UNSPECIFIED (2010) Improving the reading comprehension skills of the eleventh graders of MA Darul Lughah Wal Karomah Kraksaan Probolinggo through think-pair-share strategy / Juhari. Masters thesis, Universitas Negeri Malang.
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ABSTRACT Juhari. 2009. Improving the Reading Comprehension Skills of the Eleventh Graders of MA Darul Lughah Wal Karomah Kraksaan Probolinggo through Think-Pair-Share Strategy. Thesis English Language Education Graduate Program of State University Of Malang. Advisors (1) Dr. Johannes Ananto Prayogo M.Pd. M.Ed. (II) Dr. Sri Rachmajanti Dip. TESL M.Pd Key Words improving reading comprehension skills think-pair-share strategy. Reading is one of the four language components that should be mastered by students. Without reading the students could not enlarge their knowledge open the window of the world access information technology deeply. To make the students comprehend reading text well many alternatives of reading teaching strategies could be developed. One of them was the implementation of Think-Pair-Share strategy. This research was tailored to improve the students reading comprehension in English through the use of Think-Pair-Share (TPS) strategy. The objective of the research was to develop the Think-Pair-Share strategy to improve the students reading comprehension. In a Think-Pair-Share activity students were divided into pairs and each pair designated a three-step integrated cooperative structure in which individuals thought silently about questions posed by the teacher during the first step paired up during the second step and exchanged thoughts in the third step the pairs shared their responses with other pairs other teams or entire group or class. The research utilized a collaborative classroom action research design in which the researcher and the collaborative teacher worked together in preparing a suitable procedure of Think-Pair-Share strategy designing the lesson plan determining of the criteria of success implementing the action observing and reflecting. The subjects of this research were 32 eleventh graders of MA Darul Lughah Kraksaan Probolinggo of the 2008/2009 academic year. This research was conducted in 3 cycles each cycle of which comprised three meetings. Two meetings were used for the implementation of Think-Pair-Share Strategy and one meeting was to give a test to students The data of this research were obtained through (1) observation sheet to obtain information about teacher s and the students activities and performance during the implementation of Think-Pair-Share strategy (2) field notes to note the data beyond the coverage of the observation sheet (3) test to identify whether the students had made progress in reading comprehension and (4) questionnaire to get information from the students whether the strategy applied could motivate the students to actively involve during the teaching and learning process. The findings showed that the best procedures of implementing the Think-Pair-Share strategy in teaching-learning of reading comprehension were divided into three phases. The first phase was pre- activities (1) showing pictures to the students and asking some oral questions related to the pictures (2) asking the students to predict the topic that will be discussed (3) asking the students to mention words that might be used in the text and writing the words predicted on the board. The second phases was whilst- activities (1) asking the students to read the text silently (2) giving a model on how to read the text and asking the students to repeat and underline the difficult words (3) clarifying the meaning of difficult words (4) explaining the content of the text (5) giving time to students for asking something that they still don t understand (6) asking the students to answer yes-no questions orally (7) explaining the steps and activities the students will do in this reading class (8) asking the students to answer comprehension questions individually and circulating and providing assistance if needed (9) assigning the students to sit in pairs (10) asking the pairs to discuss of the comprehension questions and encouraging the students to help each other monitoring and providing assistance if necessary (11) asking the pairs to report their answer. The third phase was post activities (1) rechecking the students answers (2) writing down the right answers on the board and (3) making conclusions of the topic and closing the class. The research showed that the implementation of Think-Pair-Share strategy in the teaching-learning of reading comprehension was effective in improving the students comprehension skill. Moreover students were active in the class using Think-Pair-Share strategy in terms of sharing ideas asking and answering questions. In addition the students opinions toward the implementation of Think-Pair-Share strategy were positive. It is suggested that teachers uses Think-Pair-Share strategy as one alternative in the teaching of reading comprehension in the classroom and other English instructions. It is also recommended that the students employed Think-Pair-Share strategy as a learning strategy to practice their reading comprehension which could be done for their intra curricular or extra curricular activities.
| 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: | Users 2 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Jan 2010 04:29 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2010 03:00 |
| URI: | http://repository.um.ac.id/id/eprint/59161 |
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