Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension Through Cooperative Learning Using Team-Pair-Solo Technique (A Classroom Action Research in the First Year Students of SMA Negeri 2 Bukit Kab. Bener Meriah in the Academic Year 2011-2012)

Oleh :
Ayuliamita Abadi - S891002007 - Sekolah Pascasarjana

The objectives of the research were to identify whether Team-Pair-Solo technique can improve students’ reading comprehension or not, to describe the students’ motivation in learning reading comprehension through Team-Pair-Solo technique when it is applied in teaching reading. The research was conducted to the students of Class X-1 SMA Negeri 2 Bukit Kab.Bener Meriah Province of Aceh from September 2011 up to April 2012. It was conducted in two cycles. There were two types of data in this study; quantitative and qualitative data. The quantitative data were taken from the test. It was analyzed by using descriptive statistic technique. The qualitative data were taken from observation, questionnaires, and interview. The data were analyzed by using constant comparative method. The research findings showed that Team-Pair-Solo Technique improve students’ reading comprehension. It enables students to practice some reading strategies in the form of team, pair and individual and it ease them in comprehending reading. The improvement of reading comprehension can be seen from the result of pre-test which has the mean score 42,1, post-test 1 is 55,7, and post test 2 is 67,8. This research also showed that the activities in Team-Pair-Solo Technique enhance students’ motivation in comprehending reading. It can be seen from the result of questionnaire which shows that; (1) All of the students (100%) practice to comprehend reading text as hard as they can so they will get better score in the future. (2) Almost all of them (95%) were diligent and active during learning process because their own wish. (3) All of them (100%) interested and felt more enthusiastic in learning reading comprehension using this method. (4) Most of them (80%) said that friends have a big influence in the success of learning reading comprehension. (5) Almost all of the students (95%) were happy learning reading comprehension using this method because they can share and help each other during learning process. Derived from the research’ result it can be concluded that Team-Pair-Solo technique not only can improve the students’ reading comprehension but also improve the students’ motivation. Therefore, it is recommended for the English teachers to use Team-Pair-Solo technique as an alternative method in their classes.