This study discusses the teacher's strategy in teaching reading
comprehension with descriptive text. The aim is to find out what the teacher's
strategy is in teaching reading comprehension and what media is used in SMP
Negeri 7 Banjarmasin.
This study uses qualitative research with descriptive methods. This
involved a class VII English teacher at SMP N 7, Banjarmasin. The data
collection techniques used are observation and interviews. The data were analyzed
using the theory of Ary, Donald, which consisted of three main steps: coding, data
reduction, data display, and conclusion or verification.
The results showed that the teacher's strategy in teaching reading
comprehension with descriptive text was that there were four main types of
strategies used by English teachers, namely scaffolding, reciprocal teaching,
summarize and QRS (Questions and answer relationship. There are two types of
media used in teaching descriptive text, namely print media in the form of pictures
and audio-visual media in the form of short videos.