Research in English and Education Journal
Vol 5, No 1 (2020): February 2020

Teaching Vocabulary by Using Total Physical Response

Devi Fadiana (Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh)
Syamsul Bahri Ys (Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh)
Nurul Inayah (Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh)



Article Info

Publish Date
24 Mar 2020

Abstract

This study aimed at finding out whether there is any improvement of students’ vocabulary mastery after being taught by vocabulary using Total Physical Response (TPR) in SD Swasta Pertiwi Sabang. This experimental research was conducted by giving the students a pretest before the treatments and a posttest after the treatments. The population of this research was the whole students at SD Swasta Pertiwi Sabang there are 75 students. The samples of this study were the students from fourth grade students which were chosen by using random sampling consist of 23 students. Total Physical Response can be used to teach vocabulary in Elementary School. The result revealed that there was a significant improvement of students’ vocabulary mastery after being taught by using Total Physical Response. The mean score from the pretest increase 53.81 points and in the posttest are 81.74. The t-test value was also found higher than the t-table (ts= 13.777 tt= 2.080). It means the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted whereas the null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected. 

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Journal Info

Abbrev

READ

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

READ (Research in English and Education) Journal (e-ISSN 2528-746X) is a peer-reviewed and open access academic journal published by the Department of English Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia. It highlights and publishes works in ...