ABSTRAK 

EDIATI. S891302018. 2016. Improving Students’ Competence in Constructing Noun Phrases Through Roundtable Technique (A Classroom Action Research of SMA at the Tenth Grade Students of SMA Negeri 1 Karanganyar in the Academic Year 2013/2014). The first consultant: Prof. Dr. JokoNurkamto, M.Pd. The second consultant : Dr. Sumardi, M.Hum. Department of English Education Department of Graduate Program, Sebelas Maret University.

This research investigated the implementation of Roundtable Technique  in  improving students’ competence in constructing noun phrases.  The main objectives of research are: (1) to identify whether Roundtable Technique can improve students’ competence in constructing noun phrases at tenth grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Karanganyar; (2) to know whether Round Table technique can improve the quality of learning process at tenth grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Karanganyar.

The Research was carried out at SMA Negeri 1 Karanganyar, Central Java, from July to December 2014. The subjects of the research are 36 students of grade X MIA 2 consisting of 10 boys and 26 girls. The research was conducted in three cycles in which there were four meetings in each cycle. Every cycle consists of four steps: planning, acting, observing and reflecting. The data collections were collected by using observation, interview, diary review, document analysis, questionnaire, and test. The data are analyzed through interactive model which consists of data collection, data reduction, data display, and conclusion for the qualitative data and descriptive statistics for the quantitative data.

The results of the data were: (1) Roundtable Technique can improve students’ competence in constructing noun phrases. The improvements  include (a) the students were able to construct (Determiner) / (Quantifier) + Premodifier + Head with two elements, three elements, four or more elements, (b) (D/Q) + Head + Post modifier(PM) and (c) (D/Q) + Pre Modifier + Head + Post Modifier.  (2) Round Table technique can improve the quality of learning process which includes the increase of (a) the students’ motivation, (b) the class situation, (c) the students’ content mastery, and communication/interpersonal skills.

Based on the result of the research, it can be concluded that applying Round Table Technique can improve students’ competence in constructing noun phrases and the quality of learning process. Therefore, it is recommended that the teachers can use Roundtable Technique as an effective technique to improve students’ competence in constructing noun phrases.

Keywords: Classroom Action Research, noun phrases, Round Table technique