Transform : Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning
Vol. 1 No. 1 (2012): March, 2012

IMPROVING STUDENTS™ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT THROUGH THINK-PAIR-SHARE TECHNIQUE

Saragih, Zulfida Sari (Unknown)

Article Info

Publish Date
15 Apr 2012

Abstract

This study was focused to improve students™ achievement in writing narrative test through Think-Pair-Share Technique. It was conducted by applying Classroom Action Research with two cycles and six meetings. The subject of this study is Grade VIII students of SMP Negeri 1 Teluk Mengkudu and consisted of 40 students. The instruments for collecting data used writing test for quantitative and used diary notes, observation sheet and interview sheet for qualitative. The mean of the test shows the improvements of the students™ score for orientation test was (51.4), the mean in cycle I test was (66.15), and the mean in the cycle II was (74.57). Based on the data above, it can be concluded that Think-Pair-Share technique is significantly improved students™ writing achievement especially in narrative test.   Key Words: Improving, Achievement, Writing, Narrative,Think-Pair-Share

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Transform : Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning
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Abbrev

jelt

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Universitas Negeri Medan

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Humanities Electrical & Electronics Engineering Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Other

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Transform Journal is an open-access electronic journal that supports research in the field of Linguistics, Literature, and English Language Teaching. The aim of the journal is to publish academic research on applied linguistics relevant to actual issues and to be a publication platform for original ...