Autonomous Learning Strategies for Academic Speaking by English Education Department Students

Abstract

Autonomous is the individual capacity to take responsibility for their own learning activities. Autonomous learning adapted learning method that learners use to obtain their own learning needs and goals, determine the most current learning method, and assess learning activity. This research aims at identifying students’ autonomous learning strategies in academic speaking class. There were 20 students from the English Education Department were involved to gather the data. This study employed a quantitative approach in order to get the data. The data were taken by using a questionnaire. The result shows that the general description of the students of the English Education Department at Universitas Muhammadiyah Sorong was not included a specific description of how the students employed the autonomous learning strategy for learning particularly in academic speaking. The researcher found two kinds of autonomous learning strategies which were metacognitive strategy and social mediation strategy.

A Study of Autonomous Learning Strategies Implemented by Members of Indonesia English Community

“…Learners with high autonomy learning ability set their learning strategy. A learning strategy is necessary for learners self-confident in learning (Wael et al, 2023). There are three common strategies to use to promote autonomous learning, namely: cognitive strategies, metacognitive strategies, and motivation strategies which is also called social mediation strategy (Daflizar et al, 2022;Dignath & Büttner, 2008;Tham, 2020).…”

“…Cognitive strategies are implemented by reading, remembering, paying attention, and asking questions. Whereas Social mediation includes relaxing during learning activities, setting the group rules, cooperating with peers, providing communication effectively, and helping peers evaluate their assignments (Wael et al, 2023).…”

“…In the face of the pandemic, the implementation of flipped classrooms and post-pandemic flexible and hybrid learning settings has improved the situation, but there is still potential for improvement (Bosmans, Casciotta, & Fivaz, 2023). Autonomous learning helps students discover learning needs and learning objective, decide the aims of the learning process, monitoring and assess learning outcome (Wael, Akib, & Akib, 2023). Learners are accustomed to determine their learning strategy based on the objective they need to achieve and apply their knowledge in different contexts (Daflizar, Sulistiyo, & Kamil, 2022;Marantika, 2021).…”

“…At present, researchers' understanding of autonomous out-of-class language learning is still quite limited. First, the recent research on the topic of autonomous learning has shown that in academic speaking class, students prefer using metacognitive strategy and social mediation strategy (Wael et al, 2023). Second previous research shows educators should focus on creating engaging and supportive digital learning environments, and they should teach students how to use autonomous learning strategies effectively.…”

Pelatihan Bahasa Inggris Maritim Melalui Role Play Method Kepada Siswa-Siswi SMKS Pelayaran Putra Samudra Sorong

“…Role-playing merupakan salah satu metode pedagogi yang termasuk dalam pembelajaran aktif. Metode pedagogi pada dasarnya digambarkan cocok untuk mencapai pemahaman suatu masalah dan "memaksa" siswa untuk mandiri (Westrup dan Planander, 2013) serta peserta didik yang menjadi objek dan subjek aktivitas lebih mudah memahami (Saleh et al, 2018), sehingga dapat membentuk peserta menjadi mandiri yang dapat mengatur sendiri pembelajarannya (Wael et al, 2023).…”