A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN GROUP DISCUSSION AND THINK PAIR SHARE STRATEGY TO ENHANCE STUDENTS' SPEAKING ABILITY

• Main Authors: Sri Wahyuni (Author), Jumaina Jumaina (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: English Education Department, 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.
• Notes: 2355-004X; 2502-6801
• Keywords: Education; L; Auxiliary sciences of history; C
• Source: Getsempena English Education Journal, Vol 6, Iss 2 (2019)

<p><em>T</em><em>he aim of this study is to find out if there is any significant difference in students' </em><em>ability</em><em> enhancement between those who were taught using</em><em> </em><em>G</em><em>roup D</em><em>i</em><em>s</em><em>c</em><em>uss</em><em>ion</em><em> strategy and those who were taught using Think Pair Share strategy. This study is a quantitative research method using comparative design by using pre-test and post-test. This study was designed to find out the answer to the following question: Is there any significant difference in students' </em><em>speaking ability</em><em> </em><em>e</em><em>nhancement between those who were taught </em><em>by using</em><em> </em><em>G</em><em>roup D</em><em>i</em><em>s</em><em>c</em><em>uss</em><em>ion</em><em> strategy and those who were taught using Think-Pair-Share strategy. The sample of this study were two classes of grade </em><em>X</em><em> SMA </em><em>Inshafuddi Banda Aceh</em><em>. Grade</em><em> X IPA 1 was taught using Group Discussion and grade X IPS </em><em>w</em><em>e</em><em>re taught using Think-Pair-Share. The instrument used for this study was a </em><em>speaking</em><em> test, which contained </em><em>a Congratulation topic</em><em>. The result of this study showed from the mean score that both classes had an enhancement in their </em><em>speaking ability</em><em>. In addition, there was no significant difference between those who were taught using </em><em>Group Discussion</em><em> </em><em>a</em><em>nd those who were taught using </em><em>Think Pair share</em><em> s</em><em>t</em><em>rategy. However, it meant that both strategies were efficient in enhancing students' </em><em>speaking ability</em><em>.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p class="LiteraKeyword">Keywords: <em>Think</em><em> </em><em>Pair Share</em><em>, </em><em>Group Discussion</em><em>, </em><em>Speaking Ability</em></p>