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LEARNING STRATEGY TO ACHIEVE HIGH SCORE IN TOEIC USED BY STUDENTS OF MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY SURAKARTA

2013/ 2014 ACADEMIC YEAR

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LEARNING STRATEGY TO ACHIEVE HIGH SCORE IN TOEIC USED BY STUDENTS OF MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY SURAKARTA

2013/ 2014 ACADEMIC YEAR

Erma Nurhayati Firdaus S200 120 021

Post Graduated- English Department Muhammadiyah University Of Surakarta

[email protected] Abstract

This research focuses in three points; they are types of lerning strategies applied by Muhammadiyah students to achieve high score of TOEIC, Dominant learning strategies, and the reason of why the students applied such learning strategies. Therefore, the objective of this research are (1) to find out the types of learning strategies applied by Muhammadiyah University students to achieve high score of TOEIC, (2) the dominant learning strategies, and the last is their reason to use there to use those strategies. This research is a descriptive qualitative research with case study. The sampling technique used in this research is a total sampling techniques which analyze the types of learning strategies used by three students of Economy Faculty of Muhammadiyah University. This research applied two kinds of method of data collections: content analysis and interview by using open ended interview and questionnaire as the instrument of data analysis. The data were collected from the three students of Economy Faculty. The data were collected from the interview result and questionnaire. The data were analyzed based on O’Malley taxonomy of learning strategy.

The findings of the research shows that the three respondents have applied multiple strategies associated with O’Malley taxonomy of learning strategy. They are meta-cognitive, cognitive, and socio-affective. They use each type of strategy to increase their capability of learning L2 language (English). There were no significant dominant learning strategy used by them, but they have some similarity and differences of applying some strategy for listening comprehension part of TOEIC test. The three strategy of O’Malley called as meta-cognitive, cognitive, and socio-affective and their descriptions have power in influencing the quality of the respondent’s result test. The different strategy chosen by the respondent had given different score for their TOEIC test. It proves that the type of strategy of meta-cognitive, cognitive, and socio-affective has significant impact in the quality of learning L2.

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1 A. Introduction

According to Ellis (2000: 3) in Fauziati (2009: 75) “second language acquisition is the way in which people speak a language other than their mother tongue, inside or outside of a classroom; and second language acquisition is the study of this”. Most of Indonesian learns English inside a classroom. It can be seen from the number of education institution which prefers to put English into their subject than their mother tongue. Theoretically, many students can learn English as long as they are provided well learning environment, a good time to learn, reinforce environment, effective method of teaching learning process, the material in learning and they have wise teachers that know what the students needed.

In conducting high quality of learning outcomes, students must provide good learning habit. Foremost, learning is process of acquiring knowledge can be viewed on a continuum from basic to complex (Dembo, 2004: 38). According to Anderson and Krathwohl (2001: 65), there are two type of learning; rote learning and meaningful learning. According to Mayer in Anderson and Kartwohl (2001: 65), rote learning is consistent with the view of learning as knowledge acquisition, in which students seek to add new information to their memories. Meaningful learning is recognized as an important educational goal. According to Brown in Anderson and Kartwohl (2001: 65), meaningful learning requires that instructions go beyond the simple presentation of factual knowledge and that assessment tasks require more of students than simply recall or recognition of factual knowledge.

Meanwhile Ausubel in Fauziati (2009: 35) rote learning is a process in which the material is learned arbitrarily and verbatim. In rote learning, the students learn through repetition without trying to make sense of the material. On the other hand, material learned in a meaningful way is acquired in a non- arbitrary and a non verbatim fashion. The students in meaningful learning attempt to make sense of the information so that it will be stored in LTM (long term memory) and retrieved when it is needed. In language learning (ILL) reflects a move towards more learner-centered approaches viewing learners as

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individuals with needs and rights, who can develop and exercise responsibility for their learning.

Learning English is one of the activities done in many teaching learning processes. It is not easy for every people to learn and teach English very well. There are many difficulties found in understanding English. Learning English means studying a foreign language. According Brown (1997: 7) learning is acquiring or getting knowledge of a subject or a skill by studying, experience or instruction. Krasen (in Fauziati, 2002: 149) explains clearly definition of learning. It is conscious process which results in separate system of simple grammar rules, knowledge about the second language.

