that serves as a guideline for learners and teachers in supporting in teaching and learning process. In this study aims to analyze the English textbook based on BSNP. This research attempted to discover whether or not the English textbooks analyzed met the criteria of a good textbook adapted from BSNP instrument and whether it was relevant to the 2013 Curriculum and to find o…
This research reviews students’ perceptions of English online learning in senior high school during pandemic Covid-19. The research was aimed to determine students’ perceptions of English online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. The objective of the research is to get information about the students’ perceptions in online learning during pandemic especially in learning English at SMAN…
This research was aimed to find out the correlation between reading habits of the third year English Study Program Students of Universitas Riau and their writing ability. The sample of this research was one of three classes of the third year students of the English Study Program that were chosen by using cluster random sampling technique. The population of this research was 36 students. The…
The research is aimed to find out whether there was some significant effect of debate technique on the ability of the second-year students of SMAN 5 Tualang. In conducting the research, pre-experimental research with one group pre-test post-test design was used. The sample of this research was the students of class XI IPA IV consisting of 30 students. The pre-test was administered before the tr…
Speaking is communication that occurs when the listener can provide the speaker's response after the listener understands the message conveyed. The objective of this descriptive research was to describe the students’ speaking strategies used by English Study Program, Universitas Riau. The population of this research was the fourth year students of the English study program of FKIP Universitas…
ABSTRACT The study aimed to describe the functions and equivalents of the shuujoshi yo and ne in the Ore, Tsushima animated television series. The study was a descriptive qualitative study using a descriptive method and conducting library and note-taking techniques. The data source was taken from the Ore, Tsushima animated television series episode. The results of the study can be concluded …
Abstract: This research was aimed to find out the types of code mixing used by the English Department students of Universitas Riau on Instagram. The subjects of this research were the students in English department of Universitas Riau in the academic year 2016 and 2017. In this research, the researcher used descriptive qualitative method and the data were collected from documents as the instr…