An Efl Undergraduate Student Listening Strategies In Extensive Listening
Abstract
This study aims to analyse the strategies used by an EFL student in extensive listening.
The participant of this study is the 2nd-semester students of the English department in
Yogyakarta. This research used thematic analysis as the research design. Based on this
type of research, namely qualitative research, A semi-structured interview was utilized
as the tool. A semi-structured interview is one in which the interviewer does not follow
strict to a planned set of questions. The data was collected through one direct interview
and two additional interview to complete the information. The data showed that the
participant of this study was quite successful in implementing extensive listening
strategies that suit his needs. In short, from the strategies carried out by the participant,
it is found that his extensive listening strategies was balanced, namely bottom-up and
top-down because Joko understands the content more easily when he understands the
essence of the material and the explanation of the material also easier to anticipate what
he listens to and what he does not understand by lip movement and listening repeatedly.
Thus, the researcher recommended for the future study to explore more deeply about
strategies that are suitable to be used in extensive listening so that more strategies are
generated from the top-down and bottom-up themes.