Learning Strategies Used By A Student Of Muhammadiyah University Of Surakarta (A Case Study)

Siti Nurkhasanah. A 320 122 010. LEARNING STRATEGIES USED BY A STUDENT OF MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA (A CASE STUDY). Research Paper. School of Teacher Training and Education. Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta. 2015 This study is aimed to show and describe the learning strategies used by KRD in learning English. It is done by classifying the data based on the classification of learning strategies conducted by O’Malley and Chamot. The type of this research is case study which belongs qualitative research. It is concerned with in depth-interview and documentation to the subject of the research in collecting the data. There is only a subject with high competence in English. The result of this research shows that the subject of the research uses almost all of the learning strategies classified by O’Malley and Chamot. The detail that use of the language learning strategies used by KRD to develop his English is he applies 12 strategies; 5 in metacognitive strategies (advance organizer, directed attention, self management, self monitoring, and self evaluation), 7 in cognitive strategies (imitating, note taking, imagery, keyword, elaboration, transfer, and inferences), and he does not use any socio-affective strategy. Keywords: Language Learning, Strategy, Learning Strateg