To learn English, students need strategies. According to Oxford (1990) informs that ‘strategy’ comes from the Greek word ‘Strategia’ which means generalship or the get of war. Strategy meant the management of the troops, ships, or aircraft in a war situation. Oxford (1992: 18) strategies are tools for the self-directed involvement necessary for developing communicative ability. Chamot (2005: 112) strategies are the procedures making easier to learn something, especially language learning. Gagne (in Brown: 2009) strategies are one’s internal ability to think solve problems and make decisions. So, strategies are tactics done by students to make more flexibility in thinking and to develop their continue skills by using a good and correct language.

TOEIC is the test of English for international communication. The TOEIC test is also a proficiency test for people whose native language is not English, but it test proficiency at all levels from beginning to advance. The TOEIC has been developed by linguist, language experts, and staff to evaluate the English language skills of nonactive speakers of English in the field of business. The aim of this test is to measure the ability English language such as vocabulary and grammar.

TOEIC is used as the requirement to graduate from college and it is important to find job in some companies. According to Barron (1990: 145) TOEIC is used by government agencies, multinational corporations, and international organizations to ascertain the English-language capabilities of

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employees and prospective employees. TOEIC is a test of an individual's ability to use and understand English in an academic setting designed and administered by Educational Testing Service. Furthermore, there are two sections on the TOEIC test, they are listening comprehension and reading comprehension.

According in Lougheed (1964: 3), TOEIC has been used in internationally as a standard assessment of English-language proficiency. According to ETS (Educational Testing Service) (1989: 235) TOEIC test is to evaluate the English language skills of nonnative speakers of English in the field business. The scores are used as an independent measure of proficiency and can be helpful in identifying personal capable of handling language-specific responsibilities, in placing personnel in language-training programs, and in promoting personnel to positions where reliable linguistic standards are met. Language-training programs use the TOEIC to establish language-training goals and to assess students’ progress in overall English ability.

To conduct this research, the writer focused on O’Malley taxonomy of learning strategy. According O’Malley (1985: 582) language learning strategies divided into three main subcategories, that is meta-cognitive, cognitive, and socio-affective strategies.

1) Meta-cognitive Strategies

Its’ used in information-processing theory to indicate an “executive” function. The strategies which involve planning for learning, thinking about learning process as it is taking place, monitoring of one’s production or comprehension, and evaluating learning after an activity is completed. It is include advance organizers, directed attention, selective attention, self-management, functional planning, self-monitoring, delayed production, and self-evaluation.

a) Advance Organizers

It is making a general but comprehensive preview of the organizing concept or principle in an anticipated learning activity.

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4 b) Directed Attention

It is deciding in advance to attend in general to learning task to ignore irrelevant distracters.

c) Selective Attention

It is deciding in advance to attend to specific aspects of language input or situational details that will cue the retention of language input.

d) Self-Management

It is the understanding conditions that can help one learn and arranging for the presence of those conditions

e) Functional Planning

It is planning for and rehearsing linguistic components necessary to carry out an upcoming language task.

f) Self-Monitoring

It is correcting one’s speech for accuracy in pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, or for appropriateness related to the setting or the people who are present.

g) Delayed Production

It is consciously deciding to postpone speaking in order to learn initially through listening comprehension.

h) Self-Evaluation

It is checking the outcomes of one’s own language learning against an internal measure of completeness and accuracy.

2) Cognitive

Its’ limited to specific learning tasks and they involve more direct manipulation of the learning material itself. It is contain repetition, resourcing, translation, grouping, note taking, deduction, recombination, imagery, auditory representation, key word, contextualization, elaboration, and inference.

a) Repetition

It is imitating a language model; include overt practice and silent rehearsal.

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b) Resourcing

It is using target language reference materials. c) Translation

It is using the first language as a base for understanding and/or producing the second language.

d) Grouping

It is reordering or reclassifying, and perhaps labeling, the material to be learned based on common attributes.

e) Note Taking

It is writing down the main idea, important points, the outline, or summary of information presented orally or in writing.

f) Deduction

It is consciously applying rules to produce or understand the second language.

g) Recombination

It is constructing a meaningful sentence or larger language sequence by combining known elements in a new way.

h) Imagery

It is relating new information to visual concepts in memory via familiar, easily retrievable visualizations, phrases, or locations.

i) Auditory Representation

It is retention of the sound or a similar sound for a word, phrases, or longer language sequence.

j) Key Word

It is remembering a new word in the second language by identifying a familiar word in the first language that sounds like or otherwise resembles the new word. Generating easily recalled images of some relationship between the new word and the familiar word.

k) Contextualization

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l) Elaboration

It is relating new information to other concepts in memory.

m) Transfer

It is using previously acquired linguistic and/or conceptual knowledge to facilitate a new language learning task.

n) Inference

It is using available information to guess meanings of new items, predict outcomes, or fill in missing information.

