<![CDATA[This research aims at finding out and describing the learning strategies used bytwelfth year students to upgrade their English for facing national examination ofSMK Muhammadiyah 1 Sukoharjo. The type of this research is descriptivequalitative which aims to describe the strategies applied by the twelfth yearstudents for facing national examination. The methods of collecting the data areobservation, interview, and documentation. The data are taken from the subject ofthe research in the form of field notes, interview, and document. The result of theresearch shows that the twelfth year students use kinds of learning strategiesbased on OâMalley and Chamot: meta-cognitive, cognitive, and social-affectivestrategies. The first subject is AM. He uses 10 strategies which consist of 4 inmeta-cognitive, 4 in cognitive, 2 in social-affective. The second subject is AA.She uses 9 strategies which consist of 4 in meta-cognitive, 3 in cognitive. Thethird subject is SF uses 10 strategies which consist of 5 in meta-cognitive, 4 incognitive, 1 in social-affective. The fourth subject is WIN. He uses 6 strategieswhich consist of 2 in meta-cognitive, 3 in cognitive, 1 in social-affective. Thestudents of software engineering who has higher mark apply more strategies thanstudents of motorcycle engineering. Thus, the researcher can conclude thatlearning strategies used by software engineering are more effective to help thestudents for facing national examination. In specific, those are strategies used bystudents of software engineering which did not use by students of motorcycleengineering namely, note taking strategy and cooperation strategy.Key words: learning, learning strategies, national examination, strategy]]>
