This research focuses on developing interactive PowerPoint materials using the ADDIE model of development. Employing the Research and Development (R&D) method, the research involved first-semester students from the English Study Program at Universitas Riau, Pekanbaru, who were enrolled in a Vocabulary course. Data were collected through a needs analysis questionnaire and expert judgment validat…
This study aimed to investigate the metacognitive awareness listening strategies that students commonly employ in their listening comprehension.. The study used explanatory mixed-method research design. The data were acquired using a questionnaire adapted from Vandergrift (2006) and through an interview. The respondents in this study were fifth-semester students of the English Study Program at …
This pre-experimental research aims to determine the effect of Snowball Throwing on the writing ability of students of SMAN 2 Sentajo Raya. Specifically, this study answers the research question of whether using Snowball Throwing has an effect on the ability of grade X students of SMAN 2 Sentajo Raya to write a descriptive text. This study used a pre-test, treatment, and post-test methodolo…
This research investigates the relationship between teachers' questioning skills and students’ learning motivation at SMKN 2 Pekanbaru. The study is grounded in the understanding that questioning is a critical instructional strategy used to engage students, stimulate their thinking, and assess their understanding. Effective questioning is believed to influence students' motivation to learn, w…
This research aims to determine the figurative language used in poetry by emily dickinson. The theory used to analyze the figurative language in this research is Keraf (2011). The research method used is descriptive qualitative research with literature review to collect data and information about figurative language. Data analysis consists of three parts of activities, namely data condensation,…
This study aims to find out students’ perceptions on the use of songs in Spotify Application on their idiomatic expression activity. The participants of this study were the third semester students of Universitas Riau. This study used quantitative descriptive research design. Additionally, the data were collected through questionnaire with validity and reliability tested using SPSS 27 and also…
This study aims to identify the translation techniques and the most dominant ones used in the subtitle of an animated movie, and to discuss the phenomena found during the research process. The methodology used in this research is a qualitative analysis with a descriptive approach, but a simple quantitative approach is applied to find out the most dominant techniques. The utterances of two main …
This study aims to find the effect of Think, Talk, Write (TTW) strategy on the writing descriptive text ability of SMK students. The study used a quasi-experimental method with two groups: an experimental class taught using the TTW strategy and a control class using the conventional method. The data collection instrument was a descriptive writing test conducted before (pre-test) and after (post…
This research aims to analyze the use of the language of instruction in English language teaching at SMA Negeri 5 Mandau and students' perceptions of the use of the language of instruction. This research used a descriptive qualitative method approach and involved three teachers and fifteen grade XI students selected through purposive sampling. Data were collected through semi-structured intervi…
Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Riau, Indonesia Abstract: This study investigates strategies used by university English department students to overcome their speaking anxiety. It applied an explanatory sequential mixed method. The selected samples of the present study were 71 out of 109 population. Two main instruments used to collect the data were a questionnaire and…
This study investigates cyberloafing among students in English Study Program, Universitas Riau, Pekanbaru, focusing on how students use digital devices for non-academic purposes during class. The aims of this study are to assess the level of cyberloafing and identify the reasons why do students engage in cyberloafing. The total number of the sample was 71 students for the quantitative stud…
The purpose of this research was to determine whether there is a significant effect of Listen- Read Discuss strategy of second grade students of SMA 4 Pekanbaru in comprehending explanation text. This research is a quantitative research using pre-experiment design. The population of this study was grade XI students totaling 594 students, while the number of students who became the research samp…
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…
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 …