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LEARNING STRATEGIES USED BY THE FOURTH SEMESTER

STUDENTS IN ACADEMIC WRITING OF ENGLISH

LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT – UMM

THESIS

By :

FEMILIA EKA PUTRI

201510100311155

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2020

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LEARNING STRATEGIES USED BY THE FOURTH SEMESTER

STUDENTS IN ACADEMIC WRITING OF ENGLISH

LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT – UMM

THESIS

This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve Sarjana

Degree in English Language Education

By :

FEMILIA EKA PUTRI

201510100311155

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2020

DICATIONS

MOTTOS:

1. Our parents are the greatest gift in a life

2. Do the best and pray. Allah will take care of the rest

3. Patience is needed when you want to achieve a success

DEDICATIONS:

1. My beloved Allah SWT and Nabi Muhammad SAW who always guide me

and take care of me to be a good person.

2. My beloved parents (Alm. Supardi and Nuryati) who always give their

love support pray, who always has honesty sincerity to grow me up, and

for the fluency finishing my education till the end of thesis.

3. My beloved Grandma (Uti Suhara, Uti Sukanti, Uti Sun), My beloved aunt

(Mama Yessa), and all the big families who always love me because of

their support and big love. Thanks you are always beside me in certain

condition.

4. My beloved friend (Lalu Alpian Anugrah Aji) thanks for your love support

pray.

5. Thanks for all of my English lecturers in University of Muhammadiyah

Malang who guided me in finishing this thesis patiently.

6. And all of my friends in ELED especially class Big C, thank you so much

for your help and support

7. My beloved almamater University of Muhammadiyah Malang

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

First and foremost, the writer would like to extend my gratitude to the Almighty

Allah SWT, the Lord of the universe, for blessing me every time, so this thesis

can be finished. Also, do not forget to express Salam and Sholawat to the prophet

Muhammad SAW who has guided Muslims from the darkness to the lightness and

brought us from the stupidity to the cleverness era.

In this occasion the writer would like to deliver her sincerest gratitude to the

following people:

1. The writer beloved parents, Alm. Supardi and Nuryati, and the all of the

researcher’s family who always pray, motivate, and support the researcher in

all of conditions.

2. The deepest gratitude to my advisors Dra. Erly Wahyuni, M.Si and Adityo,

S.S., M.A for their patience in giving guidance, suggestions, and advice from

the beginning until the writer could accomplish this final project. Great honor

is also bestowed upon all lecturers and staffs of English Department for the

priceless knowledge, lesson, and helps they have given to the writer.

3. Special thanks also to the students as a respondents who have taking

Academic Writing course of ELED-UMM who have helped and participated

in completing the final project.

4. Huge thank is addressed to the writer’s friends and close person: Lalu, Unyun,

Azka, Anggi, Nila, Suhel, Dieny, Jo, Fajar, who helped me for every single

suffering moment. The writer would like to express thanks to all persons who

helped in finishing this final project whose name cannot be mentioned one by

one for helps and supports.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Approval ........................................................................................................ iii

Mottos and Dedications ................................................................................... v

Letter of Authenticity ......................................................................................vi

Abstract ........................................................................................................ vii

Acknowledgements ...................................................................................... viii

Table of Contents ............................................................................................ix

CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Research Background .............................................................................. 1

1.2 Research Problems................................................................................... 5

1.3 Research Purposes ................................................................................... 6

1.4 Research Significance .............................................................................. 6

1.5 Scope and Limitation ............................................................................... 6

1.6 Definition of the Key Terms .................................................................... 7

CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

2.1 Learning Strategy ................................................................................. 8

2.2 Classification of Learning Strategies .................................................... 9

2.2.1 Memory Strategies ..................................................................... `10

2.2.2 Cognitive Strategies ..................................................................... 10

2.2.3 Compensation Strategies .............................................................. 11

2.2.4 Meta-Cognitive Strategies ............................................................ 11

2.2.5 Affective Strategies ..................................................................... 12

2.2.6 Social Strategies .......................................................................... 13

2.3 Writing ............................................................................................... 13

2.4 Academic Writing .............................................................................. 14

2.4.1 Academic Writing in UMM..........................................................15

CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHOD

3.1 Research Design ................................................................................. 17

3.2 Population and Sample ....................................................................... 18

3.3 Data Collection .................................................................................. 18

3.3.1 Instruments ................................................................................ 18

3.3.2 Procedure of Collecting the Data ............................................... 19

3.4 Data Analysis ..................................................................................... 19

CHAPTER IV: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

4.1 Findings ............................................................................................. 22

4.1.1 Learning Strategies Used By the Students .................................. 22

4.1.1.1 Memory Strategies ......................................................... 22

4.1.1.2 Cognitive Strategies ....................................................... 23

4.1.1.3 Compensation Strategies ................................................ 24

4.1.1.4 Meta-Cognitive Strategies .............................................. 25

4.1.1.5 Affective Strategies ........................................................ 26

4.1.1.6 Social Strategies ............................................................. 27

4.2 Discussion .......................................................................................... 28

CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS

5.1 Conclusion ......................................................................................... 31

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5.2 Suggestion .......................................................................................... 32

5.2.1 Suggestions for Students............................................................ 32

5.2.2 Suggestions for Other Researchers ............................................ 32

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