LEARNING STRATEGIES USED BY ENGLISH TEACHER IN IMPLEMENTING KURIKULUM MERDEKA IN THE SEVENTH GRADE AT SMP NEGERI 1 TARAKAN
This study aims to find out the learning strategies that are often used by teachers in implementing the Independent Curriculum. The design of this study isqualitative descriptive. The subject of this study is a seventh-grade English teacher at SMP Negeri 1 Tarakan. The data collection technique in this study used three instruments such as field notes, interviews, and documents. The results of this study showed that the use of learning strategies in the implementation of Independent Curriculum is mainly used by the seventh-grade English teachers in the teaching and learning process, namely Cooperative, PJBL and Differentiated learning, but the most frequently used strategies was Cooperative learning. This is because this strategy supports the main principles of the Independent Curriculum, which is to provide a more meaningful, relevant, and student-cantered learning experience.