This study aims to analyze the use of metaphor in football commentary by Peter Drury. The data were taken from the YouTube video entitled “FULL MATCH: France vs. Croatia | 2018 FIFA World Cup Final”, uploaded by FIFA on November 19th, 2022. The researcher transcribed the commentary and found 550 expressions in total. From these, 141 metaphorical expressions were identified and classifi…
This study aims to evaluate the writing ability of tenth-grade students at SMAN 5 Pekanbaru in using expressions of opinion in English. Employing a descriptive quantitative design, the research involved 41 students who completed a test consisting of 25 multiple-choice questions and one essay task. The test focused on three key components: asking for, accepting, and declining opinions. The findi…
This research is about students' ability to identify Expression of Invitation on SMP N 31 Pekanbaru. This research uses quantitative method that uses a written testt as instrument. The main purpose of this research is to determine students' ability to identify an Expression of Invitation. This study used purposive sampling technique to determine the sample. The sample was 28 students. In the wr…
This study aimed to analyze the reading comprehension ability of seventh-grade students at SMPN 8 Pekanbaru in understanding descriptive texts. It focused on eight components: identifying main ideas, recognizing factual information, understanding vocabulary, identifying references, making inferences, recognizing generic structure, identifying language features, and understanding social function…
The objective of this research was to find out the ability level of first year students of SMP Taruna Satria Pekanbaru in Comprehending Procedure Text. The research used a descriptive quantitative method, involving 36 students as total sample. The data were collected in June 2025 through a reading comprehension test consisting of 35 multiple choice questions. The test consisted of 7 components …
This study investigates students' perceptions of using ChatGPT as a translation tool. This study aims to find out the students' perceptions of the use, advantages, and disadvantages of ChatGPT as a translation tool. This study used purposive sampling to find the sample. The total sample for this study was students who use ChatGPT as a translation tool, including 89 out of 109 students. This stu…
This research aimed to explore the perceptions of eighth-semester students in the English Study Program at Universitas Riau regarding the behavior of "Grammar Nazis" in relation to speaking skills. The term "Grammar Nazi" referred to individuals who frequently corrected others' grammar in a strict or insensitive manner. This phenomenon had become increasingly visible in both academic and social…
Writing is a crucial skill for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners, yet many students continue to struggle with producing coherent, well-structured texts. To address this challenge, the present study explored the effectiveness of the Genre-Based Approach (GBA) in enhancing senior high school students' narrative writing skills. The research aimed to investigate the extent to which G…
Merdeka Curriculum is a term used for the curriculum changes currently in use. The purpose of this research is to determine the perceptions of Junior High School English teachers in Gunung Sahilan towards the Merdeka Curriculum. This research uses a quantitative approach with a descriptive type. The method used is a survey, and the respondents in this study are English teachers from all of …
This study aimed to investigate the level of reading habits among second-year students of the English Study Program at Riau University. A descriptive quantitative method was used to collect data from 39 students selected through cluster random sampling. The research instrument was a 24-item Likert-scale questionnaire based on Gaona and Gonzales’s (2011) five indicators: attitude, reading freq…
The use of local language in English as a foreign language (EFL) learning often raises pros and cons among academics. On the one hand, local language is seen as helping students' understanding. On the other hand, its use is considered to hinder the mastery of English. This article explores how the teachers at SMA Negeri 1 Baso use Minangkabau language in EFL classroom as a wise pedagogical stra…
The purpose of this research was to analyze the difficulties faced by tenth-grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Kelayang in reading comprehension of narrative texts and to identify the factors causing these difficulties. This study employed a quantitative approach and involved tenth-grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Kelayang in the academic year 2024/2025 as the subjects, with a sample size of 93 stude…
This study sought to investigate the correlation between metacognitive strategy as used by Indonesian EFL students from Universitas Riau and their listening proficiency. A quantitative research method was employed to collect the data from the sample. Through purposive sampling, 33 students from third year class (6C) of English study program of Universitas Riau was chosen as the sample. The inst…
This study examines students' perceptions of TikTok as a platform for enriching English vocabulary. Conducted with second-semester students of the English Study Program at Universitas Riau, it employs a descriptive quantitative approach and analyzes data from 37 participants using a structured questionnaire. Six perception dimensions were evaluated: visual, auditory, selective, cognitive, motiv…
This research explores the phenomenon of Indonesian-English code-switching in Henry Manampiring’s motivational book "The Alpha Girl’s Guide: Menjadi Cewek Smart, Independen, dan Anti Galau." The research was conducted to identify the types of code-switching used in the text. Utilizing a qualitative descriptive method and Poplack’s (1980) code-switching framework, the research collected da…
This research aimed to assess the reading comprehension skills of students in understanding recount texts at SMPN 8 Pekanbaru. A quantitative research method was employed to gather data from the participants. Through purposive sampling, 32 students from class 8H at SMPN 8 Pekanbaru were selected as the sample. The data collection was carried out using a multiple-choice reading comprehension tes…
This study aims to describe the forms of affixation errors in descriptive texts by class VII students of SMPIT Darul Fikri Pangkalan Kerinci. The data obtained from this study are in the form of descriptive texts by class VII students of SMPIT Darul Fikri which contain errors in the use of affixation. The sampling technique in this study is saturated sampling or census method. With the saturate…
This study aims to determine the effect of the Jigsaw learning model on students' understanding of explanatory text material in class XI of SMAN 1 Koto Gasib. The background of this study is based on the low understanding of some students towards explanatory text. This study uses a quantitative method with an experimental design. The sample was selected randomly (random sampling) from the p…
Salah satu fenomena yang terjadi dalam pembelajaran teks prosedur khususnya siswa kelas VII SMP Teknologi Pekanbaru adalah kurang maksimalnya keterampilan siswa dalam menulis sebuah teks prosedur. Berdasarkan hasil wawancara yang peneliti lakukan bersama guru Bahasa Indonesia terkait, hal ini disebabkan suasana belajar yang kurang mampu mengajak siswa agar antusias mengikuti pembelajaran. …
Penelitian ini dikembangkan dengan pendekatan Research and Development (R&D) yang berjudul Pengembangan Media Pembelajaran Berbasis Digital POWIC pada Materi Teks Deskripsi Sekolah Menengah Pertama. Tujuan penelitian ini yaitu (1) Mendeskripsikan kebutuhan pembelajaran teks deskripsi sekolah menengah pertama, (2) Mengetahui validitas media pembelajaran berbasis digital POWIC pada materi te…