STUDENTS' STRATEGIES IN LEARNING ENGLISH: INDONESIAN CONTEXT

Abstract

The objective of this research was to describe learning strategies used by students of English department. English Department students show different performance in their academic achievement, although they were selected through the same entrance test, their  academic achievements result not only from what the students do in class, but also  their activities. This study used  qualitative approach. The data of this study are concerned with the students’ activities employed by students in learning English. They are selected based on their Grade Point Average of their language skills and content courses they took at the English Department. The result of this research reveals that English department who are chosen as the participants used all language learning strategies including memory strategy, cognitive strategy, compensation strategy, metacognitive strategy, affective strategy and social strategy.