Identifying English Teachers’ Teaching Strategies At Junior High School 16 Banda Aceh

This study focused on the teacher’s problem in teaching English and their strategy implemented at Junior high school. The research aims to find out teachers’ problems in teaching English and the strategies used by English teachers in teaching English. This research was a descriptive qualitative method conducted in Junior High School 16 Banda Aceh. The writer collected data through observation by preparing an observation sheet and interviewing the English teacher to get more information. The population of this research was three English teachers of Junior High School, and the writer used purposive sampling in class VII-B, class VIII-C, class IX-D. Qualitative data analysis was used in this research which adopted the qualitative data analysis techniques of Mile and Huberman (2010), which includes three steps; data reduction, display data and conclusion. The result of the research showed that the teachers faced many problems in teaching English, such as student lack of interest and motivation in learning the English language, difficulty in managing the class, and students’ dependence on the teachers. Although the teachers have their way of teaching English to solve the problem and faced the challenge. In reality the teaching and learning process would be more active and fun.