COMPARISON BETWEEN TOTAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE (TPR)

METHOD AND DIRECT METHOD TO IMPROVE STUDENT

VOCABULARY

THESIS

By:

INTAR YUAN ANINDITA

201510100311182

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2020

COMPARISON BETWEEN TOTAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE (TPR)

METHOD AND DIRECT METHOD TO IMPROVE STUDENT

VOCABULARY

THESIS

This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve

Sarjana Degree in English Language Education

By:

INTAR YUAN ANINDITA

201510100311182

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2020

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This thesis was written by Intar Yuan Anindita and was approved on July 28,

2020

By:

Advisor II,

Khoiriyah, S.Pd., M.A.

Advisor I,

Triastama Wiraatmaja, S.S., M.Si.

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MOTTO AND DEDICATIONS

MOTTO

“Don’t hope for those who still wish for it.

Don’t ask those who are already wondering.”

-Author-

DEDICATIONS

I dedicate this thesis to:

1. my beloved parents

2. my amazing siblings

3. my unpredictable friends

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AUTHOR’S DECLARATION OF ORIGINALITY

I hereby declare that the intellectual content of this thesis is the product of

my own work and has not been submitted to any other University or Institution.

I certify that, to the best of knowledge, my thesis does not infringe upon

anyone’s copyright nor violate any proprietary rights and that any ideas,

techniques, quotations or any other material from work of other people included in

my thesis, published or otherwise, are fully acknowledged in accordance with the

standard referencing practices.

I also declare that this is a true copy of my thesis, as approved by my

thesis committee and the English Language Education Department office.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Alhamdulillaah, all praise to Allah SWT, the most gracious and merciful who

provides strengthness and peace. This thesis would not finish without His

permission. Blessing and greetings are for Prophet Muhammad SAW who has

guided us into the brightness pathway.

The researcher would like to say the deepest gratitude to everyone who helped

directly or indirectly in finishing the thesis.

1. Ayah and Ibu; two angels that I can see them. Words are too poor to

express your beautiful kindness. I am glad to have you both in this world.

Thank you for your mentality supports.

2. Triastama Wiraatmaja, S.S., M.Si. as the first advisor who has spent a lot

of time -giving guidance and valuable suggestion patiently. The researcher

would like to say his sincere thanks for all advice he gave.

3. Khoiriyah, S.Pd., M.A. as the second advisor who kindly helped in

looking for solutions when I got confused in doing this research. The

researcher would never forget her kindness.

4. All ELED lecturers and staff especially for Mr. Sudiran, Mr. Puji

Sumarsono, Mrs. Santi Prasetyowati, and Mr. Prihadi who has given your

beautiful time to guiding us handling administration especially in the

COVID-19 era. May Allah SWT keep your family safe and comfortable.

5. My sister & brother-in-law, my brother & sister-in-law, thanks for your

support.

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6. UKM Tapak Suci, ESA PROGRESIO, Office of Mechanical Engineering

Departent, and Laboratory of AutoCAD, thank you to let the researcher

gets an amazing experience there.

7. ELED 2015, especially for H class, thank you for accompanied the

researcher.

8. All my friends, especially kaka nopa, nudsaba, cioo, resti, mutek, azka,

and holil as co-advisor.

Finally, the researcher hopes that this thesis will be useful for the readers as

the reference for the next researcher to cinduct study related to learning English

for young learners.

Malang, July 28, 2020

Intar Yuan Anindita

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Approval .................................................................................................... iii

Mottos and Dedications ............................................................................. iv

Letter of Authority ..................................................................................... v

Abstract ...................................................................................................... vii

Acknowledgments ...................................................................................... viii

Table of Contents ....................................................................................... x

List of Tables .............................................................................................. xii

List of Appendices ..................................................................................... xiii

CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION

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

1.2 Research Questions ................................................................. 3

1.3 The Purpose of the Study ........................................................ 3

1.4 The Significance of the Study ................................................. 3

1.5 The Scope and Limitation of the Study ................................... 4

1.6 Definition of Key Terms ......................................................... 4

CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

2.1 Teaching English as A Foreign Literature .............................. 6

2.2 Teaching English for Young Learners .................................... 7

2.3 Total Physical Response (TPR) Method ................................. 8

2.3.1 Procedure of Using Total Physical Response

(TPR) Method ........................................................... 8

2.3.2 Advantages of Total Physical Response

(TPR) Method ........................................................... 11

2.3.3 Disadvantages of Total Physical Response

(TPR) Method ........................................................... 12

2.4 Direct Method ......................................................................... 13

2.4.1 Procedure of Using Direct Method ........................... 13

2.4.2 Advantages of Direct Method ................................... 14

2.4.3 Disadvantages of Direct Method ............................... 14

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2.5 Vocabulary .............................................................................. 16

2.5.1 Types of Vocabulary ................................................. 16

2.5.2 Teaching Vocabulary ................................................ 17

2.5.3 Measuring Vocabulary .............................................. 18

CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHOD

3.1 Research Design ...................................................................... 20

3.2 Population and Sample ............................................................ 21

3.2.1 Population ................................................................. 21

3.2.2 Sample ....................................................................... 21

3.3 Research Instrument ................................................................ 22

3.3.1 Observation Take a Notes ......................................... 22

3.3.2 Test ............................................................................ 23

3.4 Data Collection ........................................................................ 26

3.5 Data Analysis .......................................................................... 27

CHAPTER IV: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

4.1 Findings ................................................................................... 30

4.1.1 The Result of Pre-test ................................................ 30

4.1.2 Treatment .................................................................. 31

4.1.3 The Post-test Result of Total Physical Response

(TPR) Method and Direct Method ............................ 32

4.1.4 The Analysis of Hypothesis by Using Mann

Whitney Test ............................................................. 33

4.2 Discussion ............................................................................... 35

CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS

5.1 Conclusion ............................................................................... 39

5.2 Suggestions .............................................................................. 39

REFERENCES

APPENDICES

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LIST OF TABLES

Table 4.1 The Result of Pre-test ............................................................... 31

Table 4.2 The Result of Post-test Total Physical Response

(TPR) Method and Direct Method .......................................... 33

Table 4.3 The Result of Mann Whitney Test ........................................... 34

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LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendix I The worksheet for the pre-test

Appendix II The score of pre-test

Appendix III The result of the pre-test analyzed by SPSS 17

Appendix IV The worksheet of TPR Method Post-test

Appendix V The worksheet of Direct Method Post-test

Appendix VI Vocabulary that was taught

Appendix VII The score of post-test between TPR and Direct Method

Appendix VIII The result of the Post-test analyzed by SPSS 17

Appendix IX Documentation

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