Di Jepang pergantian tahun merupakan momen yang penuh dengan makna dan sangat dihormati. Salah satu aspek penting dari tradisi ini adalah praktik oosooji, yang secara harfiah berarti pembersihan besar-besaran. Oosooji adalah ritual membersihkan rumah dan sekolah yang dilaksanakan pada akhir tahun di bulan Desember sebelum menjelang tahun baru. Namun, praktik ini tidak sekadar tentang membersihk…
Motivation is a driving force that compels individuals to take specific actions. Students at Universitas Riau, particularly those enrolled in the Japanese Language Education Program, have diverse motivations when selecting elective courses, one of which is the Japanese Literature course. Student motivation can be influenced by various factors. In this study, the motivation of students is measur…
Manual book merupakan buku panduan operasional produk yang wajib ada dalam setiap produksinya. Salah satunya adalah negara Jepang yang menjadi produsen dan pengekspor dari 85% produk kamera didunia termasuk negara Indonesia yang merupakan negara peminat fotografer. Produsen yang mengimport produk masuk ke pasar Indonesia memiliki kewajiban menyediakan buku panduan atau manual book berbahasa Ind…
Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif deskriptif dengan teknik observasi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan bagaimana metode pengajaran menyimak di Lembaga Pelatihan Kerja atau LPK. Lembaga yang menjadi sumber data dalam penelitian ini adalah LPK Japan Training Center Pekanbaru yang terletak di Jalan Kamboja, Tampan, Provinsi Riau. Lembaga ini telah berdiri sejak 2018 dan menj…
In Japanese, many words share the same meaning but are written with different kanji characters. Additionally, the usage of these words in sentences can vary depending on morphological structure and sentence context. The meaning of the word "cost" in Japanese can be expressed with the kanji chin (賃), hi (費), ryou (料), dai (代), and kin (金) when these five kanji are used as suffixes …
This research is entitled "University of Riau Class of 2021 Japanese Language Education Students' Understanding of the Use of Jodoushi Souda". This research is quantitative research. The aim of this research is to determine the level of understanding of 2021 Japanese Language Education students regarding the use of jodoushi souda. The population in this study were students in the sixth semester…
This study aims to analyze the types, functions, and students’ perception of code-switching (hereafter, CS) used by English teacher during teaching-learning at a private school in Pekanbaru, Riau. The subjects of this study were an English teacher of ESL classes and 72 ESL students in the academic year of 2023/2024. This research is a mixed-method study with a qualitative descriptive de…
This study emphasizes the importance of reading comprehension skills taught to first-year students at SMAN 2 Tambang. Understanding text genres is crucial. The research aims to enhance reading comprehension and text analysis skills through the Discovery Learning method. A quantitative approach was used, with data collected numerically and analyzed using SPSS. A quasi-experimental design wa…
This research aims to find out the types of Directive Speech Acts by the main characters “Puss in "Puss in Boots: The Last Wish" movie and analyze the types of directive speech act that are most dominant used in the movie. The research utilized a qualitative descriptive research approach to qualitatively collect and interpret data for analyzing speech acts, employing the documentation techniq…
The purpose of this research is to find out the difficulties faced by the fourth-semester students of English Study Program of Universitas Riau in speaking skill. This research used descriptive quantitative method. In collecting data, the researcher used a closed questionnaire and 5 point Likert-scale to determine the factors that cause students' difficulties in speaking. The survey consists of…
This pre-experimental research aims to evaluate its efficiency in improving students' vocabulary acquisition at SMPN 8 Rupat. Specifically, this study answers the research question of how effective the mnemonic strategy is in improving students' vocabulary acquisition abilities. This study used a one-group pretest-posttest methodology. A total of 19 students from class VIII A were selected …
This study aimed to identify and analyze the types and functions of code mixing used by Maudy Ayunda on her YouTube channel. Using a qualitative descriptive research design, 15 videos from Maudy Ayunda’s YouTube channel were selected through purposive sampling. Data was collected through observation and documentation techniques, and analyzed using Hoffmann’s (1991) theories to determine the…
Vocabulary is a basic component of learning English, especially for beginners. Word Wall media offers an engaging and fun way to enhance vocabulary mastery. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of word wall media on students' vocabulary mastery in the seventh grade of SMPN 8 Rupat. The research applied a quasi-experimental design, with two classes as the experimental and con…
This study aimed to find out the Perceptions of English Study Program Universitas Riau Students on Online Learning as the Impact of COVID-19. The research method is descriptive quantitative research. Random sampling technique was applied to decide the sample as the participants. The instrument of this research was a questionnaire categorized into four components of students’perceptions on onl…
Metaphors enrich literature teaching by enhancing students' understanding of language and evoking emotions. The research, "Types of Metaphor in Tennyson’s Poetries for EFL Learners," aims to find out types of metaphor in Tennyson’s poetries for EFL learners. The researcher serves as both the data collector and interpreter in qualitative research, acting as a reporter for the research re…
This research aims to find out the students’ problems and the factors that cause students’ problems in writing descriptive text. The method used in this research is descriptive quantitative. The researcher used written tests and questionnaires as instruments. The population in this study were third grade students of SMPN 1 Tebing Tinggi. School year 2022/2023. The sample was class IX.4…
This research aimed to identify the women’s language features used by Kamala Khan in the TV series Ms. Marvel (2022) based on the theory of women’s language proposed by Lakoff (1975). It was conducted using the descriptive qualitative method. To collect the data, the researcher watched the TV series several times and noted the utterances Kamala Khan produced that used women’s language fea…
Abstract: This research is motivated by the reality in the field, namely that it is known that some students at Telkom Pekanbaru Middle School in class IX still have a negative attitude towards learning Indonesian. Such as not being enthusiastic about learning Indonesian, considering learning Indonesian as unimportant, apart from that, not having a sense of pride, lacking a sense of responsibil…
The ability to write explanatory text for class VIII students at SMP Negeri 2 Sungai Apit. This research aims to describe the ability to write explanatory texts based on theme, structure and spelling and punctuation of explanatory texts of class VIII student at SMP Negeri 2 Sungai Apit. The research method used was an explanatory text writing test, with research involving 46 students. Data coll…
This research aims to explain the meaning of the word kaki in Malay proverbs and to explain the domain contained in the word kaki in Malay proverbs. The method used in this research is a qualitative descriptive method using data collection techniques, namely reading and note-taking techniques. This research was carried out through three semantic stages, namely script semantics, cognitive semant…