TEACHING STRATEGIES IMPLEMENTED BY ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT LECTURERS OF UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH YOGYAKARTA TO IMPROVE STUDENT’S VOCABULARY

*39 Strategy to teach vocabulary is really important to improve students’
vocabulary in the learning process. The aim of this research was to investigate the
teaching strategies implemented by English Education Department lecturers
Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (EED UMY) to improve students’
vocabulary. This research employed qualitative research design which was a case
study and used interviews to collect the data. The participants of this research
were three lecturers of EED UMY who had been teaching English for more than
nine years. All data were analyzed by using open coding, axial coding and
selective coding.
Based on the finding, this research revealed that each lecturer had used
their own teaching strategies to improve students’ vocabulary. There were reading
activities which were including pre-reading activity, predicting, retelling, quiz
activity. Other teaching strategies were list of vocab, translating, and missing
lyric. The result also showed that each lecturer had some obstacles in improving
students’ vocabulary that were coming from the students who did not want to read
a book given by lecturers and did not independently improve their vocabulary and
time limitation. Each lecturer had their own strategies to solve their obstacles.
Namely, lecturers gave some suggestions, motivations and encouragement to the
students, so the students can improve their vocabulary