PROMOTING VOCABULARY MASTERY THROUGH TOTAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE (TPR) FOR ENGLISH TO YOUNG LEARNERS AT THE FOURTH GRADE OF SDI SURYA BUANA MALANG

This research was conducted quantitatively through quasi experimental research design. Purposive non-probability sampling was to determine the control and experimental groups. The researcher took class IV A consisting of 27 students as a control group and IV C consisting of 29 students as an experimental group. The instrument used to collect the data was vocabulary test. The test was used to know the students’ vocabularies about seasons, weathers and activities Europe before and after they got treatments. Moreover, to analyze the data, the researcher used independent sample t test statistical in SPSS (Statistical Program for Social Science) 21 versions. \n \nBased on the result of independent sample t-test analysis in pre-test and post-test showed that there were significant difference from the result of post-test between control and experimental groups in which the mean of post-test from experimental was higher than control groups. It was proven by the mean score of control group was 68.15 while experimental group was 79.66. It means that H1 was accepted and H0 was rejected. Therefore, H1 stated that Total Physical Response (TPR) promotes students’ vocabulary mastery. As the result, this method is proven effective to improve students’ vocabulary mastery.