| dc.description.abstract | Reading is one of basic English skills that has an important role for exploring and getting knowledge and information, especially for learners. Therefore, teaching reading also became an important thing for improving students’ reading skill. To make an effective teaching reading class, the teacher certainly should apply teaching strategy especially in online learning since it was more challenging for the teacher.
This study aimed to provide teachers’ strategies in teaching reading comprehension conducted by the English teacher of tenth grade of Vocational High School 2 Malang. This study used a descriptive qualitative research. The researcher chose one of the senior English teachers of Vocational High School 2 Malang who had good quality in teaching English, especially reading comprehension. In addition, to obtain the data, the researcher used observation, interview, and questionnaire as the main instruments, and some supportive instruments such as document.
The finding of the study indicated that the observed teacher had made the lesson plan with considering the essential elements of creating the lesson plan such as objectives, activities, and media used. Moreover, the observed teacher applied (QARs) Question Answer Relationship and meta-cognitive strategy in teaching reading comprehension. The observed teacher also divided the activities into three steps, namely in pre-reading activities, during-reading activities, and post-reading activities and implemented various activities to the students either using Mclass, Google Classroom, Live Worksheet, ISL Collective, Youtube, WhatsApp Mesengger, and Google Meet.
Based on the findings of the study, it is strongly requested that further exploration and investigation about teaching reading should be carried out in order to conduct in-depth research in future research. The suggestion was addressed to the teacher for considering the strategy used in teaching reading comprehension. It was also needed to apply interactive and interesting activities for the students in order to enhance students' motivation in learning reading comprehension.
Key Words: Teacher Strategies, Teaching Reading | en_US |
