TEACHERS PROBLEMS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING (ELT)

Abstract

This research is aimed to describe about the teachers problems in English Language Teaching (ELT).This study employs qualitative research design with descriptive approach. The subjects of the study were three teachers who teach English at grade I-II, III-IV, and V-VI of a school in Banda Aceh. The data were collected through questionnaire, observation, interview, and documentation. The collected data were analyzed by using qualitative data analysis approach. The analysis was done through data classification, data reduction, data display, and drawing a conclusion.The result of this study showed that the school had a capability to implement English Language Teaching (ELT) to the students since grade one until grade six. It referred to the five catagories of; 1) the provided English teachers, 2) curriculum and syllabus design, 3) teaching material, 4) teaching method, 5) and teaching media. Moreover all the English teachers (100%) at the school had made a good preparation before implementing ELT to their students eventhough some of them still had problems while implementing it, such as; the use of teaching media (66.7%), teaching materials (33.3%), and teaching evaluation (33.3%). Meanwhile, to solve the problems all of them (100%) discussed it with the other English teachers, the headmaster, and students’ parents.

Keywords: English Skills, English Language Teaching