PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS' PROBLEMS DURING TEACHING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (TEFL) IN THAILAND

Abstract

Knowing about the problems during teaching English as a foreign language abroad, especially in Thailand is an important point for the teacher who will teach abroad. This study aimed to know what the problems that faced by Indonesian pre-service teachers during teaching English as a
foreign language in Thailand. This research was designed by qualitative method and used netnography as a design. To collect the data, focus group discussion were used. The participants of this research were students of English Education Department, in one of University in Bogor who
had done teaching practice English as a foreign language for five months in Thailand. This study revealed that there are several problems that were faced by pre service teachers during teaching English as a foreign language. The problems related to customs and traditions; language
differences and the personal factors. Furthermore to minimize the problems, The Universities must organize a certain kind of workshop to the students who will take Profession Practice Program both in Indonesia and Thailand in case of teaching preparation.