DRILLS AND TOTAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE: AN ATTEMPT TO ENHANCE YOUNG LEARNERS’ ORAL COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE
Abstract: The main
objectives of this
research were: (1)
to improve the
students’ oral communicative competence in English lesson
benefited from the combination of Drills and Total Physical Response (TPR)
techniques, (2) to improve the students’ ability in using the language aspects,
such as
vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, fluency,
and comprehension having
a direct correspondence to speaking skill. Making used
of the classroom action based research, the results of the study revealed
that the implementation of
Drills and TPR
could improve the
students’ oral communicative competence. At the same time,
both techniques could also improve the students’ ability in using
the language aspects,
such as vocabulary,
grammar, pronunciation, fluency,
and comprehension which should be
dealt with in speaking.
Author: Ni Made Ratminingsih
Journal Code: jppendidikangg100001
