ABSTRACT

Name : Zahara A’lia
NIM : 190203019
Faculty : Fakultas Tarbiyah dan Keguruan
Major : Department of English Language Education
The Working Title : Exploring Students’ Inquiry Learning Strategy in Learning
English
Main Supervisor : Drs. Mustafa AR, M.A., Ph.D
Co-Supervisor : Drs. Amiruddin., M.Pd.
Keyword : Inquiry Learning Strategy; Learning Strategies; Learning
English

In the learning process, students are required to be active and think critically to understand the learning material. Therefore, learning strategy is one of the factors needed in the learning process. Teachers are expected to be able to use suitable learning strategies to create a positive, effective and enjoyable learning atmosphere. This research was aimed to explore whether using inquiry learning strategy in learning English could improve students’ material mastery of the second-grade students of SMPN 9 Banda Aceh. This research used quantitative methods with a pre-experimental research design carried out in a single class. Research data was obtained from four meetings (two weeks) that were used to give pre-test, treatment, post-test and questionnaire. Purposive sampling was used to select the participants with a total 27 students. The result showed that their post-test scores were higher than that of pre-test with the average of post-test was 77,77, while the average of pre-test was 50,37. It seems to suggest that inquiry learning strategy affected the process of English learning because the result showed that there was an increase in students’ scores after being given treatment using inquiry learning strategy. And also, almost all students gave positive responses about the use of inquiry learning strategy in the learning process.