Proceedings of the 3rd Asian Education Symposium (AES 2018)

Efforts and Difficulties in Teaching Vocabulary

Authors
N. V. F. Liando, J. D. Adam, T. K. Londa
Corresponding Author
N. V. F. Liando
Available Online April 2019.
DOI
10.2991/aes-18.2019.127How to use a DOI?
Keywords
English language learning; effort; difficulties; vocabulary component
Abstract

This study aims at investigating teachers efforts as well as difficulties in helping students learn English vocabulary in context. Interview was used to collect data. Three English teachers at one junior high school in Tondano were involved in this study. Teacher’s efforts were identified as follows: giving students direct instruction of English vocabulary or words through texts, providing learning of English words through repetition, teaching of English words through context, using various strategies by teachers in teaching English words, and applying various media of teaching. Difficulties teachers were facing: how to be creative, time constraints to apply various media to make the learning more interesting and enjoyable. It could be suggested that (1) English teachers of the school need to hold special meeting each semester to discuss the strategies to teach English in general and especially English vocabulary, (2) English teachers should prepare and provide as many contexts as possible. With various contexts, the students are expected to learn English vocabulary more interesting and enjoyable.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 3rd Asian Education Symposium (AES 2018)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
April 2019
ISBN
978-94-6252-709-6
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/aes-18.2019.127How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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