Strategies In Teaching English Listening Skills: A Case Study In Islamic Boarding Schools In Aceh Besar

The research was accomplished to explore teachers’ strategies in teaching English listening and what is the strategy that is overly used by teachers in teaching English listening in boarding schools in Aceh Besar. This research was completed by using a qualitative approach. The participants were twelve English teachers in three islamic boarding schools in Aceh Besar. The islamic boarding schools are MAS Ruhul Islam Anak Bangsa, MAS Al-Manar, and MAS Darul Ihsan. Semi-structured interviews were used as the instrument to answer the research questions. From the result of the research, it was found that there are three types of strategies that teachers used in teaching English listening according to O’Malley and Chamet. The first type is Metacognitive. The strategy is pre- during- and post- strategy. The second type is cognitive. The strategies are bottom-up and top-down, listening to song, listening and watching native audio or video, watching movie, literation, listen and tick, dictation, and chain whispering. The last type is socio-affective. The strategies are group discussion and debate. The strategies that teachers overly used in teaching English listening is listening to song. Listening to song is easy to reached by teachers and learners. Besides it also makes the atmosphere pleasant in the class therefore it can improve students’ listening skill.