Problems in Learning English Faced by Elementary School Students in Jambi City

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10.2991/assehr.k.210325.047How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Learning problems, English learning, elementary school students

Abstract

Considering the importance of learning English since early ages, some elementary schools in Jambi City administer English as one of the local contents. However, based on the preliminary observation, many students encountered a number of problems in learning English that needs further exploration. This study aims at finding out problems faced by the elementary schools students in Jambi City in learning English. This study used a descriptive method taking teachers and students from seven elementary schools in Jambi City as the respondents. The data were collected using questionnaires and interviews. The questionnaires were distributed to the students through Google form, and the interviews were conducted to teachers of the seven elementary schools. The data were analyzed quantitatively. The results show that the problems faced by the students are: (i) lack of vocabulary; (ii) pronunciation difficulties; (iii) unexpected learning atmosphere; and (iv) less motivation. The findings suggest the need of more creative teachers who are technologically literate and easily adaptable to the students’ problems in learning English.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Tri Rahayu
AU  - Rusdi Noor Rosa
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/03/26
TI  - Problems in Learning English Faced by Elementary School Students in Jambi City
BT  - Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Language and Arts (ICLA 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 262
EP  - 266
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210325.047
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210325.047
ID  - Rahayu2021
ER  -