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
difficulty 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.