This research was purposed to discover whether there was a significant correlation between vocabulary mastery of English Study Program FKIP Universitas Riau and their reading comprehension. The population was the second semester of English Study Program FKIP Universitas Riau. The sample was chosen by cluster random sampling and there were 2A as the sample. Vocabulary test was used to find out t…
Writing is one of the basic skill that must be mastered by students or learners to comprehend English. However, it is difficult to do for some reason. The Objectives of this research are (1) to find out whether there is an effect of POWER Strategy on third-year senior high school students’ explanation text writing ability or not and (2) to find out whether there is any significant difference …
This study intends at investigating how often and for what reasons English Study Program Students using English. The research is a mixed study applying combined quantitative and qualitative methods, with 118 English Department students from the Universitas Riau's class of 2019 serving as the population. The researcher used two instruments: questionnaires and interviews to collect the data. Ques…
This research aimed to find out the correlation between students’ mobile technology usage and TOEFL listening proficiency in the sixth semester of the English Study Program of FKIP Universitas Riau. The sample of this study was 36 students in the sixth semester of the English Study Program of FKIP Universitas Riau who were chosen by using the Cluster Random sampling technique. This study used…
This research aims to find out what cultural contents are represented in English textbooks for grade 10th of Vocational High School. The descriptive qualitative method was used in this research to analyze cultural content in three textbooks: "Forward an English," "Bahasa Inggris untuk SMA/SMK Kelas X Edisi 2017," and "English for SMK." The data was collected through document analysis and using …
This study, which employs a descriptive qualitative methodology, intends to investigate the types and purposes of code-switching employed in (by hosts and guests) Breakout NET TV. This study applied Poplack's (1980) theory for the types of code-switching, which consists of three types of code-switching: intra-sentential switching, inter-sentential switching, and tag-switching and Hoffman's…
The purpose of this research is to analyze the types of metaphor and the conceptual metaphor of women in song lyrics by Christina Aguilera and Little Mix. This research was conducted at the library of the University of Riau, Pekanbaru, Riau. Using qualitative research because the data is in the form of words and using descriptive qualitative which focuses on describing the conceptual metaphors …
This research aimed at finding the students’ perceptions on the use of instructional media by the English teachers. 30 students were taken as the sample of this research using cluster random sampling. This research employed a quantitative method of data collection. The data were collected from a questionnaire. The questionnaire consists of 15 items. The findings of this study revealed th…
This research aims to introduce teaching media based on an interesting media use wordless picture books to improve students’ narrative writing abilities. The research design in this research used quasi-experimental. The instrument in this research used writing test. The subject in this research are the eighth-grade students of SMP Islam As-Shofa Pekanbaru. Purposive sampling technique was emp…
This research aimed to find out the types of slang words that used by all characters in ‘Suicide Squad’ movie. The design of the research was descriptive qualitative research. The data source was the ‘Suicide Squad’ movie directed by David Ayer. The movie was released in 2016 and its duration was about 2 hours 17 minutes. The data of this research were the slang words that were found in…
The purpose of this research was to examine the correlation between vocabulary mastery and reading comprehension of the second grade students at SMA Negeri 1 Tapung Hilir. A correlational designed was used in this research. The sample was 80 students of second grade senior high school selected through using cluster random sampling. In addition, there were two data obtained as part of this …
This type of research is quantitative research. This research was conducted at SMP N 1 Bangkinang. Sampling in this study is a simple random sampling technique, namely by taking a probability sample where everyone in the entire target population has the same opportunity to be selected. To calculate the determination of the number of samples from a certain population the author uses the Slo…
This study uses a quantitative approach, the purpose of this study is to determine and describe the effect of implementing the school literacy movement program in growing interest in reading in class VIII SMPN 1 Bangkinang and to identify the inhibiting factors and supporting factors in the implementation of the School Literacy Movement (GLS) program in class VIII students of SMPN 1 Bangkin…
This study aims to describe the form, meaning and function of sarcasm in the social interactions of the people of the Meranti Islands Regency. The method used is a qualitative method with data collection techniques, recording techniques, note-taking, observation and interviews. The data analysis method used is to reduce the data, then proceed with displaying the data, and drawing conclusions fr…
This study describes and analyzes the form of expression, meaning, and function of epistemic modality in the Kampar dialect of Riau Malay in Senama Nenek Village. This research is a qualitative research using qualitative descriptive method. The data is in the form of daily utterances of the people of Senama Nenek Village in the Kampar dialect of Riau Malay which contains epistemic modalitie…
This study aims to find out how students understand the material by using the cooperative script learning model in fable text material for class VII students of SMPN 3 Bangko Pusako. The sample in the study was 60 students of class VII using the Total Sampling Design technique used was a one-group pretest-posttest design. In this study there were two groups, namely the experimental group and th…
The background of this research is the waning of the use of the Javanese language by the community due to the globalization of foreign languages which increasingly dominate the community. The purpose of this research is to explain the use of this type of deixis in Guyon Maton Cak Percil's jokes on the Youtube Channel. The formulation of the research problem is what types of deixis are used in …
This study aims to describe the adherence to language politeness between teachers and students, students and teachers, and students and students in Indonesian language learning activities in class IX at SMP Negeri 37 Pekanbaru. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative. The data is in the form of teacher-student utterances, students-teachers, and students-students in Indonesia…
The research focuses on conversational implicature, which is the study of implicit meaning or information conveyed in conversations. The purpose of this study is to identify implied meanings or excessive information in conversations. In the Vincent and Desta Show, the conversations are spontaneous and unscripted. The audience can understand the conversations if they employ a comprehensible …
A person's writing ability is obtained when he is in school. Starting from being taught from elementary school to university, not everyone is able to express their ideas and thoughts in good writing. Writing ability is the ultimate goal that must be achieved in other abilities. One of the writing skills taught in the 2013 Curriculum class X, KD 3.2, with indicators of achievement of competencie…