Nur RIDHA Pengarang Anis Komariah, M.Pd. Dosen Pembimbing 2 Dr. Bahrani, M.Pd Dosen Pembimbing 1 Rostanti Toba, M.Pd. Ketua Penguji Anis Komariah, M.Pd. Penguji 2 Dr. Bahrani, M.Pd Penguji 1

Nur Ridha. 2022. “Teaching English Strategy for Young Learners at MIN 2 Kutai Kartanegara in Academic Year of 2021/2022.” Thesis, English Education Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, State Islamic University Sultan Aji Muhammad Idris Samarinda. This research is under the guidance of Mr. Dr. Bahrani, M.Pd. as the first advisor and Miss Anis Komariah, M.Pd. as the second advisor. In teaching and learning, teacher must have strategies in every subject, including English lessons. The teacher must have strategies in teaching to support the learning process and achieve learning goals, especially for young learners. Young learners have different characteristics from adults. The teacher must have strategies suitable for young learners. This research aimed to find out the strategy of teaching English to young learners at MIN 2 Kutai Kartanegara in the Academic Year of 2021/2022. The research design was descriptive qualitative. The subject of this research is the English teacher at MIN 2 Kutai Kartanegara. The data were obtained from interviews and documentation. Then, the data were analyzed using an interactive model of Miles, Huberman, and Saldana condensation. The technique of data validity uses triangulation data. Based on the data results, this research can be concluded that the teacher’s strategies for teaching English to young learners at MIN 2 Kutai Kartanegara were teaching planning, implementation of strategy, and teaching Evaluation. The teacher prepares the lesson plan, materials, media, and methods in teaching planning. Moreover, she implemented teaching English strategies by using demonstration, choral drill, look-and-say, pictorial illustration, verbal illustration, association, question and answer, narration, and read-and-say. She also evaluated teaching English through formative and summative evaluation.