Pariyani. K2216050. INVESTIGATING EFL LEARNERS’ STRATEGIES IN LEARNING SPEAKING: A CASE STUDY IN A UNIVERSITY IN SURAKARTA. Thesis. Faculty of Teacher Training and Education. Sebelas Maret University. 2023. The objectives of this study are to (1) investigate the EFL learners’ strategies in learning speaking; and (2) investigate the EFL learners’ reasons in choosing those strategies.

The object of the study are the students of English Education Department in a university in Surakarta on the fourth semester. A case study approach was used in this study's descriptive qualitative research. The questionnaire and interview were used to collect the data. The participants of this study were the fourth semester undergraduate students of English Education Department in a university in Surakarta.  

The study showed that the EFL learners of English Education Department in a university in Surakarta mostly used all of the Oral Communication strategies Inventory (OCSI) by Nakatani (2006). The most dominant strategies they used are: nonverbal strategies while speaking in the first position, the second is negotiation for meaning while speaking, the third is message reduction and alteration, and the fourth is negotiation for meaning while listening, while the strategy that is rarely use is attempt to think in English strategies. After the researcher found the most strategies they used in learning speaking, the researcher found some reasons why they chose those strategies. The study showed that, even though they have different reasons one to another but in the end, the goal is the same; to make it simpler for themselves to deliver messages to the interlocutor and to ensure that interlocutor understands what they mean, finally the biggest goal is to keep the relationship going well.