The Correlation Between Language Learning Strategies and Students’ Thinking Styles at the seventh semester of English Education Department of IAIN Langsa

This study was the correlation between language learning strategies and students’ thinking styles at the seventh semester of English education department of IAIN Langsa. The writer took 40 students as the participant in this research. The data in this research was taken using questionnaire. There was 2 kinds of questionnaire in this research. The first questionnaire was about language learning strategies (X) and it consisted 15 questions. The second questionnaire was about student thinking styles (Y) it consisted 20 questions. The total amount of question in this research is 35 questions. This study was aim to find out whether or not the significant correlation between language learning strategies and student thinking styles. This study used a quantitative correlational approach as a research method. The data was collected through likert scale questionnaire. The research data were analyzed using SPSS 26.0 program. This program was used to find out whether there was a significant correlation between language learning strategies (X) and students’ thinking styles (Y). The result of this research showed that there was a positive correlation between language learning strategies and students’ thinking styles. It can be proved by the correlation coefficient (r count) and significance value (ρ) got from the calculation r count = 0.507, ρ = 0.002 < 0.05.