The Implementation of TPR (Total Physical Response) Method in Teaching English for Early Childhood

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10.2991/icece-16.2017.74How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Implementation, TPR Method, Teaching English

Abstract

TPR method is one of the appropriate method to be implemented in teaching English for early childhood. The teacher implemented TPR method in teaching English for students at RA. Nurul Hikmah Pamekasan. In this method, the teacher's role is as an order taker, a model provider, and an action monitor. Learners are as listeners and performers. They listen attentively and respond physically to the teacher's commands. The research purposes are to describe the implementation of TPR method in teaching English, to know parts of activities in the implementing of TPR method that make students become more interest and active to the English subject, and to know the students' response after learning English. The research method is qualitative descriptive. The data sources are from teacher and students. There are three ways to collect the data namely observation, interview, and documentation. The result of research showed that there were three steps in implementing TPR method namely pre-teaching, whilst-teaching, and post-teaching. Each steps has different activities. The teacher's role was as a model and an instructor. The students' role were as imitators because when the teacher acted out the imperative sentence to the students, they imitated the teacher's actions physically. Furthermore, at the first observation showed that the students were more active and interest in the whilst-teaching. At the second observation, they were more active and interest in the whilst and post-teaching. They became more active and interest to learn English because the teacher taught them by using imperative drilling and modelling concept that became the basic concept of TPR method. They exactly made them enjoyable and memorable in learning English. Finally, they did not only know and understand the material in the class but they also were able to practice it at their environment (out of the class).

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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