A STUDY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES AT THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS IN MTs N FILIAL POPONGAN 2014/2015 ACADEMIC YEAR
Main Authors: | Lailatul, Rohmalia, Budiasih, S.Pd., M.Hum |
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Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed Book |
Bahasa: | eng |
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, 2017
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Online Access: |
http://eprints.iain-surakarta.ac.id/1247/1/PDF%20FULL%20TEXT.pdf http://eprints.iain-surakarta.ac.id/1247/ |
Daftar Isi:
- Rohmalia, Lailatul. 2017. A Study on Language Learning Strategies at The Eighth Grade in MTs N Fillial Popongan academic year 2014/2015. Thesis. English Education Program, Islamic Education and Teacher Training Faculty. State Islamic Institute of Surakarta. Advisor I: Budiasih, M.Hum Key words: Descriptive Study, Learning Strategy The objective of the research are to describe the strategies are used in English learning at the eighth grade students of MTs N Filial Popongan and to know the advantages of the strategies. The research methodology that is used in this research is qualitative research. The subject of the research is the eighth grade students of MTs N Filial Popongan academic year 2014/2015. It consists of 38 students; 19 male and 19 female. The technique of collecting the data in this research are observation and interview. The technique of data analysis which is used in this research was interactive model of analysis, the model of data analysis from Miles and Huberman. The researcher compares the data that the researcher found during observation and interview. After observing the teaching learning process, the researcher does the crosschecking them to the data of interviews. The result of this research shows that the eighth grade students of MTs N filial Popongan apply three main classification of learning strategies by O’Malley and Chamot. They are metacognitive strategy, cognitive strategy, and socialaffective strategis. The learning strategies that the students use are two subcategories of metacognitive strategy namely directed atttention and selective attention. Five subcategories of cognitive strategy namely note taking, keyword , imagery, repetition, and resourcing. And two subcategories of social-affective strategy namely question for clarification and cooperation. The advantages of implementation the strategies are The advantages of the learning strategies that apply by the students are; (1) Using language learning strategies appropriately can make improvement in learners’ language skills. (2) It can be useful for the students to classify the language material, to remember new words by using auditory or visual links, and to remember new language information based on its sounds, (3) make the learners easier to understand the lesson with paying attention in the classroom, and (4) allows the students to interact with each others.