Improving Student’s Writing Ability through Think-Pair-Share Technique in English Learning for Second Grade at SMP Negeri 3 Berbah, Sleman.

Abstract

Writing is the one of activity that laborious thing to be learned and somehow it is hard to some student. The research was carried out in SMP Negeri 3 Berbah, Sleman. The researcher has identified several problems, such as: 1). Does Learning using TPS help improve student’s writing skills? 2). How is the difference in teaching and learning situation before and after the application of TPS? . This research was conducted using Classroom Action Research (CAR). From the results of the pre-test, we found that the students' writing results were below the average and still far from what was expected. The average of the score. This finding is supported by the results of students' writing scores. The average score of the pre-test was 56,09, the average score of the Cycle 1 was 65,80, the average score of the Cycle2 was 80,25. All the data showed that the improvement of writing achievement from cycle to cycle was significant. It can be concluded that TPS can improve students' writing creativity and TPS can improve class writing into a better situation.