THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THINK PAIR SHARE (TPS) METHOD TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT THE NINTH GRADE OF MTS MUHAMMADIYAH 10 PONOROGO IN ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2014/2015

AJAR TAMBALUN, LUTFI (2015) THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THINK PAIR SHARE (TPS) METHOD TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT THE NINTH GRADE OF MTS MUHAMMADIYAH 10 PONOROGO IN ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2014/2015. Skripsi thesis, Universitas Muhammadiyah Ponorogo.

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Abstract

Key word : Think Pair Share, Reading Comprehension
There are four skills in learning English that are listening, speaking,
reading and writing. In this research the writer focuses on reading skill. Reading is
the skill which may often used and retained the longest. It is an essential
foundation of learning in seeking the information and knowledge. Besides,
through the teaching and learning of reading, the students are expected to be able
to comprehend a reading material. However, they still get some difficulties to find
general information, identifying main idea and identifying explicit and implicit
information.
Teaching reading In MTs Muhammadiyah 10 Ponorogo is more difficult
because students are imaginative than adult learners. It can be seen in which they
are not accustomed to think seriously. If they get the assignment to read a text,
they will get some difficult problems. English is one of difficult lessons because
the lesson book and media are very limited. It makes students bored in English
learning especially in reading class. So the reading ability of the students in MTs
Muhammadiyah 10 Ponorogo is low.
Based on problem in reading class, the researcher finally comes to an idea
to implementing technique of Think Pair Share to teach reading comprehension.
He hopes it be able to improve reading skill. The steps of implementation Think
Pair Share consist of three steps: pre reading, while reading, and post reading.
The subject of this research was the students of ninth grade of MTs
Muhammadiyah 10 Ponorogo in academic year 2014/2015 which consisted of 13
students. The research was done in four days. The researcher used classroom
action research as the research design and the design applied is proposed by Kurt
Lewin. The study was conducted in two cycles. The writer used three research
instruments. There were observation, questionnaire, and test.
Based observation check list percentage of students’ activeness increased.
Cycle 1 was 46.87 % and cycle 2 was 69.7%. The result of questionnaire in cycle
1 showed that students who gave good respond in this activity were fewer than
51% and in cycle 2 was more than 51%. Besides, based on the result of test,
students who reached the minimum score increase. In cycle I was fewer than 65
and cycle II was more than 65.
Based on the findings of the study, it is advisable that the English teacher
applies or implements Think Pair Share in their reading classes because the
method can improve the students’ reading comprehension.

Item Type:	Thesis (Skripsi)
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PE English
Divisions:	Departement of Teacher Training and Education > Department of English
Depositing User:	Editor FKIP
Date Deposited:	21 Nov 2015 03:22
Last Modified:	21 Nov 2015 03:22
URI:	https://eprints.umpo.ac.id/id/eprint/1424

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