TEACHERS’ STRATEGIES OF IMPLEMENTING CRITICAL LITERACY APPROACH IN TEACHING READING TO MULTICULTURAL EFL CLASSES (A Survey Conducted at Islamic Senior High School, West Java Province)

Abstract

The research report in this paper focuses on the problem of Teacher Strategy applying the Critical Literacy Approach in teaching reading to improve students' reading skills. This study aims to determine the improvement of students' reading skills such as reading articles/news in newspapers, on the subject of asking and giving directions. The subject of the study consists of 30 students sitting in the tenth grade. The researcher applies a mixedmethods design, which is an embedded design. The instruments used are observation and questionnaires. Samples were taken using the random sampling technique. The findings of the observation show that the teacher's strategy in the classroom is effective in improving students' reading skills. This can be seen from the average total questionnaire results of students 100% (10% strongly agree and 90% agree). It means that students are very happy when reading and like to ask the teacher. In short, reading is one of the most important language skills for students to learn. Through this activity, students can improve their language and experience. They will get the information and ideas they need to know . Keywords: Critical Literacy Approach, Reading. Teacher Strategies.