This study discusses about the song lyrics that containt conceptual metaphore from soundtrack of animation called “Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood”. Every singer has a variety of language style of their song lyrics to make it more interesting to hear, like metaphore. In this study, we will discuss about the song lyrics that containt conceptual metaphore from soundtrack of animation called …
This research shed light on the types of refusal strategies employed by the EFL learners of the English Study Program of Universitas Riau. This is using a descriptive qualitative study. The participants of this research involved 35 EFL students of the English Study Program selected by using the cluster random sampling method. The data was acquired using a DCT (Discourse Completion Task) as the …
This study is intended to find out the ability level of the second-year students of MTs Darul Hikmah Pekanbaru in writing descriptive texts. This study concerns five aspects of writing: grammar, vocabulary, mechanics, organization, and content. The data collection technique is a writing test. The students' writing results are checked and scored by the rater. The research findings are as follows…
Google Form is a system in the form of form templates that can be used for the purpose of obtaining user information. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of effectiveness of using Google Forms in Japanese online exams during the Covid-19 pandemic. Online exams are one of the alternatives used during the pandemic to avoid transmission of the corona virus. This study uses a quant…
This study discusses the forms and meanings of metaphors contained in the Japanese song lyrics in Kenshi Yonezu's album "Stray Sheep". This study aims to identify the form of metaphors and analyze the meaning in the lyrics of the song by Kenshi Yonezu on the album "Stray Sheep". The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative. The source of the data in this research is the lyrics of…
This study discusses the translation 'kandou' in the comic Kimetsu no Yaiba. The method is descriptive qualitative. The purpose of this study is to discuss form, function and meaning, using semantic translation methods and translation procedures based on Newmark's theory. The results indicated that there are forms maa, ou, oo, e, e', hora, nanda, ara, are, aa, a', waa, kya, and gya. Morphologic…
This research aims at finding out the levels and the major causes of speaking anxiety experienced by the third-year students at SMPN 2 Bayat Kabupaten Kepulauan Anambas. Total sampling was used in this research since the pool of participants was relatively small consisting of 13 students in total. For the purpose of collecting the data, students were asked to fill out a set of a modified versio…
The research, entitled Social Conflict in the Film Bumi Manusia, directed by Hanung Bramantyo, aims to determine the causes, forms, and consequences of social conflict. This type of research is a qualitative research, using a qualitative descriptive method. The research data found in total are 184 data with details: data on forms of social conflict 46, data on causes of social conflict 26, …
This research aims to investigate students' perception on using Google Classroom during the COVID-19 pandemic in learning English. The subjects of this study were all eighth grade students of Islamic Junior High School (SMP Islam) As-Shofa Pekanbaru with the total of 105 students. This research was conducted by using a mixed method that uses quantitative and qualitative methods. In collecting t…
The impossibility to continue the conventional classroom created an inevitable situation where online learning is the most suitable solution at the moment to keep up the learning process amidst the pandemic. It is presumably familiar to students, but the sudden change of online learning being applied sporadically to regularly arise an issue of how the students perceive, access, react to it and …
This study aims to describe, (1) the concept of time on the work ethic of the Malay community in the collection of poetry by Tenas Effendy, (2) the time span on the work ethic of the Malay community in the collection of poetry by Tenas Effendy, and (3) the translation of time on the work ethic of the community. Malay in a collection of poetry by Tenas Effendy. In this study, the researcher u…
This study discusses the functions that appear in Japanese conversations in making appointments on the telephone. The method used in this study is a qualitative descriptive method. This research takes place at the Japanese Language Education Study Program, FKIP, Riau University. The source of the data in this study is in the form of Japanese telephone conversations recorded using Zoom as a medi…
Research on the Quality of Electronic - Student Worksheets (E-LKPD) based on psw aims to determine the quality of products in the form of Electronic - Student Worksheets which are used as media for teaching materials that can assist students in developing short stories texts. That way, students tend to have no difficulty in the learning process of short story writing skills. This psw-based …
This study aims to describe the improvement in pronunciation of students of the 2020 Japanese Language Education Study Program, Riau University by using the Challenge With Erin application. This research includes descriptive research, in the form of using the Challenge With Erin application to improve Japanese students' pronunciation skills of class 2020. The data sources in the study were…
This study discusses the politeness scale of expressive speech acts of complaining found in the anime Relife episodes 1-13. The purpose of this study was to determine the politeness scale in expressive speech complaining. The object of research is the characters in the anime Relife episodes 1-13. This research is a descriptive qualitative research by interpreting the object under study based on…
This research aims to know the significant effect of PQRST (PREVIEW, QUESTION, READ, SUMMARY, and TEST) strategy on reading comprehension ability of the first year students at SMAN 1 Sabak Auh District Siak Regency. Previously, the researcher found that 65% of the students have difficulties in comprehending the reading passage about descriptive text. It could be identified from the students’ …
Humor is anything that can cause laughter for the audience. In the KBBI (Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia) dictionary, humor has the meaning of something funny, circumstances (in stories and so on) that are laughable, antics, and humor. There are several divisions of humor categories, including the age category, where in the age category there is adult humor (shimoneta). Shimoneta is any kind of vu…
The frequency of use of Japanese is defined as the level of frequency or infrequentness of language activities or language activities of students of the Japanese Language Education Study Program in the form of listening, speaking, reading and writing activities indicated by adverbs of frequency, such as always, often, rarely, and never. The purpose of this study was to find out how high the fre…
This study discusses the refusal and evasive responses to speech acts of praise in the drama “Oh! My Boss! Koi wa bessatsu de”, “Ao Haru Ride” movie, and “Isshukan Friends” movie. The method is descriptive qualitative based on pragmatic principles. The results of the study indicate that the intention of the response to reject and evade the speech act of praise is to be polite. Based…
Haiku is a Japanese short poem that cannot be separated from its constituent elements, one of which is kigo. Kigo is a key word in haiku which has the meaning of words to symbolize seasons, nature, and time markers. The purpose of this study was to describe the types of kigo found in haiku Matsuo Basho's. This research is a qualitative descriptive study. From the analysis of the data 13 haiku, …