IMPLEMENTATION OF TOTAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE (TPR) METHOD IN INCREASING STUDENT'S MOTIVATION IN LEARNING ENGLISH THROUGH DESCRIBING THINGS

Abstrak

Describing things is a way to describe objects, people, places, or situation in English. This ability is important for students to communicate clearly and accurately. However teaching English for young learners of elementary school is different from teaching adults as they especially have fun with movement and physical participation. They more proficiency with their hands, ears, and eyes to fully engage in learning in class. Most elementary school still think and struggle to comprehend subject matter. The TPR method, which has been shown to be effective in teaching English through describing things to young students, was investigated by the researcher. This research is a qualitative descriptive study and was conducted in SD INPRES Bere-Bere Kecil in Morotai. The teacher and 20 fifth-grade students were used the subject of this study. In order to collect data for this research, two different methods were used: observation and interview. The validity of the data which following the collection of data from the observed teaching learning activity, the data were analyzed qualitatively to compare the results of observations with implementation according to theory, to evaluate students motivation based on the motivational characteristics obtained from the observation, and interpret them. The outcomes showed that the students were more motivated to learn English using the TPR method. In this case the students interested and enjoyable to study English and motivated them to learn English through describing things using the TPR method.