TEACHING CLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONS
TO THE YEAR FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
STUDENTS USING TOTAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE
(An Action Research the Fifth Year Students in SD N Gayam Sari 02 Semarang Academic Year of 2009/2010)
a Final Project
Submmited in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Pendidikan In English
by
Ainur Rachtila Putrianti 2201405592
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND ARTS
SEMARANG STATE UNIVERSITY
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ABSTRACT
Putrianti, Ainur. 2010. Teaching Classroom Instructions to the Year Five of
Elementary School Students Using Total Physical Response. The Classroom Action Research the Fifth Year Students in SD N Gayamsari 2 Semarang Academic 2009/2010. Final Project. English Department. Faculty of Languages and Arts. Semarang State University. First advisor: Drs. Abdurrachman Faridi, M. Pd. Second advisor: Dra. C. Murni Wahyanti, M.A.
Key words: Total Physical Response, Elementary school, Young Learner.
The topic of the research is teaching classroom instructions to the year five of elementary school students using total physical response of SD N Gayamsari 2 Semarang. The number of the subjects in this research was 45 students.
The objectives of this study are to describe the effectivenes of TPR method in teaching classroom instructions to the year five elementary school students, to identify the improvement of English using TPR method.
In collecting the data, I used tests, field notes, and questionnaire. In order to achieve the objective of this research, I designed an action research. There were two cycles in this study. Each of them consisted of five meetings. I gave some difference list of instructions in each cycle. I conducted an achievement test in the end of each cycle.There were four types of test in this action research. They were pre-test, first cycle test, and second cycle test, and post-test. The purpose of giving a test was to measure the students’ progress after the treatment given. The questions in pre-test are different from the questions in post-test, but still about classroom instructions lists.
The result of this research showed that the students’ understanding of learning classroom instructions improved after they were given the treatments. It can be seen from the average result of the students’ pre-test, first cycle test, and second cycle test, and post-test which were each 59.6 %; 66.72 %; 72.22%; and 78.38 %. It means that there is a significance difference in the students’ achievements after they were given treatments.
