An Efl Undergraduate Student Listening Strategies In Extensive Listening

Abstract

This study aims to analyse the strategies used by an EFL student in extensive listening. The participant of this study is the 2nd-semester students of the English department in Yogyakarta. This research used thematic analysis as the research design. Based on this type of research, namely qualitative research, A semi-structured interview was utilized as the tool. A semi-structured interview is one in which the interviewer does not follow strict to a planned set of questions. The data was collected through one direct interview and two additional interview to complete the information. The data showed that the participant of this study was quite successful in implementing extensive listening strategies that suit his needs. In short, from the strategies carried out by the participant, it is found that his extensive listening strategies was balanced, namely bottom-up and top-down because Joko understands the content more easily when he understands the essence of the material and the explanation of the material also easier to anticipate what he listens to and what he does not understand by lip movement and listening repeatedly. Thus, the researcher recommended for the future study to explore more deeply about strategies that are suitable to be used in extensive listening so that more strategies are generated from the top-down and bottom-up themes.