Reading Teaching Strategies Used by English Teachers at Senior High School 1 Ampek Angkek

Abstract

This research describes the implementation of strategies that are used by Senior High Schools English teachers in teaching reading comprehension. The background of this research is based on the results of the study stated that basically English teachers in Senior High School already implemented several strategies in teaching reading comprehension, however, the researcher is interested to know more about strategies that were used by the teachers in teaching reading skill. Besides, this research also presents the factors that influenced the teachers to choose certain strategies in teaching reading comprehension. The study was conducted with 4 English teachers who were teaching English subject at SMA Negeri 1 Ampek Angkek. The data were collected through observation and interview. The results of the analysis show that the English teachers use four strategies in teaching reading comprehension, they are: 1)Think-Pair-Share, 2) Reciprocal Teaching, 3) Question and Answer Relationship, and 4) Small Group Discussion. Two strategies are not used by the English teachers that are Know-What-Learned and SQ3R strategies. Two important conclusions can be drawn from this study. First, small group discussion and question and answer relationship were the most popular strategies that are used by the English teachers. Second, the methods that the English teachers used the strategies in teaching reading comprehension were congruent with the theories proposed by experts.