INCREASING STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH TOTAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE AT THE FIFTH GRADE OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah ada peningkatan yang signifikan dari pencapaian kosakata sebelum dan setelah diajarkan melalui TPR dan untuk mengetahui apakah ada setiap peningkatan aktivitas siswa melalui penerapan TPR. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa: (1) nilai rata-rata pretest adalah 59.90 sedangkan nilai rata-rata posttest adalah 78,86 . Peningkatan nilai rata-rata adalah 18.96 setelah treatment. Ini berarti bahwa ada peningkatan yang signifikan pencapaian kosakata siswa antara pretest dan posttest setelah diajarkan melalui TPR. (2) TPR dapat meningkatkan aktivitas siswa dalam belajar. Ini menunjukan bahwa ada peningkatan yang signifikan dari pencapaian kosakata siswa antara pretest dan posttest setelah di ajarkan melalui TPR. Dengan kata lain, mengajarkan kosakata melalui TPR dianggap lebih baik dalam meningkatkan prestasi kosakata siswa daripada metode lain dan dapat digunakan sebagai acuan mengajar kosakata bahasa inggris.This research was intended to find out whether there was any significant increase of the students` vocabulary before and after being taught through TPR and to find out whether there was any improvement of students’ activity through the implementation of TPR. The result shows: (1) mean score of the pretest was 59.90 while the mean score of the posttest was 78.86. The increase of the mean score was 18.96 after the treatments. It means that there was a significant increase of the students` vocabulary achievement between pretest and posttest after being taught through TPR. (2) The hypothesis proposed in this research was accepted. It means that there was a significant increase of the students` vocabulary achievement between pretest and posttest after being taught through TPR. In other words, teaching vocabulary through TPR is considered to be better in increasing the students` vocabulary achievement than any other methods and it can be used as reference to teach English vocabularyKeywords: increasing, total physical response, vocabulary achievement