THE STRATEGIES OF TEACHING IN READING COMPREHENSION

The strategies are needed in teaching-learning process, because to build students’ ability in reading. Through strategy in teaching-learning reading to make students interested to learning reading class. How are the implementation of teaching strategies and what strategies are the teacher used in reading comprehension in reading comprehension at SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Banjarmasin was a problem of study. To describe the implementation of teaching strategies in reading comprehension and know the strategies of the teacher used when teaching was the research objective. This research used a descriptive qualitative method. 75 students consist of three classes were the subjects. Observation and interview were the instruments. The result of the research showed that the teacher used group discussion; is used to answer the questions based on their read in a group. Gallery walk; is used for the students after they finished see the pictures, they were asked questions related to pictures. Mind mapping; is used for students to make mind mapping based on their thinking. Therefore, the teacher used three such as group discussion; discuss together to solve the problem. Gallery walk; students get the information after they see the pictures. Mind mapping; activity to develop their thinking. Based on the result, it is suggested that students should be more active in the class and students should be ready to study. Besides that, the teacher should use more English when teaching in the classroom