Teachers' Strategies For Teaching English Vocabulary To Young Learners ( A Case Study At Islamic Elementary School In Sabang, Aceh)

This study aimed to find out the strategies that used by the English teacher in teaching English vocabulary to young learners and to find out their challenge in teaching English vocabulary to young learners at Islamic elementary school in Sabang. This study was conducted at MIN Sabang, MIN Paya Seunara, and MIN Anoi Itam Sabang. This research was qualitative research with case study. The data collection of this study was conducted by interview and observation. The participants of this research was three English teacher in Sabang and the class that they taught. The result of this study showed that the common teaching strategy that implemented by three teachers at Islamic elementary school in Sabang in teaching English vocabulary were playing the games, using mime/action/gesture, using picture, using realia, using translation, using memorization, using presentation, using explanation, and using enumeration and the teachers’ challenges in teaching English vocabulary to young learner at Islamic elementary schools in Sabang comes from the environment / rarely use for English, students' difficulties in pronouncing and spelling the words, students' lack of motivation and vocabulary, and students' short spent attention.