Teacher's strategy in teaching reading comprehension with authentic materials in SMA Antartika Sidoarjo

Researches showed that, the use of authentic materials was beneficial for improving students’ reading comprehension. However, there is little information on teachers use authentic materials in teaching reading. This study aims to explore the type of strategies in teaching reading and teacher’s way in implementing them with the use authentic materials in SMA Antartika Sidoarjo. This study used a qualitative design by interviewing the teacher and observing the class. The findings showed that teacher used three strategies for teaching reading comprehension: brainstorming, scaffolding, and questions and answer relations. The strategies were applied with several activities divided into three stages: pre-reading, while reading, and post-reading. The pre-reading activities are used to activate the students; background knowledge and prepare them for the main materials. While reading activity functions to make students understand the text and increase their reading ability. Post reading activity is the end of the activity such as resume the material. The findings imply that the strategies applied can be as a way to use authentic materials in teaching reading that help increase students’ comprehension.