GRAMMAR LEARNING STRATEGIES OF MALE AND FEMALE HIGH ACHIEVERS DURING OANDEMIC COVID 19

Abstract

Abstract: This study aims to examine students' language learning strategies in Grammar III learning, especially regarding the types of strategies that are most commonly used and the tendency of students to use these strategies. This research uses a qualitative approach with a descriptive case study method involving 10 students of an English study program at the An Islamic University of Malang in East Java. They were selected based on their grammar III grades which averaged 80. The instrument used was a set of questionnaires adapted from Nurliana (2015). The results showed that gender and strategies also giving big impacts in process of learning. However, students have Metacognitive strategy priorities (79.2%). It shows that they do the planning, learning process (thinking), seeing the progress of learning first. Then followed by cognitive strategy (63.5%), social (70%) and affectieve (52%) another discovery is that male students use using various types of strategies in the appeal of female students. Based on the results of the research, it is expected that students can better know and learn comprehensive foreign language learning strategies, which must be applied continuously to achieve success.

Keywords: Grammar, learning strategies, and high achievers