3) Socio-affective

Its’ have to do with social mediating activities and interacting with others. The main socio-affective are cooperation and question for clarification.

a) Cooperation

It is working with one or more peers to obtain feedback, pool information, or model a language activity.

b) Question of Clarification

It is asking a teacher or other native speaker for repetition, paraphrasing, explanation, and/or examples.

B. Research Method

In this research, the writer is carrying out a qualitative research. According Rossman (1997: 7) qualitative research is conducted in natural settings rather than controlled ones; it assumes that humans use what they see and hear and fell to make meaning of social phenomena.

This study was conducted at Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta. It is focused on the students of economy faculty. The subject of this research was three subjects who have high score of TOEIC. The students who get the highest score of TOEIC test are Bagus Teguh Nugroho, Catur Budi Setiyawan and Nurin Hidayat. Both subjects are in different gender, the two subjects are male subjects and female subject which have different strategies to solve the TOEIC matters.

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Object of study refers to the analysis interpretation and the objective of the research. The objects of the research are as follows: (1) the types of learning strategies used by the Economy students of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta to achieve high score of TOEIC test, (2)the dominant learning strategy used by Economy students Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta to achieve high score of TOEIC test, (3) the reason for the Economy students of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta to use the strategy to achieve high score of TOEIC test, (4) The pedagogical implication of the dominant learning strategy being applied in TOEIC test by the Economy students of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta.

The data of the research were TOEIC score and information derived from the interview about students’ behavior and field notes got from the interview. The information in this research was obtained from the LC and students who have high score in TOEIC test.

The data in this research are analyzed by using case study. The writer provides description of phenomena that occur naturally without the intervention of an experiment and artificially contrived treatment.

C. Research Findings and Discussion

The writer gets some research finding in analyzing The learning strategy used by the three students of Economy Faculty. Each finding has some cases to be discussed. After they have examined, all of components will get back together in a schematic manner in the discussion.

1. Findings

Based on the research findings, it was gain information about the types of learning strategy, dominant learning strategy, and the reason for the respondent to use the strategy.

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a. Types of learning strategy by respondent 1

Primary Strategy Classification Example Of Strategy 1) Metacognitive :

a) Advance Organizer Planning for organizational

learning by making schedule of learning

b) Directed Attention he is deciding in advance to attend

in general to learning task to ignore irrelevant distracters

c) Selective Attention He directly pay attention to the

specific area of problem in the test by reading the answer at first time before answering the test.

He is focus to understand the main point of the question and the setting

d) Self – Management He focus on the choice of answer

before answering

Focus to listen the whole

conversation

e) Functional planning He pays attention to introduction

and first part of dialogue

He learns the type of the test and catches the point of the question Study the grammatical and context of situation

f) Self Monitoring Focuses on the conjuction and

preposition

Study the functional expression necessary for the test.

g) Delayed Production Pay attention on the meaning

pronunciation and sound

He uses the target language reference materials

h) Self – Evaluation He studies the first language as a

base for understanding and/ or producing the second language He is reordering or reclassifying, and perhaps labeling, the material to be learned based on common attributes

He is writing down the main idea, important points, the outline, or summary of information presented orally or in writing

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9 2) Cognitive:

a) Repetition he is consciously applying rules to

produce or understand the second language

b) Resourcing he practice and study the

simulation test for several times he check his answer for several times

c) Translation he uses the several TOEIC books,

such as Longman and Cambridge

d) Grouping He guess the meaning of the

source language to the target language based ion context

He finds the meaning of the text

e) Note taking He classify the test model

f) Deducation He classify the genre, words,

phrase and expression

g) Recombination He writes new vocabularies and

expression during study

Study the grammatical rules of English as the basic to understand sentences and text

h) Imagery he reads the whole sentences to

catch the point of the sentences and text

i) Auditory Representation he pays attention on the question

word

j) key word study the tenses

Guessing the photographs or the picture meaning

k) Contextualization Trying o catch the image point

l) Elaboration Listen carefully to the speaker

conversation and dialogue

Listen carefully to the order of the speaker

m) Transfer Remembering the new words of

the target language

n) Inferencing Applying the functional

expression

Understanding the second

language meaning in context 3) Socio – affective:

