TEACHING STRATEGIES USED BY THE TEACHER IN TEACHING WRITING RECOUNT TEXT AT SMP NEGERI 17 MEDAN

This study was about Teaching Strategies Used by the Teacher in Teaching Writing
Recount Text at SMP Negeri 17 Medan. The main purposes of this research are: (1)
to find out what strategies were used by the teacher in teaching writing recount text,
and (2) to describe how the teaching strategies were applied by the teacher in
teaching writing recount text. This type of research was descriptive qualitative. In
this research, the English teacher and Class VIII-3 become the subject and sources
of the data. The techniques of data collection used were observing, distributing
questionnaire and interviewing. The data was examine using theory by Haynes and
Zacarian (2010) and theory of Scientific Approach related to the implementation.
The findings showed that: (1) The teacher use five strategies of seven strategies
which listed by Haynes and Zacarian (2010) those were providing comprehensible
input, make lesson visual, link new information, determining key concept, and
modifying vocabulary instruction. The teacher did not used cooperative learning
and modifying testing strategy. (2) The teacher use scientific approach in applied
those teaching strategies. The teacher used make lesson visual strategy in observing
stage, providing comprehensible input strategy in questioning, determining key
concept strategy in experimenting stage, link new information in associating stage,
and modifying vocabulary instruction strategy in communicating stage.