THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING TOTAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE (TPR) METHOD IN TEACHING VOCABULARY AT B GRADE OF BOUGENVILLE KINDERGARTEN BEKASI IN 2014-2015 ACADEMIC YEAR

novia rahmadini; martriwati, m. pd.; bita dwi rahmani, m. pd.;

DWI BELLA SEKARNINGRUM. 1001065060. The Effectiveness of Using
Total Physical Response (TPR) Method in Teaching Vocabulary at B Grade of
Bougenville Kindergarten Bekasi in 2014-2015 Academic Year. A paper, Jakarta:
The Study Programme of English Education, The School of Teacher Training and
Education, The University of Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. Hamka, 2014.
The objective of the research is to find out the empirical data about the
effectiveness of using Total Physical Response (TPR) method in teaching
vocabulary at second grade of Bougenville Kindergarten Bekasi. The research had
eight meetings; one meeting for pre-test, six meetings for treatment, and one
meeting for post-test. The writer used pre-experimental design in which the writer
used only one class as the object of the research. The total numbers of population
were 20 students. The writer chose all students as the sample.
Pre-requisite analysis is used to find the normality of data, the writer
employed Liliefors technique. The data that the writer got from the research were
using the t-test formula. The analysis on the empirical data has given the results
that the t-observed was 12.5 while the t-table from the df (19) degree of freedom of
0.95 was 1.73. t-observed is higher than t-table 12.5 > 1.73, it rejected the nullhypothesis
and the research hypothesis is accepted.
Based on the finding of the research, it can be concluded that the use of
Total Physical Response (TPR) method in teaching vocabulary at B grade students
of Bougenville kindergarten Bekasi in 2014-2015 academic year is effective.
Through TPR, it can reduce students‘ stress when they study vocabulary, motivate
students to learn vocabulary, and they learn English like they learn their first
language. Furthermore, the English teachers can enrich their teaching method.