AN ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH TEACHERS’ STRATEGIES IN TEACHING WRITING AT SMP NEGERI 3 BINTAN

Abstract

Writing is not an easy skill to deal with or understand. As everything need strategies, also in writing an English text. The objective of this research was to know teaching writing strategies used by the teachers at SMP Negeri 3 Bintan in improving students’ writing skill. This research used qualitative method and structured interview to collect the data. By the two methods, researcher presented the result by describing it into a good explanation in the form of words. The result showed that two English teachers at SMP Negeri 3 Bintan used Photography, Graphic Organizer and Story Staters as the strategies in improving students’ writing skill.