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ABSTRACT Azizzul Haq Syaf, 2313.147. The English Teachers’ Strategy in Preparing Teaching Materials at Islamic Elementary Schools in Bukittinggi. This research was aimed to know the English teachers strategy in preparing teaching materials at Islamic Elementary Schools in Bukittinggi. This research was conducted since there were some problems found in Islamic Elementary Schools’ English teachers in preparing teaching materials. Those problems were the teachers had adopted strategy in preparing teaching materials while it is a weakness. The teachers rarely adapt teaching materials to complete previous strategy. This research was descriptive quantitative research. The population of this research was all of English teacher of Islamic Elementary Schools in Bukittinggi which consists of 10 teachers. The total sample of this research was 10 teachers. The sample was determined by using total sampling because the population of English teacher of Islamic Elementary Schools in Bukittinggi is less than 100. In collecting the data, the questionnaire was used as an instrument. The finding of the research indicates that generally the percentages of the teachers strategy in preparing teaching materials is 75% of 10 English teachers in Islamic Elementary Schools in Bukittinggi had adopted teaching materials. Furthermore, 37.14% English teachers in Islamic Elementary Schools in Bukittinggi had always and usually adapt the teaching materials, and 45.56% English teachers in Islamic Elementary Schools in Bukittinggi had usually develop their own teaching materials. It is concluded that all of English teachers in Islamic Elementary Schools in Bukittinggi used these three strategies in preparing teaching materials, adopting, adapting, and developing; the most strategy that is used by the teachers is adopting strategy in preparing teaching materials. Key Words: Strategy, Teaching Materials.