A Study On The Use Of Think Pair Share Technique In Improving Speaking Ability Of The Eighth Grade Students Of Smpk St. Theresia Kupang In The School Year 2017/2018

TANENOFUNAN, Densri Yulita (2018) A Study On The Use Of Think Pair Share Technique In Improving Speaking Ability Of The Eighth Grade Students Of Smpk St. Theresia Kupang In The School Year 2017/2018. Undergraduate thesis, Universitas Katolik Widya Mandira.

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Abstract

The study is conducted to answer the following questions: (1) Does the use of Think Pair Share technique improve speaking ability to the eighth grade students of SMPK St. Theresia Kupang in the school year 2017/2018? (2) What is the speaking ability level of the eighth grade students of SMPK St. Theresia Kupang after they are taught using think pair share? This study is limited in three aspects as proposed by Hughes in terms of Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation. This study was classified as Classroom Action Research (CAR). This study was conducted in two cycles. It consists of: planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. The instruments used in this study are pre test, classroom performance, and post test. Based on the analysis of data, the writer concludes that (1) think pair share technique is improve the speaking ability of the eighth grade students of SMPK St. Theresia Kupang and (2) there are significant differences in the results of teaching speaking by using think pair share technique. They are as follows. The students’ level of speaking in the pre-test is below average (2.66) while in the post- test 1 the level is above average (4.51) and in the post- test 2 the level is above average (5.27) with 0.76 higher than the result of post –test 1. The pre- test was given before applying think pair share technique in teaching speaking, while post-test was given after applying think pair share technique in teaching speaking. Based on the results of the study the writer would like to propose some suggestions as follows: 1) The English teacher of the researched school should pay attention to students’ needs and characteristic by giving them think pair share technique to make them easier to speak English. 2) The English teacher should be more serious in helping the students to develop their speaking skills in some aspects such as grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation of the sentence that the students make.

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