Genre Journal: Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS UNIMED
Vol 7, No 1 (2018)

TEACHER’S STRATEGIES IN TEACHING WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT SNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Sintha Veronika Sianturi (Universitas Negeri Medan)
Masitowarni Siregar (Universitas Negeri Medan)
Johannes Jefria Gultom (Universitas Negeri Medan)



Article Info

Publish Date
15 Feb 2019

Abstract

This research aimed to describe the teacher’s strategies in teaching writing descriptive text and to describe the problems faced by the teacher. It was a descriptive qualitative research design. The subject of this research was one English teacher of SMA Swasta RK Serdang Murni Lubuk Pakam. The data of this research were the teacher’s language and the activities in teaching writing descriptive. The results showed that the teacher applied seven strategies they were (1) modify comprehensible input, (2) make lesson visual, (3) link new information, (4) determine key concepts, (5) modify vocabulary instruction, (6) use cooperative learning strategies, and (7) modify testing. And the problems faced by the teacher were the lack of students’ vocabularies and the participation in group work.Keywords: Teaching Writing, Teacher’s Strategies, Descriptive Text.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ellu

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Genre Journal : is a journal of art creation and study managed by the English and Literature Program, faculty of Language and Art, State University of Medan. Genre is a quarterly publication primarily intended to publish articles, either research-based or conceptual, on language teaching and ...