出版社：Fakultas Ilmu Pendidikan Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta
摘要：The aim of this study is to increase students’ learning achievement of active English through Total Physical Response method in elementary schools. The focus is related to the students’ needs of an active English skill that is how to use language actively in communication. This study can be classified into a classroom action research. The subjects are the students of grade IV, SDN Manunggal Bantul. The study uses observation and test to collect the data. Then the data are analyzed by conducting qualitative descriptive method. The finding shows that Total Physical Response method is able to increase students’ achievement of active English. There is a significant increasing achievement reached by the students, especially on the spoken respon activities and direct physical respon activities toward the spoken instructions and physical action of the teachers and among the students. Besides, there is also significant increasing on the motoric activities of the students in interactive conversation. Generally, direct thingking and direct response can promote the students motivation in vocabulary acquisition so it can improve the students’ active English achievement. Key words: Active English achivement, total physical response.
