the strategies applied by certified english teacher in teaching speaking skill (a case study at junior high school janapria in the academic years 2020/2021)

the article was written to reveal what teaching strategies applied by certified english teacher in teaching speaking skill at junior high school and how the responses of students toward the strategies. the article was a case study of ethnography which was conducted at junior high school janapria in academic year 2020/2021. the research involved certified teacher and students of junior high school janapria as the research participants. collecting the research data, the interview was employed to find the teaching strategies used by the certified english teacher, and a classroom observation was conducted to discover students’ responses on the teaching strategies used by certified english teacher. the data was analyzed qualitatively. the article exemplifies and explains the rationale of the strategies and the responses. the research finding says that the english certified teacher employed four kinds of active and innovative language teaching strategies: role play, think pair share, group investigation, and articulation drill. it was identified that students’ responses on the use of those teaching strategies were varied but can still be categorized as active responses which was indicated by various students’ behavior including students were enthusiastically speak english, dare to practice speaking in english, dare to ask questions in english as well as giving the answers by using english.