English Strategy of Speaking Autodidact Learner

Base on the tables above the researcher found that the most learning strategy of speaking  autodidact learner (Surf Guide) used  who is living around selong belanak beach was listened or  pay-attention when tourist talk with others guides, collecting vocabulary by asking a friends, practiced with friends and also they learning English espesially on speaking  through made relationship with tourist.

• Discussion

4.1 Autodidact strategy in lerning English 

Form the result of interview the researcher note that the most  learning strategy used by autodidact learner (Surf Guide) in learning English espesially on speaking were listening and seeing people when they talk such as increased interaction with a friends or tourist by asking, cooperating with others and emphatizing with others.

4.2  In term to developing pronounciation

• In terms to developing or enhancing pronounciation of autodidact learner (Surf Guide) that they trained their pronount by repeating  or imitating sounds of  tourist or their friends word and then talked  by themselve,  sometimes they shared how to pronounced well of words with a tourist, when they got wrong then tourist help to fix them or help them  pronounced a words in good way, and also they watched English movie, youtube, and listened to the music while tried to sang the lyrics of English song.

4.3  In terms to enrich vocabulary

• In terms to enrich vocabulary of autodidact learner (Surf Guide), they asked tourist or their customer when they did not know about the words which was they wanted to mention, but also sometimes they asked their friends about the words. Beside that they also used a phone to  ecountered vocabulary such as made  communicated on  phone by sent a message through apps like  whatsaap, intagram, facebook and then when they did not know  about a words, they looked up the meaning in a dictionary. They also watched English movie.

4.4  In terms to make fluency

In order to make their fluency better revered to the place and their job (Surf Guide)  they spoke English with tourist or with their customer  everyday and then practiced with a friends, and mostly  practiced when they teach surf, when they hangout with customor and when they offering food. And than sometimes they talking to themselves.

•  In terms to improving accent
• In order to improve  their accent, they mostly listening English music, as like rapper song , wacthing English movie as like harry poter sometimes they hangout with tourist and asking the sound of word when they do not know how to mention it and than tried to followed their accent
• Conclusion
• However, based on the data were found the researcher concluded that:
• The autodidact learner (Surf Guide) strategies in learning English espesially on speaking were  social strategies and affective strategies
• In terms developing or enhancing pronounciation they used  social strategies and cognitive strategies
• In terms to strategy of enriching vocabulary they  used memory strategies, social strategies and cognitive strategies
• In terms to improving fluency in speaking they used social strategies,  and cognitive strategies.
• In term to improving accent they used social strategies and cognitive startegies.

Meanwhile, concerning  through the data had taken by observation and interview the frequently of learning strategy used by an autodidact learners in learning English espesially on speaking were social strategy, memory strategy, affective strategy and cognitive strategy.

 

 

• REFERENCE

Torky, S. (2006). The Effectiveness of a Task- Based Instruction Program in Developing the English Language Speaking Skills of Secondary Stage Students. Ain Shams University. Retrieve on 27 May 2020. https://www.academia.edu/28704526