Abstract:
The objective of this study was to describe the implementation of teacher’s
strategies in teaching reading comprehension at junior high school. The research
was conducted by qualitative research with naturalistic design. The subject of this
study was English Teacher in SMP Swasta Budisatrya Medan. The data were
obtained by implementing participant observation and interview. The participant
observation was held to investigate the process of the implementation of teacher’s
strategies in teaching reading comprehension. Furthermore, the interview was
conducted to have in-dept information on the reason of why such strategies
conducted in a teching reading comprehension. Thoose data were analyzed by
using the model of Donald Ary including coding, data reduction, data display and
drawing conclusion. The findings showed that there were five strategies used by
teacher in teaching reading comprehension at SMP Swasta Budisatrya Medan,
namely Tea Party, Reciprocal Teaching, Fascinating Facts and Jigsaw. It was also
found that there were three proceses namely prainstructional, instructional and
evaluation, applied by teacher in implementing the teacher strategies of reading
comprehension. In conclusion, not all the teaching strategies of reading
comprehension used by teacher in learning process at the class
