@thesis{thesis, author={Budiasih S.Pd. and Mifta Alfiyanaini}, title ={A STUDY ON STUDENTS’ LEARNING STRATEGIES IN SPEAKING SKILL OF THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS IN MAN 1 SURAKARTA BOARDING SCHOOL IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2015/2016}, year={2017}, url={http://eprints.iain-surakarta.ac.id/708/}, abstract={Key Words : Speaking Skill, Metacognitive Strategies, Cognitive Strategies, Socioaffective Strategies. The objectives of the research are to know the students’ learning strategies in speaking skill and the strengths and the weaknesses of the learning strategies used by students in boarding school MAN 1 Surakarta. In conducting this research, the research uses descriptive qualitative research. In collecting the data, the researcher uses observation and interview. The data were analyzed by: (1) Reducing the data, (2) Displaying the data, (3) drawing conclusion. The researcher use methodical triangulation to get validity of data. The result of this research shows that: (1) the students applied almost all of the strategies proposed by O’Malley et al including meta-cognitive strategies, cognitive strategies, and socio-affective strategies in mastering their speaking skill. In metacognitive strategies, the students use four strategies, namely: selective attention, selfmanagement, self- monitoring, and self-evaluation. In cognitive strategies, the students used ten strategies, namely: Resourcing Translation, Repetition, Grouping, Deduction, Imagery, Keyword method, Inferencing and Note taking. And in socio-affective strategies, the students used two strategies namely: cooperation and question for clarification. (2) The strengths for the students when they apply those strategies are the students get many new vocabularies, they can fluently in speaking English, they know how to pronounce those word, and more confidence in speaking English. Beside the strengths the students also have their weaknesses. They are in their grammar, because they more focus in their speaking and tend to ignore grammar.} }