Electronic Theses and Dissertation

The aim of this study is to explore some theories related to TPS. The method used in this study is library research, which is a kind of research that collects the data based on theories or expert’s statement. Reading skill is highly necessary for English foreign language students because students often read text from printed such as newspaper, magazine, novel, text book, and so on. In fact, students have some problem at comprehending them, such difficulties to understand the message and less motivated in teaching and learning process. To overcome these problems, the writer suggests teacher to apply an appropriate technique especially in teaching reading, the technique namely Think-Pair -Share (TPS). It can make students enjoy and easy to understand reading text. In Think Pair Share, students work on three steps. First is Think, students are freely to think about material and question given. Second is Pair, students discussing about the texts. The last is Share, a group of students share their idea each other to a bigger group, on whole class. In this case, the TPS is technique that allows students to work cooperatively in group in order to have a better comprehension on the reading text is being read. The finding shows that, by using this technique, the students can understand the reading better and students more motivated in learning process as well.
key words: THE APPLICATION OF COOPERATIVE LEARNING: THINK-PAIR SHARE IN TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION

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