THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THINKING STYLES AND LISTENING MASTERY OF THE SEVENTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM OF SRIWIJAYA UNIVERSITY
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- The main objectives of this study were to find out (1) whether or not there was a significant correlation between thinking styles and listening mastery, (2) the dimension of Thinking Styles that mostly affected the students. The sample of this study was 70 of the seventh semester students of English Education Study Program of Sriwijaya University in academic year of 2016/2017 chosen by using purposive sampling technique. In this case, the writer collected the data by using questionnaire and documentation. The data were analyzed statistically using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient and Simple Linear Regression in SPSS version 25. Sixty five items of thinking styles were administered to the samples. The result of pearson product moment correlation coefficient showed that (1) there was a fair significant correlation between thinking styles and listening mastery (p-values < 0.05, p-values=0.001, N=70) with 14% contribution of students’ thinking styles to their listening mastery. (2), there was no the most dominant of each dimension of thinking style that affected the seventh semester students of English Education study program of Sriwijaya University, the mean of each dimensions were almost same that was about ≥ 3.5. it meant that the result was in neutral category based on 5 point Likert-type scale.