<![CDATA[Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui apakah ada peningkatan yang signifikan dari kemampuan berbicara siswa introvert dan ekstrovert dalam memberikan pendapat setelah penerapan teknik Think-Pair-Share dan untuk melihat sikap siswa introvert dan ekstrovert terhadap implementasi teknik Think-Pair-Share. Penelitian ini dilakukan di SMA Swadhipa Natar dan menggunakan satu kelas eksperimen, yaitu XI IS 3 yang terdiri dari 17 siswa. Data diperoleh melalui pre-test dan post-test yang kemudian dianalisis dengan menggunakan Paired Sample T-test. Setelah penerapan teknik, hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa kemampuan berbicara siswa introvert dan ekstrovert dalam memberikan pendapat meningkat secara signifikan karena nilai signifikansi lebih rendah dari 0,05. Selain itu, tanggapan siswa dalam penerapan teknik TPS juga positif. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa teknik Think-Pair-Share membantu siswa introvert dan ekstrovert dalam meningkatkan kemampuan berbicara mereka. This research was carried out to find out whether there was a significant improvement of introverted and extroverted students’ speaking ability in giving an opinion after the implementation of Think-Pair-Share technique and to investigate the attitude of introverted and extroverted students towards the implementation of the technique. This research was conducted in SMA Swadhipa Natar and employed one experimental class, which was XI IS 3 consisting of 17 students. The data were obtained through a pre-test and a post-test in which the results were analyzed by using Paired Sample T-test. After the implementation of the technique, the result indicated that both introverted and extroverted students’ speaking ability in giving opinion significantly improved because the significance value was lower than 0.05. In addition, students' attitudes to the implementation of TPS technique were also positive. In brief, it can be concluded that Think-Pair-Share technique helps the introverted and extroverted students to improve their speaking ability. Keywords: Think-Pair-Share, personality, speaking ability, giving an opinion. ]]>
