The Improvement of Young Learners' Vocabulary Using Total Physical Response Method: A Case Study at the First Grade of SMPN 1 Wonomulyo = The Improvement of Young Learners' Vocabulary Using Total Physical Response Method: A Case Study at the First Grade of SMPN 1 Wonomulyo.

RESKY ARIANTY (2022). “The Improvement of Young Learners’ Vocabulary Using Total Physical Response Method: A Case Study at the First Grade of SMPN 1 Wonomulyo” (Supervised by Ria Rosdiana Jubhari and Sitti Sahraeny).
The aims of the study are to explain the way Total Physical Response Method improving young learners’ vocabulary and to describe the way Total Physical Response Method increase student interest in learning at SMPN 1 Wonomulyo.
In this research, the writer used mixed method (quantitative and qualitative data). Quantitative data were taken from t-test (pre-test and post-test) with multiple-choice and the qualitative data was taken from direct interview. The writer also conducted classroom action research to achieve the objective of the study. The object of the study was students aged around 12-13 years old and it was done at the first grade of SMPN 1 Wonomulyo especially class 7A. There were 20 students: 13 female and 7 male students. The writer carried out three steps: (1) pre-test given at the beginning of learning, (2) action which consist of two cycles where the first cycle was about part of body and the second cycle was about common verbs, (3) post-test and interview given at the end of the learning session. The interview was conducted in order to examine whether Total Physical Response Method increase student interest in learning.
The result showed that the mean score of pre-test only 36.25 where the lowest was 10 point and the highest was 90 point. Meanwhile, in the post-test mean score achieved 54.75 where the lowest was 25 point and the highest was 100 points. The main factor influencing this increase was students’ interest in the teaching and learning process using Total Physical Response so that teaching English vocabulary can improve young learners’ vocabulary and increase students’ interest in learning English. Based on these results, it can be concluded that there was significant student learning achievement that not only improve young learners’ vocabulary but also make students know spelling, pronunciation and making a short sentence.

Keywords : Total Physical Response, Young Learners’ Vocabulary, Teaching Method, First Grade, Learning Interest.