Abstract :
This research is to identify teachers' strategies in teaching English at
SMPN 4 Poso Pesisir. This research is conducted at SMPN 4 Poso Pesisir. The
type of research use in this study was descriptive qualitative and the subjects of
this study were English teachers at SMPN 4 Poso Pesisir, which consisted of two
teachers. Teachers in class VII use three strategies, namely expository strategies,
cooperative strategies, and contextual strategies. Teachers in class VIII use four
strategies, namely expository strategies, cooperative strategies, contextual
strategies, and problem-based strategies. The process of collecting data is done by
observation, interviews, and documentation. The findings of this study shows that
the strategies use by teachers in teaching English at SMPN 4 Poso Pesisir were:
expository strategies, cooperative strategies, contextual strategies, and problembased
strategies. Students' responses to the strategies use by the teacher in
teaching English learning were that students paid attention to the teacher's
explanation during English learning, students answered teacher questions, asked
questions to the teacher, did assignments given by the teacher, discussed, and gave
opinions and order in the learning process.