Hypothesis Test The Correlation between Metacognitive Learning Strategies and S
71 Based on the result, metacognitive learning strategies help the students to
develop their writing skills. By having high metacognitive learning strategies, the students can have a critical awareness of thinking and learning. According to
Halpern 1996, learners need to apply metacognitive strategies to monitor their learning process because successful learners apply strategy to the transfer their
knowledge through the learning process. The students can apply metacognitive learning strategies in the writing activity because it shows how the human brain
processes and produces various ideas and information. In SMP BOPKRI 1 Yogyakarta, the teacher has applied metacognitive learning strategies in the
writing classes. As Devine 1993 puts it, a successful language lea
rner is “one who has ample metacognitive knowledge about the self as learner, about the nature of the
cognitive task at hand and about appropriate strategies for achieving cognitive goals” p. 109, as cited in Reading for understanding: Toward an RD program in
reading comprehension, 2002. For that reason, it shows that metacognitive learning strategies help the students to improve their writing skills. Furthermore,
Mr. Krisna explained: In my opinion, it is very helpful in learning writing because they become
more creative in writing and developing the text that they have learned before.
In here, metacognitive learning strategies are very helpful.
Based on teacher‟s statements above, it shows that metacognitive learning strategies
helps to develop the students‟ style of writing and especially, it helps the students to produce a good text. Besides, since there was a positive significant
72 correlation between metacognitive learning strategies and writing skills, an
English teacher has to consider about using metacognitive learning strategies when teaching writing in the learning activity. There are many media that can be
used by the teacher in the writing activity and one of them is by using metacognitive learning strategies for writing recount texts. It can help teachers to
create a meaningful and creative activity in using the recount texts as the teaching media for students. It can also help the students to be successful thinkers because
the students can review their own progress in writing through the past event or experiences by applying metacognitive learning strategies. Therefore, the goal for
teaching metacognitive in writing should help learners to develop their skills through the use of the strategies, so they can get meaningful writing assignments
in the learning process that helps them to enhance good writing strategies.