Context of the Research

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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

A. Context of the Research

The research was carried out in SDN Masaran 2 Sragen. It is located on JL. Kampung Tegal Rejo, Tegal Rejo, Masaran. SDN Masaran 2 Sragen has six classrooms, a library, a teacher office, a computer room, a parking area and a canteen. The research was taken in the first semester in the academic year of 20102011. The materials in a year was divided into seven major themes such as: colour, parts of body, animals, school activities, days and week, food, home. The subject of the research was the students at the third grade of SDN Masaran 2 Sragen. Most of them are nine years old. The children in this age are very active, it can be seen what they have done in the classroom. From the pre-observation, the situations in the class were noisy. Some of the students talked with their friends, walked and run in the class, some of them did not write the materials given in their note books, and they took a pee when the teaching learning process went on. From the pre-observation, the researcher found the sources of the problem: 1 the teacher’s technique, she only used drilling; 2 the teacher’s role only gave vocabularies; 3 Students did not pay attention to the teaching learning process. commit to user 37 37 Children’s song video is a media which is close to the children’s world. Children’s song video is a medium which are entertaining, interesting, motivating, and using audiovisual program to support the students in learning a language. Children like to sing a song because it is fun. The students can enjoy their activities in the classroom without realizing that they are learning. For beginner, TPR is a suitable method to learn a foreign language. TPR method is fun, memorable, and it can reduce the students stress when they are learning. From the instructions the children can do many activities such as: realia and role play. Thus the students can enjoy their activities in the classroom. By utilizing TPR and children’s song video which close to the children’s world, will make the students happy with the activities in the class. From the instructions in the children’s song video, the students will learn a language unconsciously because the situations and the activities are fun.

B. Research Methodology 1.