Challenges in English vocabulary teaching for ethnic
minority students at Lao Cai Teacher Training College
and some suggested solutions

Pham Thi Thang*
Lao Cai Teacher Training College, Informatics and Foreign languages Department, Chieng On street, Binh Minh ward, Lao Cai City, Vietnam
* Corresponding author: phamthanglc@gmail.com

Mobile: (+84)0983686244

Abstract
In the trend of global integration of my country, teaching and learning English has become more and more essential to Vietnamese, especially the young people. Lao Cai in Viet Nam is a mountainous province, however, education managers are focused on developing foreign language competence for students. And teaching and learning English in Lao Cai, Viet Nam have received active attention from training institutions, schools and colleges, especially at Lao Cai Teacher Training College, in Viet Nam. However, English teaching and learning is facing many difficulties. One of the problems is teaching and learning English for ethnic. It is the challenge which needs to to solve. In this paper I mentioned the challenges of Lao Cai Teacher Training College in teaching English for ethnic minority students. One of the difficulties is teaching English vocabulary. In addition, I also introduce the difficulties of ethnic students when they learn a new language as the 3rd language at school, especially learning vocabulary in the conditions of lacking background knowledge, deficiency of Vietnamese, learning materials are not appropriate, ... From the difficulties I suggest some solutions to overcome the difficulties that teachers and students are having. Purposing improve the quality of teaching and learning English for students from ethnic minorities.

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