A SURVEY ON LISTENING STRATEGIES EMPLOYED BY STUDENTS AND LISTENING TASKS ASSIGNED BY LECTURERS IN ONLINE LISTENING CLASSES AT THE ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM OF BENGKULU UNIVERSITY

This research aims to investigate listening strategies employed by
English students and listening tasks assigned by lecturers in online listening
classes. This research was descriptive quantitative with the design was a survey.
The sample of this research was 119 students of the fourth semester of the English
Education study program of Bengkulu University. The listening strategies
questionnaire developed by Bou (2017) use the theory from O’Malley and
Chamot that was adapted by the researcher. Listening tasks questionnaire created
by the researcher. To determine the category of listening strategies employed by
the students, the researcher used the rating scheme from Oxford (1990). The
findings of the result have revealed that the students highly preferred to employed
Socio-Affective strategies, followed by Metacognitive strategies, and the least
was Cognitive strategies. The lecturers frequently assigned the students by giving
summarizing task. The findings of the result also showed that the listening task
assigned by lecturers was suitable for the need of students. It is concluded that
most of the students were using strategies when they are doing listening and doing
the listening task. But the Cognitive strategies were not too good employed by
students. The lecturers frequently assigned the students by giving summarising
tasks, which referred to Cognitive strategies.
Keyword: Listening Strategies, tasks, Online Listening Classes.