Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to see the practice of teaching and learning vocabulary at DilBetigle primary school grade eight in focus. In this research descriptive research design wasemployed to study the practice of teaching and learning vocabulary in the real class room situation. To achieve the objective of the study class room observation, questionnaires, and interview were employed to collect data. Qualitative approach was used to analyze the collected data. The participants of the study were 70 grade eight students and three English language teachers. The researcher took 70 students for questionnaire and 10 students for interview from 250 students using lottery method. The researcher also took all of the three English teachers who were teaching at grade eight using convenient sampling. The findings of the research revealed that teachers mostly use translation to mother tongue which separates students from the target language, to teach vocabulary. Besides, teachers did not give attention for vocabulary lesson. They do not use the appropriate techniques to teach vocabulary based on the level of students. Teachers do not also tell their students the appropriate strategy to develop their vocabulary. Thus, it is recommended that teachers should teach vocabulary to their students appropriately using the appropriate techniques, and they should tell their students the strategies to learn vocabulary
