Teachers’ Strategies in Teaching English Vocabulary for Young Learners During Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the teachers’ strategies in vocabulary instruction for young learners as well as challenges encountered by teachers during the pandemic. Six teachers were involved to participate in this study, and they were from elementary schools near Muara Jawa sub district namely SDN 005 Muara Jawa, SDN 007 Muara Jawa, SDN 008 Muara Jawa, SDN 011 Muara Jawa, and SDN 018 Muara Jawa. They are selected because they have experienced online class as the impact of Covid-19 pandemic. A case study of qualitative method was designed to collect the data of the present study. The results show that teaching vocabulary by using songs is the mostly used strategies by teachers for young learners during the pandemic. In addition, gadget limitation was also found as the most challenging issue encountered by teachers.