PENGGUNAAN STRATEGI BELAJAR BAHASA INGGRIS OIEH SISWA SEKOLAH MENENGAH ATAS (SMA) NEGERI

Abstract

The research entitled Language Learning Strategies Used by the Students at State Senior High Schools: An lndonesia Context (A Case Study in Pekanbaru Riau Province) aims at a) determining language learning strategies used by the students of secondary schools learning English in Indonesia; b) explaining the relationship between several learning factors like gender, ethnicity, and learning motivation; and c) exploring the relationship between language learning strategies and success in English final examination. The population of the study is all the third year students of 200512006 term as many as 4.000 participants, l0 % of which is the sampling size of the study (400 students). The primary data collected by interviewing l3 English teachers from those schools focused on the steps taken by the students in the classroom, out of the class, and in the final examination While the secondary data is taken from the document of English national final examination results of20o512006. The results of the study are as the following: a) the excellent students maximize practicing related activities in the classroom out of the class, and in the national final examination b) there is no significant difference between gender (male and female students) as well as ethnicity in practicing language learning strategies in vise versa the learning motivation of the students contributes significantly to the practices of language learning strategies; and c) there is also significant relationship between the level of language learning strategies and the success of learning English. The similar further study should be conducted by giving the students questionnaires and depth-interview for certain aspects to support the collected data, and observing the students activities in the classroom, out of the class, and in the national final examination.