A Study on Teaching Strategies of Online Reading Class at SMPN 2 Turen

Abstract

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Indonesian government asked Indonesian people to reduce non-essential activities outside to prevent the spread of COVID-19, including teaching and learning activities that must be carried out at home utilizing technology tools. Reading is one of the basic skills of English that must be mastered by students to explore and obtain knowledge and information. Because of that teaching reading is important to improve students’ reading skill. The teacher must apply suitable teaching strategies especially in teaching online reading class. This study aimed to provide broader insight about online teaching reading strategies at SMPN 2 Turen during the COVID-19 pandemic. For the research design, this study used the descriptive qualitative method. The researcher chose the English teacher at SMPN 2 Turen as a respondent. The procedure of this research involved two steps. In the first step, the researcher interviewed the teacher, and in the second step, the teacher took two lesson plans from the ninth-grade level as documentation of this research. The finding of this study indicated that there are two strategies used by the teacher on online teaching reading strategies, they are: encouraging the use of the dictionary and Question-Answer Relationship. Then, the teacher also divided the activities into three phases, namely pre-reading activities, during-reading activities and post-reading activities. Finally, the problems faced by the teacher when teaching online are unlimited teacher’s hour, late assignment submission, limited quota, and unsupported students’ smartphone; and, to solve those problems, the teacher tried to keep serving the students, reminded the students to submit the tasks continuously, provided the printed material, and suggested the students to join the class with their closest friend’s house. According to the findings of the research, the researcher expected for the English teachers that this study can be additional information or material. This research can be used for helping the students, especially the students of the English Department, to know more about teaching reading strategies that have been explained by the researcher in this study. For future researchers, they are recommended to do the research to involve more research participants. Key Words: Teaching Strategies, Online Teaching Reading, Online Teaching