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…
Penelitian ini membahas tentang Pendidikan Karakter dalam Novel Senyum Dahlan Karya Tasaro GK. Rumusan masalah penelitian ini adalah apa saja nilai pendidikan karakter dalam novel Senyum Dahlan karya Tasaro GK dan implikasi terhadap pembelajaran Bahasa Indonesia. Penelitian ini memberikan manfaat teoretis dan praktis. Secara teoritis penelitian ini memberikan manfaat menambah ilmu pengetahuan…
This research is entitled "The Language Style of Satire in Sabyan Gambus Instagram Account Comments". The background of this research is that the presence of social media in people's lives has a negative impact. The negative impacts that arise are for example the use of sarcasm as hate speech, criticizing and bullying. The sarcasm language style in social media instagram which is often done by …
This research is research entitled Writing Ability Short story text for Class IX students of SMP Negeri 2 Ukui. As for internal problems. This research is about the ability to write short story texts for class IX students. Ukui 2 Public Middle School? This research aims to describe abilities writing short story texts for class IX students of SMP Negeri 2 Ukui in terms of aspects of content, org…
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…
This research analyzed the types of code-mixing used in “Filosofi Teras” book, written by Henry Manampiring based on the theory by Muysken (2000). The researcher chose this book because the writer is a bilingual person, as a result in his literature work, he used code-mixing on purpose to make the reader feel more related to the topic that he wrote. In this research, the researcher used a q…
Language is a tool for communication and interaction between humans, both individually and in groups every day. Smooth human interaction and communication depends on the use of language that is appropriate to the situation and conditions of the speaker and listener, as well as the appropriate method of delivery. Therefore, communication activities are greatly influenced by factors such as the i…
Language has a very important role when interacting, if a conversation partner does not know the language then good communication will not occur, so language cannot be separated from human life. This research aims to describe the forms of directive speech acts in the film Gara-Gara Warisan and describe the function of directive speech acts in the film Gara-Gara Warisan. This research is a quali…
This research aims to describe the imagery and message in the rhyme of opening the door latch in the marriage customs of the Malay community in Mempura District. This type of research is qualitative research with descriptive methods. The data in this research is in the form of direct speech from speakers in the form of words, phrases and sentences which are included in the pantun of the traditi…
This research aims to develop teaching materials based on mind mapping for teaching descriptive texts in junior high schools. Innovation in teaching materials is really needed to make it easier for teachers and students in the learning process so that learning objectives can be achieved well. This research is research and development (R&D) proposed by Sukmadinata. Consists of Analysis (analysis…
This research aims to find out the perception of English Study Program students of FKIP Universitas Riau towards using Grammarly as an online grammar checker in academic writing. In this research, the researcher applied a mixed-method research with explanatory sequential design. The instruments used to collect the data were questionnaires and interviews. There were 30 items in the questionnaire…
This study aims to explain the meaning of monocotyledonous plants in Malay proverbs and to explain the domain contained in monocotyledonous plants in Malay proverbs. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative method by using data collection technique which is documentation technique. This research is conducted through three semantic stages, namely script semantics, cognitiv…
The research aims to describe the type, cause and effect of conflict in director Rudi Soedjarwo's movie Broken Wings. This type of research is qualitative descriptive. The source of this research is director Rudi Soedjarwo's movie Broken Wings, which is 110 minutes long, and premiered on 18 August 2022. The data in this study is a conflict in director Rudi Soedjarwo's Broken Wings movie focused…
This research aims to describe social problems and find those who are the targets of social criticism in the novel Si Anak Savana by Tere Liye. This type of research is qualitative descriptive research. The data source in this research is the novel Si Anak Savana by Tere Liye with a total of 380 pages published by PT Sabak Grip Nusantara in January 2022. This research data is in the form of lan…