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The purpose of this study is to find out the teachers' strategies in developing
students' interest towards learning English as a foreign language at the eighth-grade
students of Pribadi Bilingual Boarding School Bandung. This research uses a
qualitative descriptive method. The sample in this study was 30 eighth-grade
students and 1 English teacher. In collecting data, the researcher used
questionnaires given to students, English teacher interviews, and documentation.
The findings in this study revealed that: 1.) Eighth-grade students at private
Bilingual Boarding School Bandung have a high interest in English; 2.) Before
starting the lesson the teacher has prepared a lesson plan for one semester, and the
teacher also makes a class agreement; 3.) In learning activities in the classroom,
teachers and students are active because the teacher also asks more questions and
requires students to speak English; 4.) The English teaching method used by the
eighth-grade English teacher uses several methods, such as lectures method,
discussion, question and answer, demonstration, and others. The teacher uses
different methods every day, so that students do not feel bored while learning.
Furthermore, the teachers use ICT media such as quiziz, kahoot! and others to make
learning more fun and easy for students to understand.