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CORRELATIONAL STUDY BETWEEN STUDENTS’ LEARNING STYLES AND STRATEGIES IN LEARNING

ENGLISH AT SMP NEGERI 02 BATU

THESIS

This thesis is submitted to meet one of requirements

to achieve Sarjana Degree in English Education

by:

ENDAH KUSUMAHATI

201220100312301

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2015

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This thesis was written by Endah Kusumahati and was approved on November 12th, 2015

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MOTTO AND DEDICATION

“ Allah SWT would not change the one’s condition unless they change themselves”

(Q.S. 13: 11)

I dedicated my thesis to:

My beloved father and mother

Thanks for everything you give the best for me, for every support,

pray, attention, and love. “ I love you so much”

My brothers and sister, thanks for your support,

And all my friends that I love!

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CORRELATIONAL STUDY BETWEEN STUDENTS’ LEARNING STYLES AND STRATEGIES IN LEARNING ENGLISH

AT SMP NEGERI 02 BATU

ABSTRACT

Every learner has some characteristics in the way of their study. They have different learning styles and strategies to learn English that taught in their school. Moreover, many students may not even be aware that they use these strategies as it may have become a natural and automatic process for them. Then, the objective of this study was to know the correlation between students’ learning styles and strategies in learning English on the eighth grade students at SMP Negeri 02 Batu.

This research used correlation study to find the relationship between students’ learning styles and strategies in learning English. A quantitative approach was used to analyze the data collected using Statistical Package of Social Science (SPSS) version 15 for Ms. Word with the formula of Pearson Product Moment correlation. The sample of this study was class VIII A and VIII F which consisted of 64 students who were cluster randomly selected from nine classes with total population of 288 students. The instrument of this study used two kinds of questionnaires.

Based on the result of finding, the statistical method of correlation found that rxy= 0.559. The degree of significance showed that rt 5%= 0.246 and rt 1%= 0.207. Furthermore, the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted and the null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected. Those result showed that there was significance positive correlation between students’ learning styles and strategies in learning English of eighth grade students at SMP Negeri 02 Batu. Key words: Correlation, Learning Styles, Learning Strategies

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Alhamdulillah, in the name of Allah, the beneficent and the merciful. All

praises be to Allah, the lord of the worlds, who has given the blessing, health,

strength and wonderful life, who always hears my pray, and gives me power,

patience, and fluency in completing this study.

Many great thanks addressed to my best advisors, Mr. Bayu H.

Wicaksono, S.Pd., M.Ed., Ph.D and Mrs. Santi Prastiyowati, M.Pd for their times,

advices, patience, and motivation. My sincere gratitude and appreciation are

extended to Mrs. Dyah Ayu as the English teacher at SMP Negeri 02 Batu, who

had given me opportuninty to conduct the research for this study. The best thanks

also goes to all the lecturers of English department of University of

Muhammadiyah Malang for teaching, guiding, and educating me.

Finally, special thank is delivered to my beloved father (Mr. Supriyo),

mother (Mrs. Sukasih), brothers and sisters who always support and pray the best

for me. Thanks also to my best partner Sindi, all crew kost’ 09 and all my friends

that I cannot mention one by one who are always there and color my life. Thanks

Guys!

Malang, October 28th 2015

Endah Kusumahati

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

COVER ............................................................................................ i

APPROVAL ..................................................................................... ii

LEGALIZATION ............................................................................. iii

ORIGINALITY DECLARATION ................................................... iv

MOTTO AND DEDICATION ......................................................... v

ABSTRACT ...................................................................................... vi

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................... vii

TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................... viii

CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of Study ............................................................ 1

1.2 Statement of Problem ............................................................ 4

1.3 Hypothesis ........................................................................... 4

1.4 Purpose of Study ................................................................... 4

1.5 Significance of Study ............................................................. 4

1.6 Scope and Limitation ............................................................. 5

1.7 Definition of Key Terms ........................................................ 5

CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURES

2.1 Language Learning .................................................................. 7

2.2 Language Learning Strategies ................................................... 8

2.3 Types of Learning Strategies ..................................................... 9

2.3.1 Direct Strategies ............................................................. 9

2.3.2 Indirect Strategies ........................................................... 12

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2.4 The Importance of Strategies in Learning .................................... 15

2.5 Factors Influencing the Choice of Learning Strategies ................... 16

2.6 Language Learning Styles .......................................................... 17

2.7 Types of Learning Styles ............................................................ 17

2.8 Related Studies .......................................................................... 21

CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHOD

3.1 Research Design ................................................................... 24

3.2 Population and Sample ......................................................... 25

3.3 Research Instrument ............................................................. 26

3.4 Validity and Reliability ......................................................... 30

3.5 Data Collection ..................................................................... 31

3.5 Data Analysis ........................................................................ 32

CHAPTER IV: FINDING AND DISCUSSION

4.1 The Correlation between Students’ Learning Styles and Strategies 33

4.2 Discussion ............................................................................. 35

CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS

5.1 Conclusion ............................................................................. 38

5.2 Suggestions ............................................................................ 39

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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APPENDIX I : Name of Students class VIII A and VIII F

APPENDIX II : Table of the Distribution Data

APPENDIX III : Questionnaire Students’ Learning Styles (English

Version)

APPENDIX IV : Questionnaire Students’ Learning Styles (Indonesian

Version)

APPENDIX V : Questionnaire Students’ Learning Strategies (English

Version)

APPENDIX VI : Questionnaire Students’ Learning Strategies

(Indonesian Version)

APPENDIX VII : Table Coefficient Correlation “r” Value Pearson

Product Moment

APPENDIX VIII : SPSS Result of Correlation

APPENDIX IX : Conclusion based on SPSS Result

APPENDIX X : Documentation

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