The Influence of Total Physical Response (TPR) Toward Listening Skill of the Third Grade Students of Sabilillah Elementary School, Sampang Madura

The aim of this study is to know the influence of Total Physical Response toward student’s listening skill. The writer conducted this study in Sabilillah Elementary school. The sample of this study were two classes; mathematics as the control group and  science class as the experimental group. Both pre-test and post-test were conducted to both groups. The experimental group was taught by using TPR, while the control group was taught using conventional methods. The score from both tests were then tested statictically using Mann Whitney U-Test to find out if the hypothesis is rejected or accepted. The study showed that there is a significant difference in student’s listening skill between students who were taught by using TPR and who were not taught by using TPR indicated by the significant value of Mann Whitney U-Test (the result is 0.02) and the value is lower than 0.05. Thus, the Null hypothesis (H0) is rejected and the Alternate hypothesis (H1) is accepted. In this research, it is concluded that TPR has significantly influenced the listening skills of students that they were more active and relaxed during the class.