Language Learning Strategy in English Reading Comprehension Used by Successful and Unsuccessful Learners at College
This article is about Language Learning Strategy in English Reading Comprehension Used by Successful and Unsuccessful Learners at College. Th is study was aimed at finding out (1) the language learning strategy used by successful and u nsuccessful learners in English reading comprehension, and (2) the factors that influenced the learners in using certain language learning strategy in English reading comprehension. The research method was qualitative by phenomenological approach. The data were collected by using test, questionnaire, and interview with the participants. There were forty t wo students as participants in this study. The findings are (1) the language learning strategy used by learners in reading comprehension are memory, cognitive, compensation, metacognitive, affective and social strategies. and (2) the influential factors of the learners in using certain language learning strategy are motivation, gender, task, reading mate rial, teaching media, classroom activities and management, and teacher approach and strategy.