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This study outlines an English teacher's strategies for teaching speaking to the eleventh grade students of SMA Insan Cendekia Syech Yusuf. The goal of this study is to find out the teacher’s strategies used by the teacher in teaching speaking to the eleventh grade students of SMA Insan Cendekia Syech Yusuf. This study uses a descriptive qualitative method and the research design employed is a case study. The subjects of this research are the eleventh-grade English teacher of SMA Insan Cendekia Syech Yusuf. The research instruments used are observations and interviews. The data were collected through direct classroom observations and direct interviews with the subjects. The data analysis techniques used are data condensation, data display, and conclusion. The research results show that teacher in eleventh grade use discussion and prepared talks and presentations strategy in teaching speaking Additionally, it was found that there are two obstacles in teaching speaking: students' speaking skills are not yet very good, and students sometimes still refer to the text when speaking. The solutions to these problems show that teacher list students' incorrect pronunciations and then correct them at the end of the lesson. Furthermore, the data findings indicate that there are both strengths and weaknesses to using discussion, and prepared talks and presentation. The strengths include facilitating teacher in assessing student abilities, while the weaknesses are that students cannot yet speak spontaneously.

An Analysis, Teachers’ strategies, and Teaching Speaking