A study on teachers’ strategies in teaching reading comprehension at SMP N 1 Puncak Sorik Merapi Mandailing Natal

Rangkuti, Nurlatifah (2023) A study on teachers’ strategies in teaching reading comprehension at SMP N 1 Puncak Sorik Merapi Mandailing Natal. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Syekh Ali Hasan Ahmad Addary Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

The background of this research was taken based on fact of the teacher had problem in teaching reading comprehension. The researcher identified many problems, as there are many teachers who did not know how to teach English, especially in teaching reading comprehension. In this research, the researcher wanted to find out about the teachers’ strategies in teaching reading comprehension and the teachers steps in teaching reading comprehension at Grade VIII in SMP N 1 Puncak Sorik Merapi. This research have two formulations they are: what strategies used by teachers in teaching reading comprehension at grade VIII in SMP N 1 Puncak Sorik Merapi? And how do teachers apply the strategies in teaching reading comprehension at grade VIII in SMP N 1 Puncak Sorik Merapi?. The purposes of this research are to find out the teachers strategies in teaching reading comprehension at grade VIII in SMP N 1 Puncak Sorik Merapi and to find out the application of strategies in teaching reading comprehension at grade VIII in SMP N 1 Puncak Sorik Merapi. The method of this research is qualitative descriptive research. The subject of this research is English teacher in Junior High School 1 of Puncak Sorik Merapi Mandailing Natal. The instruments of this research are observation checklist and interview. The researcher analysed data by preparing the data, reading and understanding the data, classifying the data, making an interpretation or meaning of data, and the last make conclusion. The result of this research shows that the teacher used two strategies in teaching reading comprehension: modeling strategy and QARs (Question Answer Relationship). Teachers apply modeling strategy with steps: teacher select the text and introduce the text to students and discuss about the tittle, topic and concept. Then, provide an enjoyable reading experience for students. After reading, invite students to respond the text. The last discuss what students have heard. The steps of QARs (Question Answer Relationship): teacher explains the lesson, teacher gives question and students answer the question. These two strategies used by English teachers at garde VIII of SMP N 1 Puncak Sorik Merapi to help students understand the English text.

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