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Review Journal

Review Journal with the topic Strategy approach to English education

The Component of Journal

Title :

The Strategies of Indonesian Junior High School Students in Learning Listening Skill 

Journal : 

Arab World English Journal (AWEJ) 

Volume and page :

Vol. 7, No 4, December 2016, Page 117-124

Publicated year :

2016

Writer :

1) Alfan Zuhairi 

2) Ika Hidayanti

Reviewer :

Dhea Fitri Ayuningtyas (2010631060066)

Date :

April, 17th 2022

The aim of research :

The aim of this research is to identifying the intensity of strategies use in learning listening, investigating the inter-correlation among the strategies deployment, and describing how significantly successful and less successful learners differ in the use of strategies. 

The subject of research :

Two hundred and fifty seven students at seventh and eighth grade of junior high school in Malang. 

The assesment data :

50 items strategies questionnaire of learning listening taken from Oxford strategy taxonomy. 

Methodology of research :

The current study applied descriptive and causal –comparative designs. The former design was to find the answer for questions 1 and 2 on the frequency use of the strategies and the inter-correlation among strategy category. 

Discussion :

In terms of correlation, the statistical result shows that some of the strategies employed correlate significantly but some of them do not correlate each other. This reveals that six correlation coefficients correlate positively and significantly at .01 level (2-tailed) and one correlation coefficient does not correlate significantly at .05 level. In other side, some coefficients correlate significantly and positively for some strategies deployment. This positive correlation means that the increase frequency of use of certain strategy tend to influence to an increase use of other strategies of learning listening skill.  The finding also shows that there is no significant difference in the use of learning strategy in learning listening skill by less successful learners accounted for higher mean than the successful learners. This finding implies that successful learners deploy the strategies in learning listening not significantly different from the less successful learners. 

Conclusion

The present study revealed with the findings on the intensity of strategies use, the correlation among the use and the significant difference between successful and less successful learners. The first result on the investigation of the intensity indicated that the overall strategies employment were at moderate level. The compensation strategies were most intensively used, in opposite, the social strategies were least intensively taken by the students. Then the finding on the interrelationship among the strategies deployment indicated that some of the strategies had significant and positive correlation and some of them were not correlated. Meanwhile, the statistical result on the difference of the strategies showed that the strategies use was not significantly different between high achievers and low achievers. Both groups confirmed the use of cognitive strategies at highest mean difference, and social strategies were at the lowest mean difference. In relation to some previous studies, the overall use of learning strategies confirms the same result. It implies that the strategies provide positive effect on the students listening comprehension and proficiency although both groups of learners performed similar result on strategy attainment.  

The advantages of research in this journal

The strategies provide positive effect on the students listening comprehension and proficiency although both groups of learners performed similar result on strategy attainment.   

Disadvantages of research in this journal

There has been no implementation of strategies such as social strategies that ultimately contribute to the development of listening skills.

Journal Source :

https://doi.org/10.24093/awej/vol7no4.8

Reference of journal

Zuhairi, A., & Hidayanti, I. (2016). The strategies of Indonesian junior high school students in learning listening skill. Arab World English Journal (AWEJ), 7(4).