UNVEILING THE INDONESIAN EFL PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS STRATEGIES AND CHALLENGES IN TEACHING VOCABULARY FOR THAI STUDENTS

Abstract

Language plays a very important role in everyday life in communicating ideas to other people. The more languages a person masters, the easier it will be to communicate. As English develops as an international language, there is a need to strengthen understanding of English among students. At this time EFL teachers focus on teaching skills considering the importance of culture in learning a foreign language. In this millennial era, communicating with people from various countries and cultural backgrounds can happen easily in oral or written form. The dificulty that is often faced is vocabulary problems in speaking skills. Vocabulary is part of speaking skills that can be observed and recognized directly and clearly. Mastery of vocabulary is the basis of the concept of understanding English.