An Analysis of Students’ Language Learning Strategy Used by the Elementary Students in Speaking Class

Rida Fahas, Rizqi Husaini

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English teaching in elementary school as a local content subject is due to commence in the 2022/2023 academic years. This study aims to find out the description of the profile of language learning strategies of students in the elementary school and the differences between males and females in language learning strategies. The study elaborates the students of SDIT Alam Nuris Ngawi grades four, five, and six as the research subjects. As the observation guide, the instrument was 104 students. The analysis is descriptive analysis by answering the questions and percentages about learning strategies. The result of the analysis displays that the students of SDIT Alam Nuris Ngawi have relatively high use of three strategies: Cognitive, Compensation, and Affective strategies. Males and females displayed their best tendency on cognitive strategy. The results also exposed that there is no substantial difference between males and females in their learning strategies


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Language Learning; Strategy; Speaking Skill

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