Institusion
Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri
Author
Setiawan, Deni
SULISTYANI, SULISTYANI
NURHAJATI, DIANI
Subject
742 English language and literature education
Datestamp
2022-08-18 12:10:53
Abstract :
This study aimed to investigate the implementation of Total Physical
Response (TPR) in teaching vocabulary to elementary students. Due to the
importance of learning vocabulary, it is necessary to teach English vocabulary
since elementary school. Ideally, teaching English in elementary school uses a
method that suits the characteristics of children. However, there are still many
elementary school English teachers who implement classical method or the
translation method, which is not child-friendly.
Thus, the problems arouse lead to the research questions. They are: 1)
How is the teaching stage of TPR in teaching vocabulary to elementary students?
2) What are the teacher?s roles in teaching vocabulary using TPR to elementary
students? 3) What is the teaching material used by the teacher in teaching
vocabulary using TPR to elementary students?
This study is descriptive qualitative research with the English teacher as
the subject. The instruments used to gain data are observation, interview and
documentation. The observation was conducted twice in class meeting during
COVID-19 pandemic era. The interview with teacher and documentation of lesson
plan and teaching material were used to collect more data in regard of the research
questions.
The results of this study showed that 1) The teaching stage of TPR in
teaching vocabulary to elementary students was carried out through three stages,
namely pre-teaching, whilst-teaching and post-teaching. 2) The teacher has
several roles namely as a planner, as director, as a model and as an assessor. 3)
The teaching material used was vocabularies with a theme daily activities which
they familiar with.
Some suggestions were drawn from the result. They are: 1) In TPR,
teacher should make a variation of class activities that appropriate with students?
need and condition so that they will not bored. 2) Further study with broader
limitation is needed to explore many aspects of teaching vocabulary through TPR
that have not been explored yet in this study.