Metacognitive Strategy Used by The Second Grade Students of SMA Batik 2 Surakarta in Developing English Speaking Skill

The purpose of this study is to identify the metacognitive strategies used by second graders of senior high school in developing speaking skills at Batik 2 Surakarta High School and to describe the implementation of the strategies in developing speaking skills at Batik 2 Surakarta High School. The data from this study provide information about the learning strategies used by second graders of senior high school to develop their speaking skills. The validity of the data in this study is based on the theory of triangulation. The results of this study indicate that the language learning strategies of O'Malley's taxonomy are used by students in the learning process of speaking. The metacognitive strategies used include self-management, self-monitoring, delay production, and self-evaluation