Abstract
The teaching of vocabulary is very essential in teaching a particular language. In Indonesia, English is taught from kindergarten up to higher educations. Unfortunately not all of the teachers in those levels especially in kindergartens and primary schools major in English or at least have good English proficiency. That is why English Language Education Study Program, the Faculty of Teacher Trainings and Educational Sciences, Pakuan University always conducts community service to provide trainings to teachers from any part of the city. The first thing done before the community service was doing need analysis. In 2019, the result of the need analysis was the teaching of vocabulary which is fun and meaningful. 28 teachers were involved in this research. They were divided into two groups to conduct experiment. From the experiment, it is proven that the training given to the teachers increase their understanding about TPR and the teaching of vocabulary. The teachers were also given questionnaire to find out their perception on the use of TPR and YouTube and from the questionnaire the teachers think that their knowledge on the teaching using TPR increased their knowledge and they can find benefits in using TPR and YouTube in the classroom namely: the use of TPR itself can help them accommodate students’ different learning styles, teach vocabulary in context so that it is more meaningful, and the teaching learning situation becomes more fun.
Highlights
The teaching of vocabulary is utmost important in the teaching and learning process of a second or a foreign language because vocabulary has been acknowledged as one of the most essential elements of language proficiency (Carter & McCarthy, 2014).Without having adequate vocabulary, one cannot express his or her feeling quite effectively
Total Physical Response was chosen since the teachers in some kindergartens around the district of Sukaraja, the City of Bogor, West Java Province, Indonesia, states that they have problems in teaching English vocabulary to the students
The research results reveal that Total physical response (TPR) is a very operative tool to teach English language, especially vocabulary
Summary
The teaching of vocabulary is utmost important in the teaching and learning process of a second or a foreign language because vocabulary has been acknowledged as one of the most essential elements of language proficiency (Carter & McCarthy, 2014).Without having adequate vocabulary, one cannot express his or her feeling quite effectively. Total Physical Response was chosen since the teachers in some kindergartens around the district of Sukaraja, the City of Bogor, West Java Province, Indonesia, states that they have problems in teaching English vocabulary to the students. The research results reveal that Total physical response (TPR) is a very operative tool to teach English language, especially vocabulary. Experimental group showed a highly positive level of acceptance toward the proposed learning approach Is it effective, TPR makes students enthusiastic in learning English especially enhancing their vocabulary (Ummah 2016). She added that the students became more active and interested to learn English because the teacher taught them by using imperative drilling and modeling concept that became the basic concept of TPR method. After the introduction of the words and sentences, the teacher can give the students the movements in accordance with the sentences or commands given
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