AN ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH TEACHERS’ STRATEGIES IN TEACHING ENGLISH TO THE STUDENTS IN SMA NEGERI 2 KOTA BENGKULU

This research was aimed at finding out the teachers’ strategies in teaching English
in SMA Negeri 2 Kota Bengkulu and which one is dominantly used by the
English teachers in SMA Negeri 2 Kota Bengkulu. The subject of this research
was four English teachers in SMA Negeri 2 Kota Bengkulu. Descriptive
Quantitative method is the methodology of the research and the data was collected
by using observation checklist and transcription of video recording. The
observation checklist was consisted of eight teaching strategies by Eriști and
Akdeniz (2012), yes/no coloumn and note coloumn. The transcription was
contained whilst teaching activities of each teachers. A formula from Arikunto
(2006) was used in finding the percentage of the teaching strategies used by the
teachers in order to find which strategy is dominantly used by the English teachers
in SMA Negeri 2 Kota Bengkulu. The result of data analysis shows that four from
eight teaching strategies are not employed by the English teachers in SMA Negeri
2 Kota Bengkulu. English teachers strategies used in teaching English are:
question - answer strategy (75%), discussion - brainstorming strategy (50%),
writing/ summarize/ taking note strategy (25%), and presentation strategy (25%).
The finding shows that English teachers in SMA Negeri 2 Kota Bengkulu
dominantly used question – answer strategy with the percentage 75% as their
stategy in teaching English to students.
Keywords : teachers’ strategies, teaching English