Developing a Model of Learning Strategy of Speaking English at the English Department of State College of Islamic Studies (STAIN) Batusangkar

Based on a preliminary study at State College of Islamic Studies
(STAIN) Batusangkar, it was found that many students lacked learning strategies
to develop their speaking skills. Therefore, a model of learning strategy of
speaking was needed. To eaching strategies used by the lecturers of speaking
were student-centered and already encouraged the students’active participation.
However, the the teaching strategies used did not instruct the students to
develop their potential to become more independent learners. A model of
learning strategy instruction, therefore, was needed to solve the problem.
This study is aimed to: 1) find out the students’ learning strategies in
improving their speaking skills, 2) to describe learning strategy model that can
improve the students’ speaking skills, 3) to describe the effectiveness of the
learning strategy model in improving the students’ speaking skills, and 4) to
describe the application of the learning strategy model in speaking.
This study is categorized a Research and Development. In the study, a
model of learning strategy in speaking is developed. To develop the model, Borg
and Gall’s six main steps were applied. The steps: 1) research and information
collecting, 2) planning, 3) developing preliminary form of product, 4) field
testing and product revision, 5) final product revision, and 6) dissemination and
implementation. The first step was conducted through observation, interview,
documentary study and the use of background questionnaire. Planning was
conducted based on the data got. To develop preliminary form of product, a
mixed (closed and open-ended) questionnaire which found out the subjects’
learning strategy in speaking was used. The learning strategy got was used to
form the model of learning strategy in speaking. The model, then, was field
tested through a quasi experimental research. The data got were processed by
using SPSS 19. The next step was product revision. Based on the revision, the
learning strategy model was disseminated through a dissertation.
The findings of the study show that: 1) the subjects of the study need
learning strategy in sppeaking to improve their speaking skills, 2) there are 24
types of learning strategy in speaking that can be used to improve their speaking
skills, 3) the model is effective to improve their speaking skills, in which mean
scores of the experimental groups exceeded those of control group. For the third
semester, the mean score of the experimental group was 83.30, while that of
control group was 74. 53. For fifth semester, the mean score of the experimental
group was 80.42 while that of control group was 65.73, and 4) the model of
learning strategy in speaking was used more variously by those treated with the
model