a) Cooperative It is relating new information to

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It is using previously acquired linguistic and / or conceptual knowledge to facilitate a new language learning task

b) Question of clarification it is using available information to

guess meanings of new items, predict outcomes, or fill in missing the question

guessing the meaning of any important word to answer the questions

consulting the work to the professional mentor to check the mistake

consulting the right answer to the mentor

asking the final solution to the professional mentor

b. Types of learning strategy by respondent 2

Primary Strategy Classification Example Of Strategy 4) Metacognitive :

a) Advance Organizer Planning for organizational

learning by making schedule of learning

b) Directed Attention he is deciding in advance to attend

in general to learning task to ignore irrelevant distracters

c) Selective Attention He directly pay attention to the

specific area of problem in the test by reading the answer at first time before answering the test.

He is focus to understand the main point of the question and the setting

d) Self – Management He focus on the choice of answer

before answering

Focus to listen the whole

conversation

e) Functional planning He pays attention to introduction

and first part of dialogue

He learns the type of the test and catches the point of the question Study the grammatical and context of situation

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f) Self Monitoring Focuses on the conjuction and

preposition

Study the functional expression necessary for the test.

g) Delayed Production Pay attention on the meaning

pronunciation and sound

He uses the target language reference materials

h) Self – Evaluation He studies the first language as a

base for understanding and/ or producing the second language He is reordering or reclassifying, and perhaps labeling, the material to be learned based on common attributes

He is writing down the main idea, important points, the outline, or summary of information presented orally or in writing

i) Cognitive:

a) Repetition he is consciously applying rules to

produce or understand the second language

b) Resourcing he practice and study the

simulation test for several times he check his answer for several times

c) Translation he uses the several TOEIC books,

such as Longman and Cambridge

d) Grouping He guess the meaning of the

source language to the target language based ion context

He finds the meaning of the text

e) Note taking He classify the test model

f) Deducation He classify the genre, words,

phrase and expression

g) Recombination He writes new vocabularies and

expression during study

Study the grammatical rules of English as the basic to understand sentences and text

h) Imagery he reads the whole sentences to

catch the point of the sentences and text

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word

j) key word study the tenses

Guessing the photographs or the picture meaning

k) Contextualization Trying o catch the image point

l) Elaboration Listen carefully to the speaker

conversation and dialogue

Listen carefully to the order of the speaker

m) Transfer Remembering the new words of

the target language

n) Inferencing Applying the functional

expression

Understanding the second

language meaning in context o) Socio – affective:

a) Cooperative It is relating new information to

order concepts in memory

It is using previously acquired linguistic and / or conceptual knowledge to facilitate a new language learning task

b) Question of clarification it is using available information to

guess meanings of new items, predict outcomes, or fill in missing the question

guessing the meaning of any important word to answer the questions

consulting the work to the professional mentor to check the mistake

consulting the right answer to the mentor

asking the final solution to the professional mentor

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c. Types of learning strategy by respondent 3

Primary Strategy Classification Example Of Strategy 5) Metacognitive :

j) Advance Organizer Planning for organizational

learning by making schedule of learning

k) Directed Attention he is deciding in advance to attend

in general to learning task to ignore irrelevant distracters

l) Selective Attention He directly pay attention to the

specific area of problem in the test by reading the answer at first time before answering the test.

He is focus to understand the main point of the question and the setting

m) Self – Management He focus on the choice of answer

before answering

Focus to listen the whole

conversation

n) Functional planning He pays attention to introduction

and first part of dialogue

He learns the type of the test and catches the point of the question Study the grammatical and context of situation

o) Self Monitoring Focuses on the conjuction and

preposition

Study the functional expression necessary for the test.

p) Delayed Production Pay attention on the meaning

pronunciation and sound

He uses the target language reference materials

q) Self – Evaluation He studies the first language as a

base for understanding and/ or producing the second language He is reordering or reclassifying, and perhaps labeling, the material to be learned based on common attributes

He is writing down the main idea, important points, the outline, or summary of information presented orally or in writing

