This study aims to describe the author's psychological aspects contained in social conflict events in the novel Sumbang by Musa Ismail. This type of research is qualitative research using descriptive methods. The instruments used in this study to support research activities are interview question sheets, recording tools and data validity sheets to check the validity of research data. The data c…
This study aims to identify and describe the kind of social deixis in novel Nakhoda Lancang by Selasih. This study used a qualitative descriptive method using documentation and literature to obtaining data in this study. The data collection technique used was the note taking technique. To analyze the data, researchers use the model of Miles an Huberman. Activities in analyzing research data inc…
In this modern era, technology has the potential to make life easier and more efficient, especially in education. Where technology is able to solve learning problems. Teachers are encouraged to use technology as a tool or medium to boost student excitement for learning English, especially vocabulary, because there are so many students who are not interested in studying. The purpose of this stud…
This research intends to find out whether or not there is a correlation between students’ subject-verb agreement mastery and their writing ability of descriptive texts at SMAN 2 Tapung. There were 56 tenth grade students of social science major chosen as samples. The instruments were subject-verb agreement test and writing descriptive text test. The subject-verb agreement test was used to ass…
This reseacrh consists of two variables, they are English teachers’ questioning skills as the independent variable (X) and students’ participation as the dependent variable (Y). The objective of this research is to find out whether or not there is a positive and significant correlation between the English teachers' questioning skills and their students' participation in the EFL learning pro…
Vocabulary is a key when people learning English. The abilities of reading, writing, listening, and speaking in the target language may be impacted by a lack of vocabulary knowledge. This study aims to discover the difficulties and factors faced in enlarging vocabulary by the third grade students of SMAS IT Mutiara Duri. The research design was descriptive, and selected using cluster sampling. …
Repetition is a learning strategy that has been known for many times and still used by the teacher as it helps them in teaching-learning process in the classroom. This study aimed to investigate how student-teachers use repetition in their first teaching practice experience. The researcher tried to find out the kinds of word repetitions that are mostly repeated by student-teachers and also dete…
The aim of this study was to find out the ability of the eighth grade students of SMPN 20 Pekanbaru in comprehending procedure texts. The population of this research was the eighth grade students of SMPN 20 Pekanbaru. There were 30 students who participated in this study. The research instrument was multiple choice questions, which consisted of 30 questions. The test given included 5 components…
This study aims to determine the effect of comic strip media on the ability to write anecdotal texts for Class X SMA Al-Huda Pekanbaru. This research method used an experimental method with a pretest-posttest control group research design. This research was conducted at Al-Huda Pekanbaru High School, with a population of 120 students in class X. There are two sample classes, namely the expe…
This study aims to test student learning outcomes on the application of the Jigsaw model in the learning process of narrative texts (imagination stories) for class VII. This research was conducted at MTs Al-Huda Pekanbaru, with a population of 150 students in class VII. There are two sample classes, namely the experimental class and the control class. The experimental class applies the Jigs…
Greetings are expressions used to greet someone based on a certain context. Greetings are often used in everyday communication with the right use. The use of inappropriate greetings in communication can cause misunderstandings and even be considered impolite or harmonious. This study aims to explain the forms of kinship designations and nicknames as well as kinship greetings and non-kinship gre…
Membaca merupakan salah satu keterampilan reseptif yang menuntut peserta didik untuk membaca dan memahami suatu teks. Untuk dapat mengolah informasi dengan baik, peserta didik harus mampu memahami teks yang benar. Kecemasan membaca bahasa asing memiliki efek negatif pada proses kognitif dan perilaku karena di kelas bahasa antara kecemasan fisik, kognitif, dan perilaku adalah gejala yang saling …
English is a foreign language in Indonesia. English is important because it is the international language. During classroom activities, teachers and students switched from English to Indonesian and other local languages. This research aims to analyze code- collected using an observation checklist and recording to gather the data in the use of code switching used by an English teacher of SMA Neg…
This descriptive research aimed to find out the ability of the third-year students of the English study program in paraphrasing a paragraph. 39 students of the third-year students in the English study program Universitas Riau in the academic year 2021/2022 were the sample of this research. The sample was chosen by using the cluster random sampling technique. The data of this research were the p…
In the current era of globalization, the use of language is growing rapidly. The demand for mastering a foreign language is even greater.With the advancements in the current era of globalization, not only English, Japanese is also the language learned by speakers of the language as a foreign language or a second language. These linguistic events will appear in a multilingual society related to …
This study aims to determine the improvement of poetry writing skills with the Think Talk Write model. The method used in this research is a class action research design (CAR). This research was conducted in two phases, which consisted of planning, implementing, observing, and reflecting. Data collection techniques used in this study were tests, observations, and interviews.The data analysis te…
This study aims to describe the form of satirical language style used by the interviewees in Mata Najwa's talk show "Jokes in the country of opera", to explain the meaning of the satirical language style used by the speakers in Mata Najwa's talk show "Jokes in the country of opera", and to explain the function of the satirical language style used resource person in Najwa's eye talk show "funny …
This study aims to determine the relationship between mastery of conjunctions and the ability to write expository texts. The class that was used as the experimental subject was class X majoring in accounting and finance at SMK Negeri 4 Pekanbaru. The sample determination method used in this study was the saturated sample method. The sample in this study were 108 students. The data of this r…
TOEFL test is taken to measure someone’ English Proficiency in order to be able to connect to community around the world. TOEFL test is also set as one of requirements for college students for college admission and graduation. This study aimed to find out students’ perceptions toward TOEFL prediction as one of the graduation requirements at Universitas Riau. This study employed descriptive-…
This study aimed to identify and analyze the types and functions of code mixing used by English department students at Universitas Riau in their Twitter accounts. Using a qualitative descriptive research design, 63 students from the classes of 2018, 2019, and 2020 were selected through purposive sampling. Data was collected through observation and documentation techniques, and analyzed using Ho…