FACTORS CAUSING DIFFICULTIES IN TEACHING VOCABULARY TO THE FIFTH YEAR STUDENTS OF SD NEGERI 8 SRAGEN

This research is aimed at describing the factors causing difficulties in teaching vocabulary, kinds of difficulties faced by the students, and the causes of difficulties faced by fifth year student of SD Negeri 8 Sragen. The data of the research in the form of words taken from informant, event, and document of SD Negeri 8 Sragen. In collecting the data, the writer uses observation, interview, and document. The first step of analyzing data is that the writer reduces the data by selecting, simplifying, and transforming the data to the field notes. Having analyzed the data, the writer finds that the factors causing difficulties in teaching and learning English especially vocabulary are readiness, learning source, learning strategies, the media and teaching techniques, the material, and the environment. In teaching vocabulary, the materials given are pronunciation and spelling. The teacher found difficulties in pronounciation, translation or getting meaning of the words, spelling, and differentiating the kinds of words to the students