An analysis of teachers’ strategies in teaching writing at Grade VIII SMP Negeri 8 Padangsidimpuan

Harahap, Suhendra Efendi (2021) An analysis of teachers’ strategies in teaching writing at Grade VIII SMP Negeri 8 Padangsidimpuan. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

Many students in SMP N 8 Padangsidimpuan got low achievement in English especially at grade VIII. It is not due to students problem only but also come from teachers. This research would find out the strategies used by teacher especially in teaching writing. The objectives of this research are to find out the strategies that the teachers used in teaching writing at grade VIII of Junior HighSchool from SMPN 8 Padangsidimpuan, and what the reasons of teachers to use that strategies. The method of this research was qualitative research. The subject of this research was 3 English teachers at grade VIII in SMP N 8 Padangsidimpuan. The instruments of this research were observation checklist that done in class and interview to know the reason of teacher for used strategies. The result of the research found that there are different strategies that teacher used in teaching writing in class; there are two strategies that the teacher used free writing and work in group strategy. two of them used free writing and a used work in group. Teachers Reasons’ that used these strategies were;1)free writing is the effective strategies to increase students interest in writing,2)Free writing could increase students in logically thinking,3) Work in group could used to change of mind from students with each other.

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