English Teachers' Strategies on Teaching Reading to Students in SMP N 3 Purwodadi

This research paper is entitled "English Teachers' Strategies on Teaching Reading in SMP N 3 Purwodadi". The researcher examines the teaching reading strategies applied by the English teachers in grade VIII students. The aims of this study were: (1) to identify the strategies used by the VIII grade English teachers in teaching reading to the VIII grade students at SMP N 3 Purwodadi, (2) to identify the reasons for the VIII grade English teachers for the strategies they used to teach reading to students, and (3) to explain how the VIII grade students responded about learning to read with the strategies used by the VIII grade English teacher. The method in this study is a qualitative descriptive method. The results of this study include the followings: (1) the strategies of the English teacher to grade VIII students in SMP N 3 Purwodadi in teaching reading are understanding text, individual and group strategies, question and answer relationships (QARs), reading aloud, collecting difficult vocabulary, skimming, and scanning; (2) the teacher's reasons for teaching reading strategies given to students are to help students in reading comprehension skills and build students' characteristics individually and socially, and; (3) students' responses to the reading learning strategies used by English teachers are students who like reading because they truly like English and students who do not like reading because they have no interest in English. The reasons why they dislike or like English are caused by internal factors (self-motivation, self-confidence, curiosity, courage, and being active) and external factors (limited time/hours of English lessons arranged by the school, a less supportive environment for improving English language skills, and limited learning media). From the results of this study, there is an impact on the selection of strategies chosen by teachers for students in reading learning, namely that reading teaching strategies chosen by teachers can help students build their positive interest so that it affects students' interest to their reading comprehension