Electronic Theses and Dissertation

Abstract
Name : Lutfia Hanum
Student No. : 0906102050004
Study Program : English Education
Title : The Use of STAD Technique in Improving Reading
Comprehension
Keywords: STAD, Reading, Teacher’s stance.
This study was conducted at SMPN 12 Banda Aceh. The purpose was to find out
whether the implementation of STAD technique by the English teacher of the school
in teaching reading was based on the procedures by Shaban and Ghaith (2005) and to
figure out the teacher’s stance on the use of STAD. Descriptive qualitative was used
in this study and the subject was an English teacher. Moreover, the instruments used
in this study were observation sheet and interview questions. Based on the
observation, i t was found that the teacher did not implement one procedure of STAD
as suggested by Shaaban and Ghaith (2005) and five procedures with few
modifications. The procedure which was not implemented by the teacher was assigns
a role for each member of the groups and the five procedures with few modifications
were related to quiz gave to the students; providing printed answer key; ways to
correct the student’s quiz; provide team recognition form; and ways to recognize the
achievement of the students. They were not implemented and were modified due to
the situation and context of the teaching environment. Furthermore, the teacher’s
stance on the use of STAD were because it gave opportunities for the students to be
more active, motivated, and help each other in group work.

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