This research is aimed to find out the translanguaging strategies that used in
the EFL classroom. The class that the researcher choose was classes from 7 and 8
grade Islamic Junior High School Kotabaru. This research is conducted at the first
semester at Islamic Junior High School Kotabaru used descriptive qualitative
research by doing observation, interview and documentation. In order to
conducted the research, collected the data the researcher observed the English
teachers while used translanguaging strategy in the class and interviewed the
teachers. The researcher interviewed the teachers to get the way teachers asked the
students in the classroom. Throughout the observation and interview, the
researcher found out that the teachers mostly used translanguaging strategy to the
students in class. And also most of the teachers use the translanguaging strategy to
students and the benefits of translanguaging for teachers to students. Therefore,
the findings of this study are expected to explained translanguaging strategies and
the benefits of translanguaging to students in classes