The English Teaching Strategies at Secondary School in Surakarta

Vita Dina Rumi Ardiani, Joko Nurkamto, Dewi Cahyaningrun

Abstract

The objectives of this study are: 1) finding out the English teaching strategies at Surakarta Secondary School, 2) describing the impacts of the use of teaching strategies on students learning. This is a descriptive study to an English teacher at Surakarta Secondary School. The data collection techniques consist of observation, interview for an English teacher and six students, and document analysis. The data were analyzed by Miles and Huberman’s Interactive Model. The findings of this study are: (1) there are six English teaching strategies used by the teacher at Surakarta Secondary School. Those strategies are a) questioning, b) assignment, c) focus, d) monitoring, e) organization,  and f) assessment. (2) The impacts of the use of teaching strategies can be seen from the following aspects: a) students’ understanding, b) students’ role, and c) students’ involvement.

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teaching strategies, language learning, secondary school

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.20961/edj.v7i3.39589

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