A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TPR (TOTAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE) AND LECTURE METHOD TO THE EIGHT GRADE STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY OF SMP NEGERI 4 PADANGSIDIMPUAN

Elissa Evawani Tambunan; Ernirawati Sibuea

Elissa Evawani Tambunan, icha dan erni Universitas Graha Nusantara Padangsidimpuan
Ernirawati Sibuea, icha dan erni Universitas Graha Nusantara Padangsidimpuan

Keywords: TPR (Total Physical Response, Lecture Method And Students’ Vocabulary

Abstract

This research is aimed to find out the way theimproving speaking ability of the student throught role play, and the factors that influences the improving of the students. The
research is classroom action research in three cycle. The cycle consist of this research is plan, action, observation, dan reflection.The data were collected through interview, direct observation, andobservational. This research find out that the use of role play improving speaking of the student through using interesting media, subject of the lesson, attractive activity in the classroom, classroom management, teacher approach and method of the teacher teaching in the classroom. The aim of the research wantS to know, effect of TPR (Total Physical Response) on the students’ in vocabulary mastery. The population of the research was the eight grade of SMP Negeri 4 Padang sidimpuan further, the sample of the research included of 68. Then they were divided in TPR method group and lecture method group, ach of the group consist of 34 students. The research conducted by quantitative method and the types of the research was comparative research, in collecting the writer used the instrument of the research, multiple choice test namely, the tests of 40 items tests. However the hypothesis of the research was “there was a significant comparative of TPR (Total Physical Response) and lecture for eight grade of SMP Negeri 4 Padangsidimpuan Students to words vocabulary mastery. After setting the data needed from the samples, the writer
was analyzed the result of the research by used t-test formula : as follows: to After calculating analyzing the data, it was found that t-test is 1 it means that there is a significant comparative of TPR (Total Physical Response) method to the students’ vocabulary mastery of the eight grade of SMP Negeri 4 Padangsidimpuan. It mean that the
hypothesis of the research is accepted.