Teacher’s Strategy in Teaching Writing Descriptive Text Using Whatsapp Applicationat Smp N 3 Medan

Abstract

This research focused on the descriptive text teaching teaching teaching
text using the WhatsApp application. This study was limited to the writing
of a descriptive text in which the descriptive text was considered for the
teacher's education. Limited to the strategies used by a teacher class master
in the seventh grade. The education focus is the descriptive text for the
seventh degree of SMP N 3 Medan. The question of this research is one of
the teachers at high school, in particular the English teacher of the seventh
grade at SMP N 3 Medan. This turned research was qualitative descriptive
with direct observation, interviewed. Data analysis shows that the teacher
of SMP N 3 Medan applied two learning strategies by teaching online even
if only a part of the two strategies have been used. The strategies that the
teacher used in teaching the descriptive writing used by the teacher were
two strategies, imaginary strategy and strategy of scaffolding. The purpose
of this strategy was to make the material understand the material. Also,
when using this strategy, the teacher can get students independently in
writing and increase the students who understood the material. In
scaffolding strategy, the professor trained students to think independently.
When you think independently, students could end up at home, students
have done at home and made a writing description of the product on their
favorite and then discussed together when the class online process.