A STUDY ON TOTAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE (TPR) IN

TEACHING ENGLISH VOCABULARY TO THE FIRST

GRADE OF SDN GADING - KASRI MALANG

THESIS

By:

ANNA PERMATASARI

NIM: 09360276

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2014

A STUDY ON TOTAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE (TPR) IN TEACHING

ENGLISH VOCABULARY TO THE FIRST GRADE OF SDN

GADING KASRI MALANG

THESIS

This thesis is submitted to fulfill one of the requirements to

achieve Sarjana Degree in English Education

By:

ANNA PERMATASARI

09360276

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

MARCH 2014

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

By saying Alhamdulillah, all my grateful and prise to Allah SWT who has

been giving me the soul of believe and power and to make my dream come true.

Because of his merciful guidance to my thesis can be finished. Shalawat and

salam still for our prophet Muhammad SAW.

The researcher realizes that this thesis would never been accomplised

without the guidance, motivation and kindness from many person. This is my

special acknowledgements are to the following:

1. Dr. Poncojari Wahyono, M.Kes as the Dean of Teacher Training and

Education Faculty at University of Muhammadiyah Malang.

2. Dr. Sudiran, M.Hum as a Chairman of English Department.

3. Rina Wahyu Setyaningrum, M.Ed as the first advisor and Drs. Taufiq

Burhan, M.Pd as the second advisor, for their suggestions, invaluable

guidance and advice during the consultation period, and their

comments and corrections during the completion.

4. Sri Sugiarti, M.Pd as the Headmaster of SDN Gading Kasri Malang

who give permission in conducting the research.

5. Anik Miftakhul Jannah, S.Pd as the English teacher of SDN Gading

Kasri Malang who gave the support and for spare time to help her

finishing this research.

6. A special thank goes to her beloved father (Zainal), mother (Endah),

sisters (Syafira and Chytra), aunts (Any Nur M S.Pd, Luluk, Yuliya

and Santi) her close friends (Dini, Novita, Infitta, Riri, Inayatul, Ika,

Fina, Nila, Widi, Ilul, Irham, Nasir, Rudi, Eli, Via, Ayu, Ifa), and E1

classmate for their encouragement, love, care, and pray so that she can

finish this thesis.

Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to personality institutions and

anyone who I cannot mention them in this occasions. Hopefully, Allah SWT will

always bless these mentioned above and all their merciful deeds to help them gain

success in their future life.

Malang, 1st March 2014

Anna Permatasari

TABLE OF CONTENTS

APPROVAL ................................................................................................... i

LEGALIZATION .......................................................................................... ii

MOTTO AND DEDICATION ...................................................................... iii

ABSTRACT .................................................................................................... iv

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ............................................................................. v

TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................... vii

LIST OF TABLES ......................................................................................... ix

LIST OF APPENDIXES ............................................................................... x

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of Study ...................................................................... 1

1.2 Statements of the Problem .............................................................. 5

1.3 Purpose of the Study ....................................................................... 5

1.4 Significance of the study ................................................................ 6

1.5 Scope and Limitation of the study .................................................. 6

1.6 Definition of Key Terms ................................................................ 7

CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

2.1 Young Learners .............................................................................. 8

2.2 The Nature of Vocabulary .............................................................. 10

2.2.1 The Definition of Vocabulary ............................................. 12

2.2.2 Kinds of Vocabulary ........................................................... 13

2.3 The Teaching and Learning Vocabulary ........................................ 14

2.3.1 The Learning Theories ........................................................ 15

2.3.2 The Teaching of Vocabulary .............................................. 18

2.4. The Total Physical Response (TPR) ............................................... 20

2.4.1. Definition of the Total Physical Response ......................... 20

2.4.2. The Objectives of TPR ....................................................... 23

2.4.3. The Teacher and Learners Role in TPR ............................. 23

2.4.4. The Principles of the Total Physical Response ................... 25

2.5 Students’ Responses ....................................................................... 27

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1 Research Design ............................................................................. 30

3.2 Research Subject ............................................................................. 31

3.3 Research Instrument ....................................................................... 31

3.3.1 Observation Sheet ................................................................. 31

3.3.2 Interview ............................................................................... 32

3.3.3 Document ............................................................................. 33

3.4 Data Collection ................................................................................ 34

3.5 Data Analysis .................................................................................. 35

CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

4.1 Research Findings ........................................................................... 36

4.1.1 The Activities Done Through the Total Physical Response

(TPR) Method in the Teaching of Vocabulary ................... 36

4.1.1.1 Description of Activities Done at First Grade ....... 37

4.1.2 The Students’ Response toward the Total Physical

Response (TPR) Method in the Teaching English

Vocabulary .......................................................................... 41

4.2 Discussion ........................................................................................ 44

CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

5.1 Conclusions .................................................................................... 47

5.2 Suggestions ..................................................................................... 48

REFERENCES .............................................................................................. 49

APPENDIXES

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1. The example of students’ response, choral ........................................ 28

Table 2. The Characteristics of Total Physical Response (TPR) Method ....... 40

Table 3. The Students’ Responses .................................................................. 41

LIST OF APPENDIXES

Appendix 1 Observation Sheet

Appendix 2 The result of the interview with the teacher

Appendix 3 Sample of the result of interview with the students

Appendix 4 Student worksheet and result of student’s worksheet

Appendix 5 Syllabus

Appendix 6 Lesson Plan

Appendix 7 Documentations

Appendix 8 Lisence

Appendix 9 Lisence

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