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STUDENTS’ LEARNING STRATEGIES IN ESSAY WRITING
(A Descriptive Survey on the Fourth Semester Students of English Education Department of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto
in Academic Year 2016/2017)
A THESIS
Submitted to the English education department As a partial fulfillment of the requirements for S.Pd degree
By:
ALIFAH LUTFIANA 1301050030
ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF PURWOKERTO
2017
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APPROVAL
Title : STUDENTS’ LEARNING STRATEGIES IN ESSAY WRITING
Name : Alifah Lutfiana
NIM : 1301050030
Faculty : Teacher Training And Education Department : English
Supervisor : Dra. Titi Wakhyukti, M.Pd
Approved by Supervisor
Dra. Titi Wakhyukti, M.Pd NIP. 19530325 198312 2 001
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Skripsi Berjudul:
STUDENTS’ LEARNING STRATEGIES IN ESSAY WRITING
(A Descriptive Survey on the Fourth Semester Students of English Education Department of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto in Academic Year
2016/ 2017).
Dipersiapkan dan disusun oleh
Aifah Lutfiana
1301050030
Telah dipertahankan di depan Dewan penguji pada tanggal 08 Agustus 2017 dan dinyatakan telah memenuhi syarat untuk diterima sebagai kelengkapan persyaratan
untuk mendapatkan gelar Sarjana Pendidikan Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris.
Pembimbing
Dra. Titi Wakhyukti ...
NIP. 19530325 198312 2 001
Penguji
Purwokerto, 08 Agustus 2017 Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto
Fakultas keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan Dekan,
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SURAT PERNYATAAN
Saya yang bertandatangan di bawah ini:
Nama : Alifah Lutfiana
NIM : 1301050030
Program Studi : Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris Fakultas : Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan
Menyusun skripsi dengan judul:
STUDENTS’ LEARNING STRATEGIES IN ESSAY WRITING
(A Descriptive Survey on the Fourth Semester Students of English Education Department of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto in Academic Year
2016/ 2017).
Menyatakan dengan sungguh-sungguh bahwa skripsi ini adalah hasil karya tulis saya sendiri dan bukan dibuatkan oleh orang lain atau jiplakan atau modifikasi karya orang lain.
Bila pernyataan ini tidak bener, maka saya bersedia menerima sanksi, termasuk pencabutan gelar kesarjanaan yang sudah saya peroleh.
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Purwokerto, 08 Agustus 2017 Yang Menyatakan,
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MOTTO
“
An action is the foundation of a success
”
“Do your best at every opportunity that you have”
“Sesungguhnya Allah tidak akan mengubah
(Nasib) suatu kaum sampai mereka mengubah
diri mereka sendiri (Ar-
Ra’d:11)”
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DEDICATIONS
This thesis is dedicated to:
1. My beloved Allah and Nabi Muhammad SAW who always guide me and take support, pray and advice.
4. All of my big family, especially my grandparents Sobirin and Supini who love me very much. Thanks for your support, so I can finish my thesis and I am glad to have you all.
5. My best friends Siju, Meme, Ayu, Rere, Fuad, Ts, Pepi, Diah, Selfa, Indah, Fajri, and Dewi, thanks for the time that we shared together. Thank you for supporting me. It was wonderful experience with you all.
6. My closest friends, Titis, Wilin, Ajeng, Wulan, Cica, Lila, Cume and Septi. Thanks for helping, supporting and paring me. Thank for the time we spend together. May Allah always be with you all.
7. My lovely friends in English Department 2013 especially PBI A. You are the best, thanks for giving me support, opinion and help me to finish my thesis. Good luck for you all.
8. My lovely friends from fourth semester, Amanda, Maria, Septi and Dina, thank you for being my interviewee. I hope that you will get the convenience in everything.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Bismillahirrohmanirrohim
In the name of Allah SWT, the most beneficent and the most merciful. All praises are to Allah SWT for all blesses so that the writer can finish this thesis with
the title: Students‟ Lerning Strategies in Essay Writing.
The writer realizes that I would be able to complete my thesis without support, advice and suggestion from many persons. In this occasion, I would like to express my sincerest gratitude, to those who are directly or indirectly involved in the completion of this research.
1. Pudyionoo, M.Hum, the Dekan of Teacher Training Educatian Faculty of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto for giving me permission to conduct this research.
2. Aulia Nisa Khusnia, M.Pd., the Head of English Education Department for giving me opportunity and agreement to conduct this research.
3. Dra. Titi Wahyukti M.Pd., the writer‟s thesis advisor, for her guidance, suggestion, and feedback during the completion of this thesis with a great patience.
4. All of my lecturers of English Education Department who have given their contribution to the writer for the completion of this research.
5. The fourth semester students of English Education Department in academic year 2016/2017 as the sample of this research.
Finally, the writer realizes that this thesis is still less perfect. Therefore, the writer hopes any suggestions and critics to make it perfect.
Purwokerto, 09 Agustus 2017 The writer,
Alifah Lutfiana
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2. Learning Strategies Classification ... 6
B. Essay Writing ... 16
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C. The Importance of Learning Strategies in Essay Writing ... 18
D. Previous Study ... 19
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ... 22
CHAPTER IV RESULT AND DISCUSSION ... 30
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ... 69
REFERENCES ... 71
APPENDICES ... 73
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LIST OF TABLE
Table 2.1 Summary of Learning Strategies in Essay Writing Table 3.1 The Schedule of Research
Table 3.2 The Indicators of the Questionnaire Table 3.3 The Indicators of the Interview
Table 3.4 The Likert‟s Scoring Adopted from Sugiyono (2013) Table 4.1 The Result of Learning Strategies
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 4.1 The Result of Learning Strategies Figure 4.2 Item number 1
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Figure 4.23 Item number 22 Figure 4.24 Item number 23 Figure 4.25 Item number 24 Figure 4.26 Item number 25 Figure 4.27 Item number 26 Figure 4.28 Item number 27 Figure 4.29 Item number 28 Figure 4.30 Item number 29 Figure 4.31 Item number 30 Figure 4.32 Item number 31 Figure 4.33 Item number 32 Figure 4.34 Item number 33 Figure 4.35 Item number 34 Figure 4.36 Item number 35
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LIST OF APPENDICES
APPENDIX A QUESTIONNAIRE SHEET
APPENDIX B THE RESULT OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE
APPENDIX C THE TABULATION OF QUESTIONNAIRE
APPENDIX D INTERVIEW GUIDELINES
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ABSTRACT
STUDENTS’ LEARNING STRATEGIES IN ESSAY WRITING
(A Descriptive Survey on the Fourth Semester Students of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto in Academic Year 2016/2017)
ALIFAH LUTFIANA 1301050030
The aims of this study were to know the kinds of learning strategies and the most dominant learning strategy used in essay writing. The population of this study was fourth semester students of English Education Department at Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto that consisted of four classes: class A, B, C, and D. The samples of this study were 65 students out of 109 students. The sample was taken by using random sampling. The study used descriptive survey. In collecting the data, the instrument used were questionnaire and interview. Based on the result data of analysis, there were six learning strategies used by the students which is arranged from highest to lowest. Those were compensation strategy with percentage 84.41%, which belong to very high category, memory strategy with percentage 79.17%, social strategy with percentage 78.56%, cognitive strategy with percentage 77.81%, followed by metacognitive strategy with percentage 77.76%. The lowest strategy was affective strategy with percentage 72.30%. Finally, it was found that the fourth semester students of English Education Department of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto used various learning strategies to support their learning in essay writing. The most dominant strategy used was compensation strategy.
Keywords: learning strategies, essay writing, compensation strategy.
