ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH AS FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING STRATEGIES IN IMPROVING STUDENTS’LANGUAGE SKILLS : THE CASE OF SMK NEGERI 3 PATI IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023

Wati,Amin Irna.2022. Analysis of English as Foreign Language Teaching
Strategies in Improving Student's Language Skills: The Case of SMK Negeri 3 Pati
in the Academic Year 2022/2023. Final Project, English education Study Progrm,
Faculty of Language and Arts Education, Universitas PGRI Semarang.
Advisor I : Dr. Listyaning S.,M.Hum., Advisor II : Dr. Dias Andris Susanto,M.Pd..
Keywords : Teaching strategies, english skills, foreign language
The research aimed to find out (1) Teaching strategies used by teacher in improving
students English language skills. (2) The students’perception of teaching strategy
used by teacher in improving students English language skills. The data were
conducted on August 2022 from the teacher and students of tenth grades at SMK
Negeri 3 Pati.
This research used descriptive qualitative method; the instruments were an
observation and interview. The observation was used to observe the teacher of the
tenth grade students at SMK N 3 Pati and the interview was distributed to the
students of the tenth grade.
The findings of the research showed that the english teaching strategies used by the
teacher in improving students language skills. By using several learning support
media in the form of Microsoft Teams, WhatsApp, and modules. The results of
student interviews showed that many students gave positive perceptions toward the
teaching strategies used by teachers, they were being happy, being more active,
being more excited in learning English, they were easier to understand the materials,
find new ideas, expressive, and they can practive it in daily life. Whereas there were
also some students gave negative perception toward teaching strategies used by the
teacher in improving students language skill that they cannot be enthusiastic to learn
English, because they were lazy, being wary and afraid of being wrong in learning
English.