Rada MUSTIKA Pengarang Dr. Umar Fauzan, M.Pd. Dosen Pembimbing 1 Dra. Sitti Hadijah, M.Pd. Dosen Pembimbing 2 Dr. Umar Fauzan, M.Pd. Penguji 1 Dra. Sitti Hadijah, M.Pd. Penguji 2 Rostanti Toba, M.Pd. Ketua Penguji

Rada Mustika. 2023. “Teacher’s Strategies in Teaching Writing at MAN 1 Samarinda of the Academic Year 2022/2023.” Thesis, English Education Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Sultan Aji Muhammad Idris State Islamic University of Samarinda. This research is under the guidance of Mr. Dr. Umar Fauzan, M.Pd as the first advisor, and Mrs. Dra. Sitti Hadijah, M.Pd as the second advisor. Writing is one aspect that is not easy to understand for some people. Writing is a way of communicate that may convey ideas and feelings. Writing must be done through intensive training so that writing skills can be better organized. When it comes to teaching English, especially in writing, the teacher need s strategies in teaching writing because strategy is the most important in the learning process. Students’ feel do not know to start writing and what to write and the use of strategies making to easy for teachers and students to obtain material and the teaching process effective and easy to understand. Based on these issues, the researcher decided to know what are teacher strategies and implement the strategies in teaching writing at MAN 1 Samarinda. The data analysis of this research is descriptive qualitative. The subject of this research was teacher XII grade at MAN 1 Samarinda. The data were collected using interview guidelines, observation sheets, and documentation, and then analyzed using the interactive the model of Miles, Huberman, and Saldana. The data were validated using source and technical triangulation. Based on the result, the researcher found that the teacher used strategies in teaching writing and learning process such as brainstorming which is suitable for providing stimulus to students, guided tasks to provide direction regarding students’ writing and students become active and creative, focus group discussion that make students enthusiastic to learn because they learn in groups, and peer response that provides feedback in student writing. Implement the strategies makes a good impact on students and improve their learning writing.