A Comparative Study Of Teaching Strategies Used by English Teachers In Teaching Reading Comprehension

This research was conducted to find out what the strategies were used and what is the dominant strategies used by English teachers in teaching reading comprehension at the second grade of Junior High School. The research took place at MTsS Darul Ulum and MTsS Babun Najah Banda Aceh. The research participants are English teachers from the schools. This research used purposeful sampling in involving the participants. Observation and interview instruments were used to get the data needed, and analyzed by using steps: transcription, organizing the data, familiarization, coding, and themes, then it presented in qualitative descriptive. The result of the research found that two strategies that the teachers used at MTsS Darul Ulum and MTsS Babun Najah Banda Aceh, were namely QARs (Question Answer Relationship) and TSI (Transactional Strategies Instruction) and the dominant strategy used TSI (Transactional Strategies Instruction) as the dominant stategy used by the teachers.