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14 r) Cognitive:

p) Repetition he is consciously applying rules to

produce or understand the second language

q) Resourcing he practice and study the

simulation test for several times he check his answer for several times

r) Translation he uses the several TOEIC books,

such as Longman and Cambridge

s) Grouping He guess the meaning of the

source language to the target language based ion context

He finds the meaning of the text

t) Note taking He classify the test model

u) Deducation He classify the genre, words,

phrase and expression

v) Recombination He writes new vocabularies and

expression during study

Study the grammatical rules of English as the basic to understand sentences and text

w) Imagery he reads the whole sentences to

catch the point of the sentences and text

x) Auditory Representation he pays attention on the question

word

y) key word study the tenses

Guessing the photographs or the picture meaning

z) Contextualization Trying o catch the image point

aa)Elaboration Listen carefully to the speaker

conversation and dialogue

Listen carefully to the order of the speaker

bb)Transfer Remembering the new words of

the target language

cc)Inferencing Applying the functional

expression

Understanding the second

language meaning in context dd)Socio – affective:

c) Cooperative It is relating new information to

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It is using previously acquired linguistic and / or conceptual knowledge to facilitate a new language learning task

d) Question of clarification it is using available information to

guess meanings of new items, predict outcomes, or fill in missing the question

guessing the meaning of any important word to answer the questions

consulting the work to the professional mentor to check the mistake

consulting the right answer to the mentor

asking the final solution to the professional mentor

d. Dominant Learning Strategy No

Learning Strategy Competence

Subjects

Learning Strategy

R1 R2 R3

6) Metacognitive :

i) Advance Organizer Planning for organizational learning by

making schedule of learning.

j) Directed Attention Deciding in advance to attend in

general to learning task to ignore irrelevant distracters.

k) Selective Attention Paying attention to the specific area of problem in the test by reading the answer at first time before answering the test.

Focusing to understand the main point of the question and the setting.

l) Self - Management Focusing on the choice of answer

before answering.

Focusing to listen the whole

conversation.

m) Functional planning Paying attention to introduction and first part of dialogue.

Learning the type of the test and catches the point of the question. Studying the grammatical and context

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16 of situation.

n) Self Monitoring Focusing on the conjunction and

preposition.

Studying the functional expression necessary for the test.

o) Delayed Production Paying attention on the meaning

pronunciation and sound.

Using the target language reference materials.

p) Self – Evaluation Studying the first language as a base for understanding and/ or producing the second language.

Reordering or reclassifying, and

perhaps labeling, the material to be learned based on common attributes. Writing down the main idea, important points, the outline, or summary of information presented orally or in writing.

Table 2.2. Cognitive Strategy No

Learning Strategy Competence

Subjects

Learning Strategy

R1 R2 R3

7) Cognitive:

a) Repetition consciously applying rules to produce

or understand the second language

b) Resourcing practicing and studying the simulation

test for several times

using the several TOEIC books, such as Longman and Cambridge

c) Translation Paying attention to the specific area of

problem in the test by reading the answer at first time before answering the test.

Focusing to understand the main point of the question and the setting.

d) Grouping Focusing on the choice of answer

before answering.

Focusing to listen the whole

conversation.

e) Note taking Paying attention to introduction and

first part of dialogue.

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the point of the question.

Studying the grammatical and context of situation.

f) Deduction Focusing on the conjunction and

preposition.

Studying the functional expression necessary for the test.

g) Imagery Paying attention on the meaning

pronunciation and sound.

Using the target language reference materials.

h) Auditory

Representation

Studying the first language as a base for understanding and/ or producing the second language.

Reordering or reclassifying, and

perhaps labeling, the material to be learned based on common attributes. Writing down the main idea, important points, the outline, or summary of information presented orally or in writing.

i) key word Consciously applying rules to produce

or understand the second language. j) Contextualization Practicing and studying the simulation

test for several times.

Checking his answer for several times.

k) Elaboration Using the several TOEIC books, such

as Longman and Cambridge.

l) Transfer Guessing the meaning of the source

language to the target language based on context.

Finding the meaning of the text.

m) Recombination He writes new vocabularies and

expression during study.

Study the grammatical rules of English as the basic to understand sentences and text.

n) Inferencing Applying the functional expression.

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meaning in context.

Table 2.3. Socio - affective Strategy No

Learning Strategy Competence

Subjects

Learning Strategy

R1 R2 R3

o) Socio -

Affective:

p) Cooperative relating new information to order

concepts in memory

using previously acquired linguistic and / or conceptual knowledge to facilitate a new language learning task

q) Question of

clarification

it is using available information to guess meanings of new items, predict outcomes, or fill in missing the question guessing the meaning of any important word to answer the questions

consulting the work to the professional mentor to check the mistake

consulting the right answer to the mentor

asking the final solution to the professional mentor

e. The Reason for the Respondent to use the strategy

Based on the analysis, the students choose the three strategy to achieve high score of TOEIC in order to activate their linguistic knowledge of the target language (English) previously learned or acquired rather than recourse to the structure of their mother tongue. It occurs because they have already got a considerable knowledge of the target language. In other words, we can say that they attempted to build up hypothesis about the target language (English) from the limited knowledge or experience of it in the classroom.

