ELP (Journal of English Language Pedagogy)
Vol 5 No 1 (2020): ELP (Journal of English Language Pedagogy)

PREFERENCE IN LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES (LLS) OF THE STUDENTS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH JEMBER

Taufik Hidayah (Universitas Muhammadiyah Jember)



Article Info

Publish Date
13 Jan 2020

Abstract

The present study aims at investigating the patterns of language learning strategy use employed by the sixth semester students of English language education program at the University of Muhammadiyah Jember. To achieve this objective, Oxford’s Strategy Inventory of Language Learning (SILL) (1990) along with a background questionnaire (a modified version of Oxford’s background questionnaire) were administered to the participants. The findings indicate that the research participants use language learning strategies at a high rate (more than 60%), but with differences in type and frequency of the individual learning strategies. The students reported a high frequent use of metacognitive and cognitive strategies. Other types of language learning strategies are also used by the students, although the frequency is lower than the previous two strategies. Based on the findings of the present study, some pedagogical implication were suggested to encourage students to reflect on their own strengths and weaknesses in skills and content courses and self-regulate learning so as to make progress with teachers’ assistance. Keywords: language learning strategies (LLS); Strategy Inventory of Language Learning (SILL); memory strategies; cognitive strategies; metacognitive strategies; socio-affective strategies; compensation strategies.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

elp

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

ELP (Journal of English Language Pedagogy) focuses on teaching English as a Foreign Language and is not limited to the areas of Education and Linguistics in general. This journal encompasses original research articles, review articles, and literature, including: English language teaching and ...