LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES USED BY ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDY PROGRAM STUDENTS

Abstract

This study was conducted with the aim to investigate the Language Learning Strategies (LLS) used by students in learning English and to describe the factors that influence students' choice of strategies. The study identified the strategies most frequently used by students of English education study program at a public university in Bali. This research uses quantitative descriptive method. In this study, the total sampling is 95 from English education study program students. Data were collected through the Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) version 7.0 questionnaire developed by Oxford, the questionnaire has been adapted and validated by 2 expert judgments and given to English education students. SILL consists of 50 statements which have six categories namely memory, cognitive, compensation. metacognitive, affective, and social. The results showed that the most frequently used strategy by English education students was metacognitive and compensation as the lowest strategy used. Metacognitive, memory and cognitive strategy was applied with high frequency, and social, affective and compensation strategy were used with medium frequency. Factors that influenced the choice of LLS were gender, semester, age, GPA and motivation.