Advantages of Grammar Translation Method Disadvantages of Grammar Translation Method
Test is used to know how well the students have already mastered vocabulary. The researcher used pre-test and post-test instrument. Pre-test is the
test given to students before the treatment. The usage of pre-test is to measure students’ abilities before they learn vocabulary through TPR method. The post
test is given to students after the students had the treatment or the teaching process using TPR method. Post-test is the test given to students for checking the
progress after teaching vocabulary through TPR method. The test is consist of 30 thirty questions and it is divided into three test form, they are multiple choices,
matching test and translating test. They are divided into three categories: easy 30, middle 40, and difficult 30. Multiple choices consist of 20 items
from number 1 to 20. It is score per item is 3; it means if the students can choose the right answer, they will get 60 scores. While matching test consist of 5 items
from number 21 to 25. It is score per item is 3; it means if the students can answer correctly, they will get 15 score. And translating test consists of 5 items
from number 26 to 30. It is scores per item 5. It means if the students can answer correctly, they will get 25 scores. And the total scores are 100 if students can
answer all of questions correctly. From the description of each test form above, it can be seen that the high
score of this test is 100 scores. To make the writer easy in making the test from the students in experiment and controlled class, the writer made description of
the test item as follows:
Table 3.1 The Description of the Test Items
No Vocabulary
Question Number
Total
1 Using a verb to give a
positive command Easy 30
3, 5, 8, 18 13
Middle 40 1, 2, 9, 10, 14
Difficult 30 13, 16, 19, 20
2 Using
don’t +verb to give a negative
Easy 30 12
4 Middle 40
4, 7
command Difficult 30
6 3
Matching Easy 30
22, 24 5
Middle 40 25
Difficult 30 21, 23
4 Translating
Easy 30 15, 27
8 Middle 40
17, 26, 28, 29 Difficult 30
30, 11 30
From the table of specification for the test item, the writer divided them into easy 30, middle 40 and difficult 30 after deciding the concepts of
multiple choices using verb to give positive command and using don’t + verb to
give a negative command , matching and translating.