THAI STUDENTS’ STRATEGIES IN LEARNING ENGLISH VOCABULARY AT ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF IAIN SALATIGA IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2018/2019

Guma, Tuan Fatonah (2018) THAI STUDENTS’ STRATEGIES IN LEARNING ENGLISH VOCABULARY AT ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF IAIN SALATIGA IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2018/2019. Other thesis, IAIN SALATIGA.

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Abstract

This research aimed to identify Thai students‟ problems and strategies in learning English vocabulary at English Language Education Department at State Institute for Islamic Studies of Salatiga, Indonesia. This research belongs to descriptive qualitative research. The participants of this research were ten Thai students who had learned English for third, fifth and seventh semesters, and had problems related to vocabulary. The researcher used interview to collect the data. The findings showed that generally Thai students used various strategies in learning English vocabulary. The findings also revealed that students had problems in learning English vocabulary namely: advanced lexicon, forgetfulness, synonym of a word, pronunciation, British or America lexicon, and feeling lazy. To overcome these particular problems the participants used some strategies. The certain strategies are using dictionary, memorizing word, practicing and repeating, writing down the word, making a sentence, using the Internet and listening to music or video of native speaker. Most of the strategies they used were the strategies they already know and felt useful.

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