Investigating the Implementation of TPR Approach in English Language Teaching for Children

This research was conducted to find out the way young learners English teachers implemented the TPR approach and their perception toward TPR approach to teach English for children. TPR is an appraoch that formed by coordination of speech and action.This study took place at Ar-Risalah bilingual school and school house Montessori, where were two teachers and students from each school selected as the participants. This research was narrative qualitative design, in which data was collected through observation and interview. The researcher used QDA and coding for the analysis. The result of this research presents that teacher implemented TPR approach in various ways; giving command in imperative and interrogative motion, dancing and singing, and game. Based on the teachers’ perception, the result shows that students learned the language easily by doing the movement, they had a long-term memory to remember the language, they had an improvement on motivation and they started to be familiar with the use of language. The benefits were reducing children’s stress, avoiding the boredom, making children more active, improving children’s attitude to be more obedient. Moreover, teachers should develop the technique, strategy, and instructional media to cover all students’ needs and their learning style.