Enhancing Students’ Vocabulary Skill using Teaching Proficiency Through Reading and Storytelling (TPRS) Method

Abstract

This research aims to find out the effectiveness of the TPRS method in enhancing students’ vocabulary and to find out students’ responses to the TPRS method in 7th grade of SMPN 1 Majasari. The researcher uses a quasi-experiment method and data from the questionnaire will present the table of percentage. The researcher uses a pre-test, post-test, and questionnaire in collecting data. The result of this research based on the data analysis that used by independent sample t-test, the significance data obtained is 0.02 smaller than 0.05 (0.02 < 0.05) and t-count is higher than t-table (2,506 > 1,673) which means that Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling (TPRS) method effective for enhancing students' vocabulary skill in experimental class on VII F students of SMPN 1 Majasari. Based on the questionnaire result, it is known that students give a positive response to English learning using the TPRS method. As many as 93% students gave agree answers that the TPRS method makes them understand the vocabulary better and 89% students agree that TPRS method makes vocabulary memorable. This student response was also signified by the increase in scores on the post-test.