AN ANALYSIS OF TEACHER STRATEGIES IN TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION (A Descriptive Study At The first Grade Students At SMA Inshafuddin Banda Aceh)

This study aimed to analyze the teacher strategies in teaching reading comprehension at the first grade students at SMA Inshafuddin Banda Aceh. This research employed a descriptive qualitative method. The participants of this research were the English teacher and the first grade students of SMA Inshafuddin Banda Aceh that consist of 30 students. The instruments of collecting the data used in this study were the observation, interview and questionnaire. The objectives of this research were to know the teacher strategy in teaching reading comprehension and the students’ responses of the teacher strategies in teaching reading comprehension. The result revealed that the teacher used five strategies in teaching reading comprehension at the first grade students of SMA Inshafuddin Banda Aceh. They were Recognizing Story Structure, Question and Answer Relationship (QARS), Monitoring Comprehension, Skimming, and Scanning. In this research also found that the students’ responses toward the teacher strategies in teaching reading comprehension it showed positive responses.