USING THE THINK-PAIR-SHARE TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY AT SMP NEGERI 4 NGAGLIK

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USING THE THINK-PAIR-SHARE TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE
STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY AT SMP NEGERI 4 NGAGLIK
By
Nenty Lisa Adhiarsih
08202244047
This action research was aimed at improving the speaking skills of the
grade VIII students of SMP N 4 Ngaglik through think-pair-share technique. It
attempted to answer the question of How can think-pair-share technique improve
the learning process of speaking English in class VIII at SMP Negeri 4 Ngaglik in
academic year of 2012/2013?
The participants of this study were grade VIII students of SMP N 4
Ngaglik in the academic year of 2012/2013. This study, which lasted for 6
meetings, was carried out in two cycles by employing various instruments for
gathering data such as questionnaires, field notes, and interviews. In analysing the
data, the following steps were applied systematically: 1) determining the thematic
concern-reconnaissance, 2) planning, 3) action and observation, and 4) reflection.
Based on the research findings the use of think-pair-share technique in
this study successfully improved the students? speaking skills. The 34 students who
were classified as students who had „learned? performance in the pre-test
successfully improved their speaking skills so that they were included to have
„exemplary? performance in the post-test. The think-pair-share technique were also
effective in improving the students? motivation, self-confidence, awareness, and
involvement. Besides those findings, the researcher found that using classroom
English, improving students? self-confidence by preparing the students to speak
spontaneously and giving rewards to motivate the students were demanding. To
conclude, this study suggested that several stages in using the think-pair-share
technique should be carried out systematically in order to maximize the learning
outputs.

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