THE ENGLISH TEACHERS’ STRATEGIES OF TEACHING ENGLISH IN INCLUSION ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OF BENGKULU CITY

Abstrak

This study aimed to find out the strategies used by English teachers of teaching English in

inclusion elementary schools of Bengkulu city. This study used the descriptive qualitative and

quantitative method. This study used 12 English Teachers in inclusion elementary schools of Bengkulu

City as puposive sampling. The instruments of this study were interview, questionnaire, and observation

checklist. This study used theory by Heward, W.L. (2017) about four things of English Teachers’

strategies such as Giving Prompts, Explaining Questions and Answers, and Discussion. The results of

the study show that first, almost every English teachers in inclusion elementary schools of Bengkulu

city used and implemented strategies from Heward, W.L. Second, and the most dominant strategies that

used by the English teachers' of teaching English in inclusion elementary school of Bengkulu City was

Giving Prompts with percentage 28.90% that identified for 148 times.

Keywords: Teachers’ Strategy, Teaching English, Inclusion Elementary Schools.