The Analysis of Teachers’ Perceived Effective Strategies in Teaching Reading

The objectives of this research are to find out the teachers’ perceived effective teaching reading strategies at second grade of senior high school MAS Al Falah Aceh Besar and to know the effective strategies that the teachers used in teaching reading. This was qualitative research. The research took 4 participants from the English teachers. The data were collected of this research was collected through observations and interviews. I used analytic process by McCracken to analyze the data. The result of data analysis showed there were four effective strategies that English teachers used during teaching reading. It was concluded based on the data I got from the participants. The final findings of this research there were four effective strategies and perceptions in teaching reading in MAS Al Falah at second grade of senior high school those are: memorizing, question answer relationship, game, and discussion. Furthermore, the results indicated that teachers’ perceptions and strategies about effective strategies in teaching reading was significant and suitable to support English learning in the schools. The research findings also showed the positive effects from the use of the strategies that were mentioned before. Finally, based on the findings of the research I gave some suggestions and I hope this research will be useful for improving education in Indonesia.