Correlation between Listening Strategies and English Listening Comprehension of The Students
Sitti Hariati Buchari
Alauddin State Islamic University of Makassar (UINAM)
Abstract
The purpose of this present study was to investigate the correlation between listening strategies and listening comprehension ability of the sixth semester students in English Education Department of Alauddin State Islamic University Makassar. This research applied correlational design in which its aim was to seek the relationship between two variables, listening strategies and listening comprehension of the students. Data were collected by using TOEFL LONGMAN Practice Test to measure the students listening ability and Strategy Inventory for Language Learning to know their strategies used. Spearmens rank correlation was applied to measure the correlation between the two variables. Findings indicated that there was no significant correlation between listening comprehension ability and listening strategies used by the learners. The findings are expected to be beneficial for teachers or lecturers to help the students aware of the significance of listening strategies and the benefits of using the right strategies for the right tasks.
Keywords: Listening strategies, English listening comprehension
Topic: International Conference of English Language Teaching, Literature & Linguistics