Strategies in Teaching Descriptive Text for Students with Visual Learning Style

Abstract

This study focuses on the analysis of teacher strategies in teaching descriptive writing text by using a visual learning style. The purpose of this study is to describe the strategies used by teachers teaching writing descriptive text. This research was conducted qualitative that involving one of the English teachers of SMA 2 Bangkinang. In teaching writing, the teacher should be able to attract the students’ attention and the teacher also has to be creative. The teacher should choose a strategy that can involve the students to write independently, especially in writing. One of the strategies that the teacher can use in teaching a descriptive text is visual learning style. Visual learning style will help the students to organize and generate their ideas easily, especially in writing a descriptive text. This strategy also makes students active and feels motivated in writing.