Teacher’s Strategies in Teaching Grammar in Merdeka Curriculum
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https://doi.org/10.30595/mtf.v12i1.27161Keywords:
Teacher's Strategies, Strategies, Teaching Grammar, Merdeka curriculumAbstract
This research aims to investigate the teacher’s strategies in teaching grammar in the Merdeka curriculum. This research applied a qualitative approach, more specifically a case study. The research participants were an English teacher who taught in the second grade of vocational senior high school, and the students were from TKR-4 and TSM 4. Analysis of lesson plans, observation, and interviews were employed to collect empirical data. The results of this research were 1) The teacher had applied four strategies to teach grammar in the classroom: expository strategy, cognitive strategy, cooperative strategy, and socio-affective strategy. 2) the teacher’s lesson plan was good enough because the lesson plan was suitable for the Learning Achievement of the Merdeka curriculum. 3) Based on the students’ interview, the teacher’s strategies pretty helped them to understand grammar.
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