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PUTRI ALIKA, Reg No. 2130104050, entitled: “PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS' STRATEGIES IN TEACHING NARRATIVE TEXT AT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS” English Teaching Department Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training Islamic State University of Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar. It's essential to understand how pre-service teachers develop and apply their strategies in teaching narrative text reading skills, especially given their limited teaching experience compared to senior teachers.This research aims to find out the strategies used by pre-service teachers in teaching narrative text reading at Senior High Schools. Type of this research was quantitative research with descriptive design. The population of this research was all pre-service teachers of English Department at UIN Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar who had done their teaching practice (PPL) and taught narrative texts. The total number of respondents was 31, and they were selected using total sampling technique. The data were collected using a closed- ended questionnaire based on the four components of reciprocal teaching strategies as stated by Palinscar and Brown (1984), namely: Previewing & Predicting, Questioning, Clarifying, and Summarizing. Each component consisted of positive and negative statement items to maintain the balance and accuracy of the data. The questionnaire had been validated by experts, and the data obtained were analyzed using descriptive quantitative analysis with SPSS 25 software. The results of the research showed that the overall strategies used by pre- service teachers in teaching narrative texts were in the "Accurate" category. The detailed analysis also revealed that most pre-service teachers from UIN Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar in the academic year 2024/2025 had applied the Previewing & Predicting, Questioning, and Clarifying strategies at the average level. However, Summarizing strategy was identified as the least accurately applied strategy among the four. findings revealed that 61.3% of the pre-service teachers applied the Previewing & Predicting strategy at an average level, while only 9.7% demonstrated very accurate application. For the Questioning strategy, 51.6% were categorized as average and 19.4% as very accurate. Similarly, 58.1% of the respondents applied the Clarifying strategy at an average level, with just 6.5% reaching the very accurate level. However, the Summarizing strategy was the most challenging, with 58.1% of respondents classified as less accurate and 25.8% as not accurate. The total score analysis showed that more than half of the respondents implemented reading strategies effectively. This indicates that the majority of them demonstrated a good understanding and application of the reading strategies.