Analysis of English Teaching Strategies for Students with Special Needs at SLB N 1 Bukittinggi
Raisa Maulidia, 2319051. Analysis of English Teaching Strategies for Students with Special Needs at SMPLB N 1 Bukittinggi in Mental Retardation Class. A Thesis, State Islamic University (UIN) of Sjech M. Djamil Djambek Bukittinggi. 2025 English is one of the elective subjects in inclusive school or Sekolah Luar Biasa (SLB). English has become one of the elective subjects and must be taken by students at SLB N 1 Bukittinggi. There are several problems encountered in this study. First, students are not interested in learning, which often causes them to lose focus. The second problem is that teachers find it difficult to deal with students' changing moods. This study aims to describe the strategies in teaching English for students with special needs and to identify the teacher challenges to teach students with special needs. This research is qualitative research, case study. The informant in this research is English teacher at SLB N 1 Bukittinggi. The data was collected by observation, interviews, and documentation. Then, those are analyzed by reducing, displaying, and concluding the data. The finding of the research show that teacher used several teaching strategies, namely Repetition, Direct Instruction, Total Physical Response (TPR), and sometimes teacher used game example playing guessing games. Teacher also uses simple learning media such as pictures to help students comprehension. The challenges faced by teacher include difficulties to adjusting the strategies to be used and adabtable student’s condition, teacher difficulties to deal the student’s mood and limited time in the class. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that the selection of strategies that are appropriate and in accordance with the characteristics of students with special needs is important.