2. Discussion

The findings of this research show that the three respondents taken from the students of Economy faculty of Muhammadiyah University has

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apply three different learning strategy which are metacognitive, cognitive, and socio affective to achieve the higher score of TOEIC. The strategy is taken based on the theory of O’Malley learning strategy. This research belongs to qualitative research which describes the type of the learning strategy used by the students of Economy faculty of Muhammadiyah University.

D. Conclusion

Based on the analysis of the data findings, the writer concludes that the respondents taken from the students of Economy faculty of Muhammadiyah University apply almost all of those strategies proposed by O’Malley and Chamot; metacognitive strategy, cognitive strategy and socio-affective strategy to improve their English skill for achieving high score of TOEIC test. Although they use the same learning strategies, they have different in the action and concentration on the use of the strategies especially the strategies for preparing the listening comprehension section of the test.

The respondents use eight metacognitive strategies, namely advance organizer, directed attention, selective attention, self management, functional planning, self monitoring, delayed production, and self evaluation. Besides, they use fourteen cognitive strategies; repetition, resourcing, imagery, elaboration, translation, grouping, deduction, note-taking, recombination, auditory representation, key word, contextualization, elaboration, transfer, and inferencing. And two socio-affective strategies which are cooperation and question for clarification.

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16 of situation.

n) Self Monitoring Focusing on the conjunction and preposition.

Studying the functional expression necessary for the test.

o) Delayed Production Paying attention on the meaning pronunciation and sound.

Using the target language reference materials.

p) Self – Evaluation Studying the first language as a base for understanding and/ or producing the second language.

Reordering or reclassifying, and perhaps labeling, the material to be learned based on common attributes. Writing down the main idea, important points, the outline, or summary of information presented orally or in writing.

Table 2.2. Cognitive Strategy No

Learning Strategy Competence

Subjects

Learning Strategy

R1 R2 R3

7) Cognitive:

a) Repetition consciously applying rules to produce or understand the second language b) Resourcing practicing and studying the simulation

test for several times

using the several TOEIC books, such as Longman and Cambridge

c) Translation Paying attention to the specific area of problem in the test by reading the answer at first time before answering the test.

Focusing to understand the main point of the question and the setting.

d) Grouping Focusing on the choice of answer before answering.

Focusing to listen the whole conversation.

e) Note taking Paying attention to introduction and first part of dialogue.

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the point of the question.

Studying the grammatical and context of situation.

f) Deduction Focusing on the conjunction and preposition.

Studying the functional expression necessary for the test.

g) Imagery Paying attention on the meaning pronunciation and sound.

Using the target language reference materials.

h) Auditory Representation

Studying the first language as a base for understanding and/ or producing the second language.

i) key word Consciously applying rules to produce or understand the second language.

j) Contextualization Practicing and studying the simulation test for several times.

Checking his answer for several times. k) Elaboration Using the several TOEIC books, such

as Longman and Cambridge.

l) Transfer Guessing the meaning of the source language to the target language based on context.

Finding the meaning of the text.

m) Recombination He writes new vocabularies and expression during study.

Study the grammatical rules of English as the basic to understand sentences and text.

n) Inferencing Applying the functional expression. Understanding the second language

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meaning in context.

Table 2.3. Socio - affective Strategy No

Learning Strategy Competence

Subjects

Learning Strategy

R1 R2 R3

o) Socio -

Affective:

p) Cooperative relating new information to order concepts in memory

using previously acquired linguistic and / or conceptual knowledge to facilitate a new language learning task

q) Question of

clarification

it is using available information to guess meanings of new items, predict outcomes, or fill in missing the question guessing the meaning of any important word to answer the questions

consulting the work to the professional mentor to check the mistake

consulting the right answer to the mentor

asking the final solution to the professional mentor

e. The Reason for the Respondent to use the strategy

2. Discussion

The findings of this research show that the three respondents taken from the students of Economy faculty of Muhammadiyah University has

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D. Conclusion