TEACHER’S STRATEGIES IN TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA ST. THOMAS 2 MEDAN

The purposes of this study analyzed kind of strategies used by English teachers at
SMA St. Thomas 2 Medan in teaching reading comprehension descriptive text,
and analyzed how the English teacher used semantic mapping in teaching reading
comprehension descriptive text. This research was conducted by descriptive
qualitative method. The participants of this research were an English teacher of
grade 10 at SMA St. Thomas 2 Medan and the students of class X IPS 1 SMA St.
Thomas 2 Medan. The data from this research were the results of observations and
interviews. The researcher also asked the teacher what strategies the teacher
usually uses in teaching reading comprehension, especially in descriptive texts.
The teacher replied that she had three different teaching strategies for teaching
reading comprehension. The three strategies are: Mind Mapping/Semantic
Mapping, Reciprocal Teaching, and Question Answer Relationship (QARs).
Based on the results of observations that had been made by researchers, teachers
carried out learning activities using teaching strategies properly and there were no
obstacles.