Good EFL Learner’s Strategy In Enhancing English Mastery - A Case Study at Indonesian College Students

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EFL learner strategy is examined through a qualitative case study on Indonesian college students, with a grounded theory approach. The research centers on one learner identified as a good EFL learner and verifies how learner strategy operates inside classroom learning for enhancing English mastery. Findings show disciplined rule-following, a relaxed easygoing attitude, strong curiosity, willingness to be different, and commitment to a specific plan, sometimes expressed with clever and humorous word use.

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Advances in Language and Literary Studies ISSN: 2203-4714 [www.alls.aiac.org.au](www.alls.aiac.org.au) | Good EFL Learner’s Strategy In Enhancing English Mastery: A Case Study at Indonesian College Students
Syawal*, Patahuddin, Nasrullah AS, Ali Wira Rahman
English education Department, Muhammadiyah University of Parepare, Indonesia Corresponding Author: Syawal, E-mail: [awal.umpar@gmail.com](awal.umpar@gmail.com) | | | --- | --- | | ARTICLE INFO
Article history | ABSTRACT
EFL learner strategy has become a popular issue since English considered as an International | | Received: January 16, 2018 | language which goes through with international public communication tools. In this study, the | | Accepted: March 25, 2018 | researcher focused on verifying learner strategy in enhancing English mastery inside classroom | | Published: June 30, 2018 | context of Indonesian college student. This study was qualitative research applied case study | | Volume: 9 Issue: 3 | approach, which involves grounded theory method. The subject of this study was a learner which | | Advance access: May 2018 | was considered as good EFL learner. Findings indicated that; a) Good EFL learner acts to obey a rule of learners (discipline). b) Good EFL learner tends to be relaxed and not easily upset (easygoing). c) Good EFL learner has an eager to learn or to know something (curiosity). d) Good EFL | | Conflicts of interest: None | learner dare to be different or prefers to act differently. In addition, e) Good EFL learner usually | | Funding: None | determined to follow a particular plan ofaction and sometimes using words in a clever and funny | | Key words: | way (serious and witty) . | | Enhancing English Mastery, Good EFL Learner, | | | Learner Learning Strategy, | | | Case Study Approach and Grounded Theory Method | | INTRODUCTION The study of learner strategy has already been started since 1975 up to now. It was started by (Rubin, 1975) by giving a description of successful language learners. He mentions three characteristics of good learners namely: (1) The good language learner is a willing and accurate guesser, (2) The good language learner has a strong drive to communicate, and (3) The good language learner is often not inhibited (Rubin, 1975) . Referring to Rubin findings, the researchers are trying to prove whether these findings also behave to EFL learner in the classroom context especially at Indonesian university. Based on the national curriculum of Indonesia, English has become a compulsory subject since junior high school up to university levels and even before the enactment of the 2013 curriculum, English classified into additional subjects or local content taught in primary schools from grade 4 to grade 6. Based on these facts, English should no longer a frightening subject for the pupils as well as students of the university. Nevertheless, the fact that only a small number of students who successfully mastered English well (Iftanti, 2012; Patahuddin, Syawal, & Bin-Tahir, 2017; Taylor & Henry, 2000), in other words, more than fail. The fact is, of course, a big question mark leads to learning English in Indonesia either about the teacher, method, strategy or about the pupils or the university students themselves. In this study, the researchers tried to take part as a nation who wants to contribute to the improvement of the mastery of English as a foreign language. The interest of researchers will be devoted to the learner strategy in learning English inside the classroom. It is based on two things: First, the problem of learning strategy in the classroom has not been much studied in Indonesia compared to the study of learning motivation and learning style. Second, the problem of learner learning strategy in learning English students inside the classroom can give an idea about the characteristics of successful English learner. The research problems are focused on two important points: (1) how the learner lear

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What research method and approach are used in the study?

The study uses qualitative research with a case study approach and applies the grounded theory method.

Which learner characteristics are reported for a good EFL learner?

The findings describe discipline, an easygoing relaxed style, curiosity, and the tendency to dare to be different, along with planning and sometimes witty word use.

What is the study’s focus regarding enhancing English mastery?

The study verifies how learner strategy enhances English mastery in the classroom context for Indonesian college students.

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