Enhancing The Vocabulary Mastery of Young Learners by Applying Total Physical Response (TPR) Method Integrated With Picture  

Oleh:

Maming, Khadijah ; Nur, Rfi'ah

Jenis: Article from Proceeding
Dalam koleksi: The 62st TEFLIN International Conference: Teaching and Assessing L2 Learners in the 21st Century, Denpasar, 14-16th September 2015, Book 1, page 586-597.
Topik: Vocabulary Mastery; Total Physical Response (TPR); Picture; Elementary School; Enhancing
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At the beginners and elementary levels of the learners, certainly seems to be good idea to provide a set of vocabulary which the students can learn. The teaching of English at elementary school which is based on Competence Based Curriculum as local content aims in developing the relevance to the condition and needs of learners. So that, elementary school is able to develop their ability in vocabularies and makes them clear with English earlier. It is necessary to avoid facing big problems when they will be on higher level of education. One of the English study is vocabulary which is needed very much by the students of elementary school as a tool themselves in learning English. Vocabulary is one of the important elements in building English. One of interesting method in teaching vocabulary is Total Physical Response (TPR). It is one method based on coordination of speech and action. It is developed by James Asher (2006), a professor of psychology at San Jose State University, California. It is like the human body response the command directly without telling anything in the behavior form. Moreover, the main activity in Total Physical Response (TPR) is a command is given in the imperative form and the students obey the command. Consequently, Total Physical Response will be integrated with picture. Harmer (1991) stated that there are many occasions when some forms of presentation are the best way to bring new words into the classroom. One of presentation example is picture. It means that using picture to explain the meaning of vocabulary items and illustrate concepts. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the application of Total Physical Response (TPR) method integrated with picture in enhancing the vocabulary mastery of young learners. The subject of this study is the students of elementary school with the total of sample are30 students. It employed preexperimental method with pretest-posttest design. The instruments of this study are a written test exactly vocabulary test which consists of 30 items. In detail, it consists of 10 numbers in multiple choice, 10 numbers in matching form, and 10 numbers in translating the meaning of vocabulary into Indonesian language. By activity of this study, the students study about things in the classroom, parts of the body and some verbs. The data is analyzed by using some formulas. In collecting the student’s score, they are given 1 for maximum score (for correct answer) and 0 for minimum score (for incorrect answer). The result of data analysis shows that the mean score of students in posttest is better than the result of pretest. In other words, there was significant difference between the vocabulary mastery of young learners before and after taught vocabulary through total physical response integrated with picture. It means that, it has positive effects and can enhance the vocabulary mastery of young learners.

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