AN ANALYSIS OF TEACHER’S STRATEGIES IN TEACHING SPEAKING FOR EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS AT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 7 BATANG HARI

This research was aimed to describe the strategies used by the English teacher of eighth grade students of Junior High School 7 Batang hari in teaching speaking. This study was conducted by using descriptive qualitative design. The data was gained by observation, interview and documentation. The researcher was interviewing the English teacher and also the eleventh grade students by using hand phone to record the data. The results indicate that there are four strategies in teaching speaking which applied by the English teacher. They are drilling, simulation and role play, the portrait interview, creative tasks, and group work. There also some principles applied by the teacher to develop vocabulary mastery and fluency, first is the activity is meaning-focused and second is the learners take a part in activities where all the language items are within their previous experiences. The teacher applied those strategies to help the students become active, easy to understand the lessons and also enjoy during teaching and learning process