THE CORRELATION BETWEEN METACOGNIVE AWARENESS AND LISTENING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT OF THE STUDENTS OF ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM OF SRIWIJAYA UNIVERSITY

Abstract

Abstract: The objectives of the study were: (1) to find out whether or not there was a significant correlation between metacognitive awareness and listening comprehension of the sixth semester students of the English Education Study Program of Sriwijaya University, (2) to find out whether or not there was a significant contribution of metacognitive awareness on listening comprehension of the sixth semester students of the English Education Study Program of Sriwijaya University. The population of the study was the sixth semester students of English Education Study Program Sriwijaya University in Academic year 2017/2018. The total number of the population was 85 students. The techniques of collecting the data were using questionnaire and listening TOEFL test. Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to find out whether or not there was a correlation between two variables. Simple Regression Analysis was used to find out whether or not there was a significant contribution between two variables. The result showed that: (1) There was a significant correlation between metacognitive awareness and listening comprehension achievement (r-obtained 0.309 and p-value 0.004), (2) there was 9.6 % contribution of metacognitive awareness on listening comprehension achievement.