http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/461 JURNAL SKRIPSI PROGRAM STUDI PENDIDIKAN BAHASA INGGRIS Wed, 07 Oct 2026 21:19:58 GMT 2026-10-07T21:19:58Z http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/1088 FACTORS INFLUENCING THE DECLINE OF STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION SPEAKING CLASSES AT UNIVERSITY OF RIAU KEPULAUAN Niwanda, Tantri; Dewi, Desi Surlitasari; Adam Speaking motivation plays a fundamental role in second language learning; however, many students experience a decline in motivation when participating in speaking classes. This study aims to investigate the contributing factors behind this decline by focusing on classroom environment, teaching methods, lecturer behavior, and students’ selfconfidence. A qualitative descriptive approach was employed, involving the distribution of questionnaires to 35 students and semi-structured interviews with 8 selected participants. The questionnaire findings reveal that a lack of confidence is the dominant factor, affecting 62% of respondents, who reported feeling fear of making mistakes, embarrassment, and anxiety when speaking English. The classroom environment was also influential, with 53% of respondents stating that noise, discomfort, and poor facilities reduced their motivation. Additionally, 52% agreed that monotonous instructional strategies contributed to boredom, while 48% indicated that lecturer behavior affected their willingness to participate. The interview data further support these results, showing that psychological discomfort and limited interaction negatively affect participation. Overall, the findings indicate that both internal and external factors contribute to demotivation in speaking classes. Therefore, lecturers need to create a supportive learning atmosphere, apply varied interactive teaching methods, and provide positive feedback to help students develop confidence and enhance motivation. Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/1088 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/1002 AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ READING INTEREST IN ENGLISH NARRATIVE TEXT AT SECONDARY SCHOLL PELITA BANGSA BANGSA Tambunan, Kurnia Sarah; Shalehoddin reading can be visible of as a system of self-discovery in which records is acquired via the reader's interplay with written content. hobby is, on its personal, a liking and a feeling of attachment to a person or any person doing. This look at goals to characterize eighth-grade college students at Pelita Bangsa Batam Secondary school's interest in studying narrative texts within the instructional yr 2023–2024. Descriptive qualitative research design was employed, with a questionnaire utilizing six signs of students' analyzing hobby—pride whilst reading, attentional attention while reading, studying time, motivation to read, emotional engagement at the same time as analyzing, and try and read—as well as interviews as data series equipment. a category of twenty eighth graders served as the research difficulty. This look at employs a method that specializes in the interplay among text narrative textual content and students analyzing hobby to investigate the consequences of textual content narrative text on college students' studying interest in English. that allows you to get data concerning students' evaluations of English textual content narratives and their pursuits in reading, this look at method surveys college students from a ramification of backgrounds. With 13 college students inside the "proper" institution and an average score of sixty seven, the class falls into the "truthful" category with regards to college students' interest in reading narrative texts, according to the analysis of the records. Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/1002 2026-04-16T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/1000 AN ANALYSIS OF CONTEXTUAL MEANING IN SELECTED MAHER ZAIN’S SONG LYRICS AND MUSIC VIDEO ON ONE ALBUM Hasibuan, Siti Rahma Yani; Putri, Aulia The objective of this study is to find out the context of Maher Zain’s song lyrics and music video on one album. The researcher used Pateda’s theory to analyze the kinds of contextual meaning in Maher Zain’s song lyrics and music video. The data source is the lyric and music video of Maher Zain’s song. Data collection procedures use the documentation method. Thi research used a qualitative method. The subject of this research is Maher Zain’s song lyrics and music video for one album. The results showed Mansoer Pateda's theory of contextual meaning. In the first song, "Close To You", there are 10 lyrics that have contextual meaning from the whole 41 lines in the song. They are 4 lyrics in situation context, 4 lyrics in mood context, 1 lyric in place context, and 1 lyric in purpose context. In the second song, "Let It Go", the researcher got 1 lyric of situation context, 1 lyric of purpose context, and 1 lyric of time context from all 29 lines of the song, so there are 3 contextual meanings from the song "Let It Go". And for the last song, "I'm Alive," researchers got 2 contexts of situation and 1 context of purpose from the 31 lines of the song, so the song "I'm Alive" has 3 contextual meanings. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/1000 2026-04-14T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/992 AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN WRITING RECOUNT TEXT OF ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS AT SMAN 15 BATAM Nadila, Nada The aim of this study is to find out students’ difficulties in writing recount text and the most dominant problem that appears in writing recount text of eleventh grade students at SMAN 15 Batam. The subject of the research was 40 students of XI IPS 1 at SMAN 15 Batam in the academic years 2023/2024. This study was descriptive qualitative research. Writing tests and interviews were used as an instrument of this research to find the difficulties and dominant problem faced by the students while writing recount text. The technique for analyzing the data was analyzed the student’s writing results by using Jacob’s scoring rubric in writing. There were five aspects on Jacob’s scoring rubric: content, organization, vocabulary, language use, and mechanics. The result showed the most dominant problem that students’ faced in writing recount text was language use. It showed that the total of students who got fair to very poor was 36 students. It is because most of students write recount text using the present tense meanwhile, in recount text, the students should write it in the past tense. The interviews also showed that the students have difficulties in language use especially in grammar. The students only focused on retelling their story without considering the importance of past tense in recount text. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/992 2026-04-13T00:00:00Z