An Analysis of Students’ Language Learning Strategy and Lecturers’ Language Teaching Strategy in Writing for Media Communication Class

Abstract

Language Learning Strategies or also known as LLS and Lecturers’ Language Teaching Strategies are two crucial points that have significant role in the use of language in communication. It is definitely need extra attempts to learn and teach English as a foreign language. This is becoming more interesting if the case was to learn and teach English in a vocational college. Consequently, both students and the lecturers need additional efforts because of the particular purpose of it. The purpose of vocational college is preparing the students with skills and ready to work in the field. This paper attempted to find interesting strategies that both the students and lecturers choose to achieve the goals of the vocational college, in a class of Writing for Media Communication in Politeknik Negeri Padang. The students were in second year in college and the lecturers who taught them. The data were gained in the beginning of Covid-19.