English is a subject included in the education curriculum in Indonesia. According to the individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), one of the categories of students with special needs is deaf students. This paper is aimed to discover the challenges faced by deaf students' teachers in teaching English and the strategies to cope with those challenges based on relevant theories and previous studies. The finding showed that teachers experienced several challenges in teaching the deaf students such as getting students' attention, understanding words from students' lip movements, giving definitions and example, differentiating similar words in different contexts, and delivering materials related to students prior knowledge. The strategies to cope those challenges are asking students to prepare dictionaries, using alphabetic signs, waving or patting students' shoulders to get their attention. In addition it also requires teaching model and professional teacher to be creative and effective in teaching English for the deaf students.
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