Students’ Learning Strategies in Listening Class (A Study at English Study Program IAIN Curup)

Novalisa, Sonia and Noviyenty, Leffi and Hidayah, Jumatul (2025) Students’ Learning Strategies in Listening Class (A Study at English Study Program IAIN Curup). Sarjana thesis, Insitut Agama Islam Negeri IAIN (Curup).

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This study aims to identify the learning strategies used by 56 second-semester students in listening classes and their reasons for employing these strategies. Using a quantitative descriptive design, data were collected via a questionnaire based on O’Malley and Chamot’s taxonomy, categorizing strategies into cognitive, metacognitive, and socio-affective. Results show cognitive strategies, especially focusing on keywords (mean score 3.4), are most frequently used, followed by metacognitive (mean 3.0–3.3) and socio-affective strategies (mean 2.9–3.2). Students value cognitive strategies for enhancing understanding (29 responses) and focusing on key information (23 responses), metacognitive strategies for improving accuracy (17 responses), and socio-affective strategies for addressing weaknesses (24 responses). The dominance of cognitive strategies reflects their alignment with course objectives and students’ developing proficiency. However, the lower use of metacognitive and socio-affective strategies indicates a need for explicit training to promote balanced strategy use, ultimately enhancing listening proficiency in the EFL context.

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