THE CORRELATION BETWEEN LISTENING STRATEGIES USED BY STUDENTS OF ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM OF SRIWIJAYA UNIVERSITY AND THEIR LISTENING COMPREHENSION SKILL
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- This study was intended to investigate (1) the correlation between listening strategies employed by students of English Education Study Program of Sriwijaya University and their listening comprehension skill, and (2) the contribution of students‟ listening strategies to their listening comprehension skill. To do so, a correlational research design was used for the study. The participants were 134 fourth and sixth semester students. A strategy questionnaire and a listening comprehension test were employed to collect the data. To analyze the data obtained, descriptive statistics, correlation analysis and regression analysis were used. The findings revealed that among the three main listening strategies (cognitive, metacognitive and social/affective), the cognitive strategies were used more often by the participants. Moreover, the correlation between the listening strategies of the participants and their listening comprehension skill was found to be significant. Each of the listening strategy type, the cognitive, metacognitive, and social/affective strategies, correlated significantly with listening comprehension skill. Based on the regression analysis result, the total contribution given by the listening strategies to the listening comprehension skill was 9.8%. The regression analysis also showed the contribution of cognitive strategies was 8.2%, metacognitive strategies 6.1% and social/affective strategies 3.9% to the listening comprehension skill.