FIVE CRITICAL PROBLEMS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING (ELT) AND THEIR POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

Abstract

Learning a language is a hard work, teachers will also do hard works to facilitate their students accomplish their objectives and targets. Therefore, the writer tried to sum up all her experiences in English language teaching for the past five years about all problems which might be faced by teachers and their possible solutions. This study is a descriptive study which discusses the data through words and documentation technique. The data were taken from observation and documentation technique. It was found that there are five critical problems in English language teaching. They are (1) Students’ Low Motivation, (2) Big Classes, (3) Limited Resources, (4) Teaching Strategies, and (5) Teachers’ Teaching Skill.

Keywords: Critical Problems and English Language Teaching (ELT) and solutions