ATTITUDES AND SPEAKING LEARNING STRATEGIES: EXPLORING THEIR INTERPLAY in LEARNING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN

Laili Mar'atus Sholiha

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This article aims to know whether attitude and speaking strategies interplay in learning English as a foreign language. The attitudes used in this study are attitudes toward native speakers of English and attitudes toward learning English, which strongly connect with speaking strategies. Speaking strategies refer to strategies that the learner uses in learning English. The strategies are divided into six, including Interactional Maintenance strategies, Metacognitive-Evaluative strategies, Compensation strategies, Fluency-Oriented strategies, Culture-Related Social strategies, and Time-Gaining strategies. A correlational research design aims to determine whether attitudes toward native speakers of English and attitudes toward learning English correlate to the speaking strategies. Forty-nine samples were used from English department students at a private university in Malang. An adapted questionnaire (AMTB) has been modified and categorized into 18 items consisting of attitudes toward native speakers of English and attitudes toward learning English. Speaking strategies also used a questionnaire with 55 total items that have been divided into 6 kinds of strategies. In this study, attitudes and speaking strategies have a positive correlation with the significant value (0.011) also the R-value is 0.421, the R square is 0.177 and the F value is 4.949. That statement showed that attitude and speaking strategies are correlated. The attitudes that contribute more to the speaking strategies is an attitude toward native speakers of English (0.067).

 

Key Words: Attitudes, Speaking Strategies, Interplay, English as a Foreign Language


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