Penelitian ini membahas tentang bagaimana kemampuan mahasiswa dan keefektifan aplikasi Quizizz pada pembelajaran kanji mahasiswa Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Jepang angkatan 2022 FKIP Universitas Riau. Rumusan masalah pada penelitian ini adalah bagaimana kemampuan mahasiswa sebelum dan sesudah menggunakan media aplikasi Quizizz dan apakah aplikasi Quizizz efektif digunakan sebagai media pada…
This study discusses conceptual metaphors in the song lyrics from the Leo-Nine album by LiSA. The aim of this research is to identify the types of conceptual metaphors and to explain the meanings contained in the lyrics of the Leo-Nine album. The method used is descriptive qualitative, with a cognitiive semantics approach and the conceptual metaphor theory proposed by George Lakoff and Mark Joh…
Motivasi belajar merupakan salah satu faktor penting yang memengaruhi keberhasilan proses pembelajaran, terutama dalam pembelajaran bahasa asing seperti bahasa Jepang. Dalam proses pendidikan formal di perguruan tinggi, mahasiswa dihadapkan pada berbagai tantangan akademik, khususnya pada mata kuliah yang memiliki tingkat kesulitan tinggi. Salah satu mata kuliah tersebut adalah Nihongo Chuukyuu…
Karya sastra adalah hasil tulisan yang memiliki keaslian, keartistikan, dan keindahan yang di dalam isi mengungkapkan tentang masalah manusia, kemanusiaan dan alam semesta dalam ragam roman, cerita pendek, drama, lirik untuk menghibur dan memberikan makna terhadap kehidupan. Salah satu karya sastra yang memiliki hal-hal tersebut adalah anime. Anime adalah karya sastra berbentuk animasi yan…
Penelitian ini membahas fenomena budaya komunikasi konteks tinggi dalam masyarakat Jepang, khususnya melalui konteks kuuki wo yomu (kemampuan membaca situasi dan suasana). Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menggambarkan bagaimana konteks kuuki wo yomu direpresentasikan oleh para tokoh dalam anime Tsuki ga Kirei. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan deskriptif kualitatif dengan kajian bud…
Penelitian ini menganalisis penggunaan media WhatsApp di kalangan mahasiswa Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Jepang FKIP Universitas Riau dengan pendekatan deskriptif kualitatif. Latar belakang penelitian menunjukkan bahwa WhatsApp sebagai aplikasi pesan instan populer dengan lebih dari 2,45 miliar pengguna global telah menjadi sarana komunikasi yang tidak hanya untuk interaksi sosial tetapi jug…
Kemajuan teknologi memengaruhi dunia pendidikan, termasuk penggunaan aplikasi seperti PowerPoint dalam mempresentasikan informasi, sebagai contoh Mahasiswa S1 yang telah menyelesaikan studi akan mempresentasikan penelitiannya pada ujian sidang skripsi. Namun, masih banyak mahasiswa yang belum mengoptimalkan pembelajaran multimedia dalam mempresentasikan informasi sesuai dengan pemanfaatan teori…
In Japan, there is a social phenomenon of disconnected human relationships, known in Japanese as muen shakai. The term muen shakai was popularized in 2010 by the television station NHK (NHK Online, 2013). Nakajima (as cited in Ningsih, 2015:1) defines muen as the absence of ties or relationships, and shakai as society. Thus, the literal meaning of muen shakai is a society without relationships.…
This research is titled “Correlation between Interest in Japanese and Knowledge about Japan of Japanese Language Education Students of FETT Riau University”. This study aims to determine whether there is a significant relationship between students' level of interest in Japanese and their knowledge about Japan. This study used quantitative methods with a correlational approach. The populati…
This final project discusses a new modification on Heun’s method based on a contraharmonic mean for solving an initial value problem with high efficiency. The process begins by deriving the formula for the method discussed followed by stability analysis, consistency analysis, local truncation error (LTE). From the numerical results presented it can be seen that this method is more stable …
The research entitled “An Analysis of Students’ Ability in Writing Descriptive Text at SMKN 1 Pekanbaru” by Reza Silviawati aimed to analyze the writing skills of tenth-grade students in composing descriptive texts in English. The study was motivated by the increasing importance of English as a global language and Indonesia’s low ranking in the English Proficiency Index (EPI) in 20…
This research was conducted to find out the effect of digital comic on the students’ mastery in English simple present tense. This research used quantitative research with pre-experimental design. One-group Pretest-Posttest was used as the research design. In this design, one group of students was selected in order to measure their level of progress before and after the treatment. 23 students…
This study aimed to analyze the types and meanings of conceptual metaphors of love found in Olivia Rodrigo's song lyrics from the SOUR album. This research uses Lakoff and Johnson's (2003) Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) which classifies conceptualmetaphors into three types, namely orientational metaphors, structural metaphors, and ontological metaphors. This research uses a qualitative method…
This research investigates the correlation between students’ mastery of past tense and their ability to write recount texts at the tenth grade of SMKN 1 Pekanbaru. The study is based on the premise that grammar, especially verb tenses, is fundamental to effective writing, particularly in recounting past experiences. Using a quantitative descriptive design, the researcher collected data f…
This study investigates the correlation between vocabulary mastery and the ability to write descriptive texts among Grade X students at SMAN 2 Dumai. The research aims to determine the extent of students’ vocabulary knowledge, their proficiency in writing descriptive texts, and whether a significant relationship exists between the two variables. Employing a quantitative correlational res…
This research discusses the use of figurative language in the Netflix series Adolescence in 2025. The aim of this research is to identify the types of figurative language used in the spoken dialogue of characters in the series, with a focus on Jamie Miller and other significant characters. The research method used is qualitative descriptive with a content analysis approach. The data consist of …
Figurative language is part of the semantic. As we know that with semantic we can know the true meaning in a song. Figurative language is language which employs various figures os speech. This analyses the figurative language are used in Ricky Montgomery’s song lyrics. It is expected that the result of this study will be useful for the students of linguistics since this study is done base…
This study investigated the difficulties in speaking English experienced by second-year students at SMK Muhammadiyah 2 Pekanbaru. Recognizing that speaking is a vital skill for real-life communication, the research addressed common issues students face, such as limited vocabulary, grammatical errors, pronunciation difficulties, anxiety, and lack of speaking opportunities. Used a mixed-method ap…
This study aims to explore students' perceptions of the Know-Want to Know- Learned (KWL) strategy in comprehending narrative texts among first-year students at SMA N 15 Pekanbaru. This research addresses common challenges that students face in comprehending English texts, particularly narrative texts, such as limited vocabulary, lack of background knowledge, and low engagement. The KWL stra…
This study aims to explore the types and frequency of reading strategies used by fourth-semester students in Riau University's English Department. This study employed a descriptive-quantitative design, using the Survey of Reading Strategies (SORS) by Mokhtari and Sheorey (2002). Data was collected from 38 students through an online questionnaire, with the results showing that the Problem So…