Think Aloud in Collaborative Discussion on Reading Comprehension of EFL Students

Merliani Putri Anggraini, Cucu Sutarsyah, Ujang Suparman

Abstract


Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mendeskripsikan proses dan persepsi siswa mengenai penggunaan think aloud dalam diskusi kolaboratif terhadap pemahaman membaca siswa EFL, dan juga untuk mengetahui apakah ada perbedaan yang signifikan terhadap hasil peningkatan pemahaman membaca siswa. Penelitian ini dilakukan di SMA Al-Kautsar Bandar Lampung terhadap siswa kelas sebelas. Data dalam penelitian ini dianalis secara kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan think aloud dalam diskusi kolaboratif membantu siswa memahami teks bacaan. Selain itu, hasil tes membaca menunjukkan terdapat perbedaan yang signifikan terhadap peningkatan membaca siswa antara siswa yang diajarkan menggunakan think aloud dalam diskusi kolaboratif dan siswa yang diajarkan menggunakan metode konvensional. Ini dapat disimpulkan bahwa think aloud dalam diskusi kolaboratif adalah strategi yang baik untuk membantu siswa memahami teks bacaan.

This research was intended to describe the process and students perception of using think aloud in collaborative discussion on EFL students reading comprehension, and also to find out whether there was a difference on the students reading achievement. The research was conducted at SMA Al-Kautsar Bandar Lampung to the eleventh grade students. The data were analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively. The result shows that think aloud in collaborative discussion helped the students comprehend the texts. Furthermore, the result of reading test indicated that there was asignificant difference of students reading achievement between those who are taught using think aloud in collaborative discussion and those who are taught using conventional method. It can be concluded that think aloud in collaborative discussion is a good strategy to help the students comprehend reading texts.

Keywords: think aloud, collaborative learning, reading comprehension


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