Isnaini, Moh. Hasbullah (2011) Improving the speaking ability of the tenth graders of SMK Negeri 1 Singosari Malang through the think pair square strategy / Moh. Hasbullah Isnaini. Masters thesis, Universitas Negeri Malang.
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Thesis. Graduate Program in English Langauge Teaching State University of Malang. Advisors (I) Dr. Sri Rachmajanti MPd. Dip.TESL. (II) Dr. Johannes A. Prayogo M.Pd. M.Ed. Keywords Think-Pair-Square stratgy speaking ability This research was conducted to improve the students speaking ability using the Think-Pair-Square strategy. The research was intended to describe how Think-Pair-Square strategy can improve the speaking ability of the tenth graders of SMK Negeri 1 Singosari Malang. The research adopted a collaborative classroom action research in which the researcher and the collaborator worked together in conducting the research. The researcher acted as the teacher while the collaborator observed the teacher and the implementation of Think-Pair-Square strategy. This study was conducted in two cycles using the following procedure planning implementing observing and reflecting. Each cycle consisted of three meetings. The data of the research were gathered through the following instruments observation checklist field notes and questionnaire. The subjects of the research were 31 students of SMK Negeri 1 Singosari Malang. The finding of the research indicated that Think-Pair-Square strategy was successful in improving students speaking ability. The improvement could be seen from the increase of the number of students who achieved the minimum passing grade 22.5% in preliminary study 67.7% in Cycle 1 and 90.3% in Cycle 2. The finding of the research also revealed that the appropriate procedure of the Think-Pair-Square strategy to improve the students speaking ability includes the following. (1) Doing brainstorming to have the students focus on about the topic that will be discussed (2) telling the students what is going to be done to make sure that students understand well about the procedure (3) having the students think 15-20 minutes about the topic individually (4) having the students work in pair to exchange ideas (5) having the students share the result of the discussion within the pair with another pair (6) allowing the students to ask questions to the member of the pair while they are performing their opinion and (7) asking one or two students to share the result of their discussion to the class and teacher also gives opinions and suggestions for the students. Furthermore the finding indicated that the Think-Pair-Square strtategy was effective in enhancing the students to be actively involved in the teaching and learning process. It was found that the number of the students who were actively involved was 26 (87%) at the last meeting of Cycle 2 compared to the previous meetings which were less than 85%. It is suggested that English teachers apply the Think-Pair-Square strategy since it can be a practical contribution on how to improve the students speaking ability with more practice of using oral communication in their real and natural communication activities and as relevant knowledge about the teaching of speaking. It is also recommended to the institution that the findings of the research be used for decision making that the teaching of speaking in this institution has to use Think-Pair-Square strategy. For the future researchers the findings of this research can become a good reference when they want to conduct similar research. There are some weaknesses of the result of this research. First the teacher did not provide enough assistance for the low achievers during the square session. Second the teacher also did not give time limitation during the sharing session so the students were confused when to stop. Third the teacher did not organize the grouping carefully so the low achievers were grouped with other low achievers. It is recommended that the future researchers avoid and minimize these weaknesses.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | L Education > L Education (General) |
| Divisions: | Fakultas Sastra (FS) > Departemen Sastra Inggris (ING) > S2 Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris |
| Depositing User: | library UM |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Aug 2011 04:29 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2011 03:00 |
| URI: | http://repository.um.ac.id/id/eprint/58517 |
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