TEACHERS’ STRATEGIES TO TEACH ENGLISH VOCABULARY TO EARLY CHILDHOOD ISLAMIC EDUCATION( PIAUD) PROGRAMAT STATE ISLAMICUNIVERSITY RADEN FATAH PALEMBANG

Abstract

An English teacher in such a location has a unique challenge in teaching the target language. This study was conducted to early childhood islamic education (PIAUD) class programat state Islamic University Raden Fatah Palembang. There is one primary question to be answered in this study, which is what strategies were used by English teachers inteaching vocabulary to early childhood islamic education (PIAUD) at State  Islamic University Raden Fatah Palembang. Knowing that learning English vocabulary is important, the researchers conducted this research by observing the class times teacher.  Class observations, which included the strategies used by the teacher and thelearning and teaching process used to collect the data. Besides that, The results of the study presented some variousteaching strategies which were used to teach English vocabulary. From a class observation and three main strategies wereidentified.  The three primary strategies used by the English teacher  in teaching English vocabulary to early childhood islamic education (PIAUD) class Programwere the use of teaching media, the implementation of appropriate methods andapproaches, and the use of fun activities to create a more engaging class. Therefore, giventhe unique condition of each school, English teachers need to be creative yet wise inchoosing the most appropriate teaching strategies to meet the needs of the learners.