An Analysis Of Strategies Used By Teachers In Teaching Speaking At SMP Negeri 1 Bagan Sinembah Raya

Teacher strategies will help students speaking mastery. The researcher is interesting to analyzed the strategies used by English teachers in teaching speaking at SMP Negeri 1 Bagan Sinembah Raya. The research aims to know what are the strategies used by English teachers in teaching speaking at SMP Negeri 1 Bagan Sinembah Raya. The design of this research is descriptive qualitative research. The population of this research are the entire English teachers at SMP Negeri 1 Bagan Sinembah Raya. There are two English teachers at the school. And there is only one English teacher who teach in first and second grades of SMP Negeri 1 Bagan Sinembah Raya. The data of this research were collected by observation and supported with interview. The result of this research showed that English teachers implement various strategy, plans, methods, approaches or a series of activities designed to achieve educational or teaching goals, as stated by the theory of Syaiful Bahri Djamarah (2010) that describes about basic strategy in teaching and learning speaking, they are: identify and establish specifications and qualifications for the expected changes in behavior and personality of students, choosing a learning approach system, selecting and determining procedures, methods and teaching techniques, and establishing norms and minimum limits of success or criteria and standards of success. The researcher focused on three strategies that teaching speaking which are often used. They were jigsaw, dialogues, and small group discussion