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Conceptual framework This research attempts to establish the use of Total Physical Response in enhancing L2 learners English vocabulary in primary school. The conceptual and theoretical framework of the research is shown in figure 1.

Behaviorism imitation

Individual student O Repeat U T

Group students

C Response O M E Vocabulary S

TASK

TOTAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE

Natural approach
The Input hypothesis

Figure 1: Conceptual & Theoretical Framework for The Use of Total Physical Response in enhancing L2 learners English vocabulary.

The study will be carried out using a documentation analysis, where the students will be given a pre-test and post-test individually. Each student is required to answer the task given before and after they participate in Total Physical Response. The outcomes of the task will be the students vocabulary bank improvement, where each of them will repeat
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and response to Total Physical Response. Students will repeat the action shown by the teacher and then they will show their understanding by responding to teachers instruction. Other than that they also will be tested to test their understanding on the vocabulary that they have learned. B. Explain how the variables are related in the context of your research. Method that been used which is Total Physical Response is the independent variables. The researcher has the full control over it whether to modify depending on the situation. The researcher expects that the independent variable will have some effect on the dependent variables. Meanwhile dependent variables is the outcome of the students' scores on a test of the content taught using that procedure. In this case the researchers outcome is the students score on vocabulary test based on what the students been taught using Total Physical Response methods. c. Discuss how the framework contributes to the trustworthiness of the study The framework has been design based on behaviorism theory, natural approach theory and Total Physical Response method. TPR is based on behaviorism, a theory

established by B.F. Laborer. This theory sees learning merely as a result of imitation, practice, reinforcement and habit formation. According to behaviorism, an individual will show a certain behavior due to imitation. If he then receives enough positive feedback, this person will continue to show this kind of behavior and eventually this action will develop into a habit. In the same way, according to behaviorism, in order to learn a foreign language, a language student only needs to imitate the language he or she hears from the teacher and react to his feedback. Language development is seen as a result of habit formation. This view of language learning becomes apparent in Total Physical Response with regards to its focus on performance by the teacher and

imitation by the students. Meanwhile, Natural Approach, Krashen's model that displays particular relevance to the practices of Total Physical Response that concerns with the limitations of the Input Hypothesis. This hypothesis claims that learners acquire all aspects of a language
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through comprehensible input. In Total Physical Response, this hypothesis is applied through its heavy emphasis on input, in the form of stories or reading. However, in most settings interaction between the students is the primary mean by which the interaction hypothesis is applicable in a classroom. Total Physical Response provides a medium for the teacher to interact with the class as a whole. Based on this theories and method the researcher has come out with expected outcomes.