Abstrak
Optimizing the use of audio visual multimedia and think-pair-share technique to enhance students’ writing skill of analytical exposition text (a collaborative action research in the eleventh grade of sma al islam 1 surakarta in the academic year 2011/2012
Oleh :
Miftahul Rifqi - X2207016 - Fak. KIP
This thesis aims to (1) describe whether and to what extent the use of audio
visual multimedia as the teaching media which is combined with think-pair-share can
improve the students’ writing skill of analytical exposition text; and (2) describe the
class situation when multimedia and think-pair-share technique are implemented in
the writing class.
The method used in this research is a collaborative action research. The
research is conducted from September 15th until November 10th 2011 at class XI IPA
3 of SMA Al Islam 1 Surakarta. The research is conducted in two cycles, in which
there are 4 meetings in the first cycle and 2 meetings in the second cycle. Every
cycle consists of four steps: planning, implementing, observation, and reflection. The
research data are collected by using techniques of observation, interview, diary
review, document analysis, and test (pre-test and post-test). The data are analyzed
through descriptive analysis which consists of assembling the data, coding the data,
comparing the data, building interpretation, and reporting the outcomes for the
qualitative data and descriptive statistics for the quantitative data.
The research findings prove that think-pair-share technique and the video
can improve students writing skill. Based on the students’ pre-test: 41.26 and posttest
1: 77.03, it improves up to 86.70%. In cycle two it improves 1.54 with 78.22 as
the mean score. The improvements of writing skill which include: (1) students’
writing skill of analytical exposition text and (2) classroom situation. (a) write
analytical exposition text in better detail of the story and longer paragraph; (b) state
ideas clearly and organize the paragraph better with satisfactory use of cohesion and
logical sequencing; (c) produce grammatically correct sentences; (d) use better
choices of words and use a variety of vocabulary and idiomatic expressions; (e) use
good accuracy in punctuation and spelling. Meanwhile, concerning on the
improvement of classroom situation (2), the students became: (a) more active to the
activities with more enthusiasm; (b) have more interests in writing; (c) have more
concern to bring dictionary in English lesson, especially writing. It can be concluded
that the implementation of video and think-pair-share can improve the students’
writing skill of analytical text and the situation in writing class.
The combination of think-pair-share technique with the use of video is an
alternative teaching technique that benefits both for the students’ achievement and
for the students’ learning motivation. Based on such findings as presented above, the
researcher expects that think-pair-share and video can be applied in teaching other
writing types.