Abstract :
This research aimed to know the students’ vocabulary ability and difficulties in learning vocabulary. The subject of the research was the third-semester students of Food Technology. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative with questionnaire and interview as the instruments of data collecting. The data was analyzed qualitatively with the process of data collection, data reduction, and data display/conclusion drawing. The result of the research showed the students still have low vocabulary ability and there are some vocabulary difficulties experienced by the students, they have a very limited number of vocabularies; mispronounce English words; spelling English words especially for ‘a’, ‘I’, and ‘e’; do not understand long and complex words such as public health center, expired date, and fish spoilage. The students also have problems with range, connotation, and idiom in English.
Keyword :
vocabulary; vocabulary difficulties; descriptive qualitative