Abstrak
<p><em>The students have a problem in comprehending the text in listening comprehension. It</em><em> was prompted by the idea that metacognitive stratetegies is the crucial important </em><em>to solve the problem in listening comprehension</em><em>. By using these strategies, it helped students to plan, monitor, solve, and evaluate their learning </em><em>to foster their listening comprehension</em><em>.</em><em> One of strategy in metacognitive is planning strategies. This article is intendedto find out what planning of</em><em> metacognitive strategies </em><em>used by students and the way</em><em> they apply it in listening comprehension.</em><em>Based on the research has conducted by the researcher, The students</em><em> had applied metacognitive strategies but some of th</em><em>em</em><em> did not do it in the correct ways in listening comprehension. It can be concluded that the result of the study indicated that the</em><em> planning of</em><em> metacognitive strategies used by the students in listening comprehension need to be develop and increase in to the correct ways to get better comprehension in listening.</em><em></em></p><strong>Key words: </strong>metacognitive strategies, planning strategies, listening comprehension.