Shara Astatia , 2201412009 (2019) TEACHERS’ DIFFICULTIES IN TEACHING VOCABULARY AT SMP NEGERI 2 JATIBARANG BREBES (A Case Study of English Teachers at SMP Negeri 2 Jatibarang Brebes in the Academic Year of 2018/2019). Under Graduates thesis, UNNES.

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Abstract

This study was focused on the difficulties in teaching English vocabulary. The objective of this study are: (1) to know the difficulties faced by the English teachers in teaching vocabulary, (2) to find out the factors causing difficulties in teaching vocabulary and (3) to discover what efforts done by the English teachers toward teaching vocabulary problems. The subject of the study is six English teachers at SMP Negeri 2 Jatibarang Brebes. This study was designed as descriptive qualitative research. The objects analysis of this study were observation checklist results and teachers’ interview analysis. The results of this study indicated that the difficulties faced by the teachers in teaching vocabulary include: in designing and determining the English materials that appropriate to the curriculum, in explaining the vocabulary materials for students, and in evaluating assessment of process and result in teaching English vocabulary. The cause of the difficulty concerning in designing and determining the English materials that appropriate to the curriculum was that many students who had not yet received English from Elementary school. Besides, the cause of the difficulty concerning in explaining the vocabulary materials for students was that most of students were lazy to find difficult word in the dictionary. The last, the cause of the difficulty concerning in evaluating assessment of process and result in teaching English vocabulary was that lack of the students’ activeness and confidents in learning English process. It is suggested that the English teachers should improve their knowledge about teaching principals in order to achieve the goals of the teaching learning English process especially in vocabulary lesson in which English is a foreign language so that the students can interested to study English.

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