Abstract:
This study is a mixed research of quantitative paradigm and qualitative paradigm.The objective of this
study is to identify the relationship between language learning strategies used and academic factor by
Pekanbaru senior high school students. An additional objective is to look at the difference language
learning strategies used by students’ academic background. The respondents (samples size) of this study
are 400 senior high students in Pekanbaru. Ten students from the samples are chosen for the interview
purposes. Quantitative data was collected by using Strategy Inventory for language Learning (SILL) by
Oxford (1989).Descriptive and inferential statistics are used to analyze the quantitative data. The
research finding reveals that there a significant difference among students’ academic background in
language learning strategies. The qualitative data gives additional information about the respondents’
strategies to learn English in general and individual skills of English. The implication of this study is
that although students are aware of several language learning strategies, they may need to be explicitly
taught to use them.
