Tesis

Using the think-pair-share strategy to increase students\' active involvement and to improve students\' speaking ability at Islamic University of Malang / Abdul Wafi

Abstrak
Thesis. Graduate program in English Language Education The University of Malang. Advisors (I) Dr. Hj. Arwijati Wahyudi M.Pd Dipl. TESL. (II) Dr. Sri Rachmajanti M.Pd. Dipl. TESL Keywords Think-Pair-Share active involvement speaking ability Based on the researcher s observation in the preliminary study on the teaching of speaking two problems were found first the students active involvement towards the teaching and learning was very low. Second their speaking ability was not satisfactory yet. It was because the class was heterogeneous and the teacher used monotonous teaching technique. To cope with those problems the researcher employed the Think-Pair-Share strategy. This study was designed to increase students active involvement and to improve their speaking ability using the Think-Pair-Share Strategy at Islamic University of Malang. The study was collaborative classroom action research in which the researcher and the collaborator worked together the researcher acted as the teacher while the collaborator observed the students during the implementation of the strategy. This study was conducted in one cycle consisting of five meetings using the following procedures planning implementing observing and reflecting. The data of the study were collected through the observation checklists field notes and questionnaire. The subjects were 26 second semester students of Class E of Islamic University of Malang. The findings of the study revealed that the good procedures of implementing the Think-Pair-Share strategy in teaching and learning of speaking consist of six major steps (1) arousing students motivation (2) activating students background knowledge (3) posing a problem/question (4) giving students thinking time to think of the possible answer/solution (5) asking them to be in pair and discuss the solution with their pair (6) asking them to share the answer to the group or the whole class. In addition the findings of the study indicated that the Think-Pair-Share strategy was successful in increasing students active involvement and improving students speaking ability. The increase could be seen from the number of students who were categorized as actively involved from only 7 students (29%) in the preliminary study to 20 students (78%) of 26. The improvement of students speaking ability could be seen from the number of students whose score achieved average 3 were 7 students (29%) of 24 students in the preliminary test while in their final speaking score were 17 students (65%) of 26 students who achieved average score 3. It is suggested that English lecturers apply the Think-Pair-Share strategy to increase students active involvement and to improve students speaking ability. For the institution the findings of the research might be used for decision making to use the Think-Pair-Share strategy in the teaching of speaking. And for future researchers the findings of the research can become a good reference to conduct better researches.

Informasi Detail

DDC

Rt 428.3 WAF u

Prodi

Universitas Negeri Malang. Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, 2011.

Deskripsi Fisik

x, 106 lembar : il., tab. ; 30 cm.

Bahasa

No Reg

02857/KI/11

Edisi

Tesis (Pasca Sarjana)--Universitas Negeri Malang, 2011

Subjek

1. BAHASA INGGRIS - BERBICARA, KEMAMPUAN
2. BAHASA INGGRIS - BERBICARA - PEMBELAJARAN MODEL TPS (THINK PAIR SHARE)

Pembimbing

1. ARWIJATI WAHYUDI ; 2. SRI RACHMAJANTI

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