INDONESIAN PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS’ MAJOR PROBLEMS IN TEACHING ENGLISH AT PRIMARY SCHOOLS, THAILAND

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The purpose of this research was to find out major problems of six Indonesian pre-service teachers who had compeleted teaching practicum in the academic year 2017/2018. This research used descriptive qualitative study. The researcher gained the data of the research through depth-interview. The participants of this research were six students of eight semester Indonesian pre-service teachers of English Education Department, Bogor Ibn Khaldun University who had done teaching practicum to primary learners in Songkhla, Thailand for five months. This research revealed several major problems faced by Indonesian pre-service teachers in teaching English to Thai primary learners during their teaching practicum were language differences, classroom management, lack of confidence, lack of teaching experience, individual learners differences, and culture differences.