CREATIVE TEACHING STRATEGY: AN ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION TO TEACHERSÔÇÖ PROBLEM IN TEACHING READING ON DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Abstract

The dominant complexities of English Teaching at Junior High School in teaching reading are about failing on the design of teaching instruction especially on learning materials and teaching methods which still could not give feedback on studentsÔÇÖ need (in particular how to acquire knowledge and select the most effective learning strategies). This paper is aimed at discussing the ways how to comprehend descriptive text through combining PLAN ( Predict, Locate, Add, Note) and REAP (Read, Encode, Annotate, Ponder) Strategy. Through these strategies students are pushed to use a number of strategies such as relating text to prior knowledge, predict, questioning, summarizing, using imagery, and setting a purpose for reading. This way is an interesting alternative solution to teachersÔÇÖ problem in teaching reading on decriptive text at Junior school. It should be understood by student in order that she/ he can comprehend a descriptive text completely. The student is not only demanded to identify information on the text but also is required to use their effort in how to work in group collaboration to achieve their goal. Furthermore, the student is also try to evaluate the messages given by the writer. For this purpose a reading teacher should be able to help a student to cope with this kind of strategies and they have to vary their ways in teaching reading. By using this strategy, it is expected that the studentsÔÇÖ reading ability will increse and can motivate them in reading descrptive text.