THE EFFECT OF THINK-PAIR-SHARE TECHNIQUE ON STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT

Abstract

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah terjadi peningkatan hasil belajar membaca siswa ketika mereka diajarkan menggunakan teknik Think-Pair-Share; dan untuk mencari aspek membaca mana yang meningkat secara signifikan. Penelitian ini menggunakan one group pretest-posttest design dengan IX IPA 2 yang terdiri dari 32 siswa dipilih sebagai sample penelitian. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan nilai rata-rata protest siswa (84.22) lebih besar daripada nilai rata-rata pretest mereka (50.16), dengan perbedaan nilai sebesar 34.06. Hasil T-Test menunjukkan nilai kesignifikanan (2-tailed) sebesar 0.000 (p=0.000, p<0.05). Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa adanya peningkatan hasil belajar membaca siswa. Peneliti menganjurkan bahwa guru bahasa Inggris dapat menerapkan teknik Think-Pair -Share  dalam mengajarkan pemahaman membaca sebagai salah satu strategi alternatif terutama karena terbukti bahwa strategi tersebut dapat membuat mereka sukses dalam belajar membaca.

The objectives of this research is to find out whether there is any significant increase of students’ reading comprehension achievement when they are taught by using Think-Pair-Share technique; and to find out which aspects of reading that significantly increases. The research design used a one group pretest-posttest with IX IPA 1 class, which consisted of 32 students, was taken as the sample of the research. The results showed that the students’ mean score of posttest (84.22) in experimental class was higher than the pretest (50.16) with the gain was 34.06. The results of t-test indicated that the significant (2-tailed) value was 0.000 in α level was p<0.05). It showed that the hypothesis was accepted, since there was a significant increase of students’ reading comprehension achievement. The researcher suggests that the English teacher should apply Think-Pair-Share technique in teaching reading comprehension as one of alternative learning strategies especially because it has been found that the strategy can make them successful in learning reading.

Keywords: learning strategies, reading comprehension,think pair-share