The Strategies Used By English Teacher to Teach Vocabulary (A Study at Several MAS in Aceh Besar)

ABSTRACT This study is entitled “The Strategies used by English Teacher to Teach Vocabulary (A Study at Several MAS in Aceh Besar)”. Its aims were to find out the teachers’ strategies in teaching English vocabulary and to identify the obstacles faced by the teachers in implementing the strategies. This research was qualitative research. In collecting the data, observation and interview were applied. The data were analyzed by using descriptive analysis. The findings of the analyses suggest that the English teachers at the three schools used their own strategies which are the combination of several strategies proposed by experts such as Word Map Strategy, Scavenger Hunt Strategy and so on. Some obstacles faced by the teachers in implementing the strategies were that they had limited time for focusing on vocabulary and less supporting facilities. Another difficulty is related to the students’ low ability to master the vocabulary words. However, the students seem to enthusiastically engage in learning the vocabulary words.