Difficulties Encountered by EFL Teachers when Developing Vocabulary. The Case study of First Year at University of Lagouat

Abstract

This work is an attempt to investigate the difficulties encountered by teachers when developing vocabulary of English as foreign language (EFL). Following many researches, and experts﮲observations, the difficulties generally refers to lack of specific diagnosing the learners disabilities . Therefore, if the teacher determines the type of weakness among his learners and apply various strategies and techniques , he will invest the time successfully in raising the level of terminology and vocabulary of his learners . To accomplish this study, an interview has been done with teachers of English at University of Lagouat and a questionnaire given to first year EFL students in the department. We find that the students base on the teachers explanation to understand unknown words , which may be difficult for the teacher to develop the students `vocabulary . However, the students find that their own efforts make them acquire and develop their vocabulary better than relying on the teachers `explanation . so this results have confirmed our hypothesis that if the teachers cooperate to develop the level of vocabulary by using different strategies and techniques; they will defeat a lot of difficulties and they help their learner not only to develop their vocabulary but they also make them learn alone and carrying out learning smoothly the other skills