Strategi Pembelajaran Bahasa digunakan oleh Peraih Band Skor 7: Studi Kasus di Sekolah Bahasa Inggris Yayasan Insancita Bangsa = Language Learning Strategies Applied by IELTS Overall Band Score-7: A Case Study at English School of Yayasan Insancita Bangsa

SRI HARDIYANTI. Language learning strategies applied by IELTS band score-7 achievers: A case study at English school of yayasan insancita Bangsa. (Supervised by Abidin Pammu and Nasmilah).
This research aims at investigating the successful IELTS learners’ experiences regarding what challenges they encountered and what learning strategies they applied in IELTS learning. The research used descriptive qualitative approach. The participants comprised 4 IELTS learners at English School of Insancita Bangsa Foundation who achieved an overall band score of 7. The research data were collected by using a guided interview and narrative frame. The data were analyzed by using Miles and Huberman’s data analysis model, involving data collection, data reduction, data presentation (display) and conclusion drawing and verifying. The research result indicates that the participants facedchallenges from internal and external factors during IELTS learning. In internal challenges include anxiety, lack of motivation, lack of accent, lack of vocabulary mastery, lack of confidence, lack of ideas, lack of grammar, and lack of time management, on the other hand in external challenges include the level of question difficulty, lack of material and noise from learning circumstance. In terms of language learning strategies use, participants employe cognitive and metacognitive strategies more frequently to cope with the challenges in IELTS listening, reading and writing. Moreover, all participants tent to employ affective and social strategies as the most effective strategy to improve their speaking performance. This research generates pedagogical implications for both IELTS learners and teaching practitioners in the process of IELTS learning.

Keywords: Language learning strategy, language learning challenges, IELTS learning, overall band-7 achievers