PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR ELT TEACHER BY USING TOTAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE METHOD: TEACHER’S VOICE

Abstract

Total Physical Response (TPR) is an approach to learning English language that is appropriate for young children, whose learning priorities place a strong emphasis on activities that include movement and physical exercise. The purpose of this study is to ascertain how English vocabulary teachers perceive Total Physical Response (TPR) as a teaching method. The descriptive qualitative approach was employed in this investigation. Data were collected using surveys and interviews with primary school instructors who employed this strategy in order to meet the research goals. In all, 10 instructors took part in this study. The Total Physical Response method enables the students to acquire English vocabulary both more difficult and more easily, according to the results of the study. The findings of this research indicated that the used of total physical response (TPR) can help increase students' vocabulary and also increase students' desire to learn to know more vocabularies.