Abstrak
The objective of this study was to analyze the reading strategies employed by eighth-grade students at SMPN 11 Tarakan. The research method used was descriptive qualitative, with the subjects being eighth-grade students at SMPN 11 Tarakan. A total sampling technique was used to select the sample of this research, with a sample size of 83 students. Data collection techniques included questionnaires and interviews. To analyze the data, the researcher employed the three-step process from Miles and Huberman: data condensation, data display, and conclusion drawing/verification. The results of the study indicated that there were three reading strategies most frequently used by the students such as questioning (88%), searching & selecting (86%), and visualizing & organizing (82%). Based on these results, it can be concluded that questioning is the most dominant reading strategy that students apply. Conversely, the strategy generally not used by students was monitoring and clarifying (35%).