THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THINK-PAIR-SHARE TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE SPEAKING SKILL OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF STATE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 26 OF PURWOREJO

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to find out whether there is any effectiveness in using Think-Pair-Share Technique to improve speaking skill for the eighth grade students of State Junior High School 26 of Purworejo in the academic year 2012/2013. In this research, the researcher took 63 students of the eighth grade of State Junior High School 26 of Purworejo in the academic year 2012/2013 as the sample. The researcher conducted pre-test and post-test. The researcher used think pair share technique to teach speaking for the experimental group. Statistically, the researcher analyzed the data by using t-test.

The researcher concluded that teaching speaking using Think Pair Share technique is effective and gives a positive contribution toward the students’ speaking skill of the eighth  grade of State Junior High School 26 of Purworejo in the academic year 2012/2013  Since it was found that the result of t-value is 2.89. Based on the 0.05 significance level, the value of t-table is 1.99. The computation shows that t-value is higher than t-table that is 2.89>1.99.

Keywords: the effectiveness, Think Pair Share, speaking skill