The Effectiveness of Total Physical Response Method on students ability in using prepositions of place

The object of the study was to get empirical evidence whether there is any significance difference of students achievement in understanding prepositions of place who were taught using TPR method and those who were taught without using TPR method. The writer conducted the study at the Seventh Grade of Ibadurrahman Junior High School which was located on Jl. K.H. Hasym Ashari, Cipondoh-Tangerang. In this Research, the writer used a quasi experimental study that he selected two groups as samples of the research; experiment class and controlled class. In sampling technique, the writer chose purposive sampling. The sample was chosen because a researcher thought that the sample had information needed in the research. The writer chose VII C as experiment class, and VII B as controlled class. Moreover, both of these classes are more acessible for the research. Therefore the writer chose VII B and VII C as subject for the research. The subjects of the study were 54 students. The researcher did a pre-test in both classes before he did the treatment. Moreover, the researcher taught preposition of place by using Total Physical Response technique in the experimental class. After he conducted the treatment, he gave a post-test in both classes to know whether TPR Technique is effective for teaching preposition of place in experimental class. The last, he collected and analyzed by using t-test formula. Based on the result of the study, it can be concluded that the score which gained by the experimental class students (424) was higher than score which gained by the cotrolled class students ( 392). Besides, the t-test score was 2.18 while the value of t-table in significant degree of 5% was. 2.005. in conclusion, teaching preposition of place by using TPR is effective