THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STORY GRAMMAR STRATEGY IN TEACHING NARRATIVE TEXTS FOR VIII GRADE STUDENTS AT MTs AL MA’ARIF TULUNGAGUNG

ABSTRACT Lasmiatun, Sri. Registered Student. 2813123148.2016.The Implementation of Story Grammar Strategy In Teaching Narrative Texts VIII Grade students at MTs Al Ma’arif Tulungagung. Thesis. English Education Program, State Islamic Institute (IAIN) Tulungagung. Advisor: Nany Soengkono Madayani,SS,M.Pd Key words: Reading comprehension, Narrative, Story Grammar. Reading is one of English skill. In reading the teacher needs strategies to make their students interest reading English in second language. The teacher must be creative to choose the strategies in teaching reading comprehension, so their students will feel enjoy in reading class. In this research, the researcher wants to know about Story grammar strategies used by the teacher in teaching Narrative reading comprehension of VIII grade students of MTs Al Ma’arif Tulungagung. The formulation of the research question: 1)How is the implementation of story grammar strategy in teaching narrative reading comprehension at eighth grades of MTs AL MA’ARIF Tulungagung? 2)What are the advantages of using story grammar strategy in teaching narrative reading comprehension at eighth grades students of MTs AL MA’ARIF Tulungagung? The purpose of the study was 1) To describe how the implementation of story grammar strategy in narrative reading comprehension at eighth grades of MTs AL MA’ARIF Tulungagung 2) To describe the advantages of using story grammar strategy in teaching narrative reading comprehension at eighth grades students of MTs AL MA’ARIF Tulungagung. In this study, the researcher uses a descriptive study with a qualitative Approach. Subject of the study are teacher and students who use story grammar strategy at MTs AL MA’ARIF Tulungagung. The methods used to collect the data are interviews, observation and field note. Method of data analysis is inductive method, it means that researcher using data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing. The result from the implementation of story grammar strategy that the researcher get in teaching narrative text at MTs Al Ma’arif Tulungagung are 1) The teacher asks the students if they remember how stories usually start. 2) The teacher show a wall chart with story grammar maps and tell the students that most stories have many parts. Ask the students to identify each part in the story. 3) The teacher give practice time, students must tell the other story in front of the class. Meanwhile related to the advantages of reading that the researcher got from the observation in classroom and interview the teacher are 1) Bring joy to reading 2) Enhances the meaning with mental imagery 3) Strengthens a reader’s relationship to the narrative text 4) Stimulates the imaginative thinking 5) Allow readers to create mental images from words to text 6) to train the ability to think 7) Improving comprehension 8) Add insight and knowledge 9) Sharpen the ability to write 10) Support the ability to speak in public 11) Improve concentration. This result of the study come from the classroom activity in reading comprehension, the teachers can know how far their students to know comprehend students ability in reading narrative text with teachers strategy