Institusion
Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri
Author
Larasati, Adistya Ayu
SUHARTONO, SUHARTONO
SULISTYANI, SULISTYANI
Subject
531 English literature (and language)
Datestamp
2023-09-27 11:53:17
Abstract :
Reading is defined as the activity of seeing writing and understanding the
contents/messages through both print and electronic media. Through reading
people can find out information and add insight/knowledge that they already have.
In teaching and learning activities, the teacher must have a strategy that is used in
teaching students, especially reading in English subjects to help and make it easier
for students to understand the content contained in the reading.
The purpose of this research is to find out what teaching strategies are used
and how the strategies used by teachers are implemented to teach reading
comprehension. This study uses a qualitative and descriptive qualitative approach
as a type of research. The subjects of this study were 1 of English teachers at
SMK PGRI 2 Kediri namely Mrs. Farida Salim, M.Pd. The research instrument
was a checklist of observations and interviews.
The results showed that the strategies used by the teacher in teaching
reading comprehension were scanning and skimming using text Analytical
Exposition Text. And the implementation of Scanning, the first thing to do is that
students are asked to pay attention to keywords in the reading after that search in
the text and focus on the keywords in the last step, students are asked to read the
entire reading or sentences around the keywords. Then the implementation of
skimming, the first thing to do is students are asked to read the title, then students
are asked to read the entire reading from the opening paragraph and if there is subhidding, read one by one after that, just read the first or second sentence after the
opening paragraph and the last step is read overall of paragraph conclusion.
The conclusion is, through these two strategies it shows that these
strategies can support learning in the classroom, students' reading comprehension
can increase and the teacher can find out the extent of students' understanding
after being given assignments. Students are also asked to focus more on reading
so that the time allotted can be used optimally.