IMPROVING THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH WRITING ACHIEVEMENT BY USING THINK PAIR SHARE TECHNIQUE AT SMPN 1 TEMPEH 2015/2016 ACADEMIC YEAR

Abstract

The classroom action research through think pair share was implemented in this research because this research was intended to improve the seventh grade students’ writing achievement in the teaching learning process of writing. In this research the researcher collaborated with the English teacher of the seventh grade of SMPN 1 Tempeh. The observation and the writing test were the methods that were use in collecting data. The action was conducted in two cycles in order to achieve the objectives of this classroom action research. The first cycle was done in three meetings. The result of the students’ writing test was found that the percentage of the students who got score ≥ 70 were 19 students or 59.37% and the students who got score under ≤ 70 were 13 students or 40.63%. It meant that the test of cycle 1 had not fulfilled the minimum score that was 70%. Based on the result above, it was necessary to conduct the second cycle to reach the target score. Some revision had been made to solve the problems found in the first cycle. It showed an improvement.The writing test of cycle 2 was followed by 32 students. Based on the table above, it was found that the percentage of the students who got score ≥ 70 were 90.62%. It means that the test of the cycle 2 had reached the target score requirement that was 70%. However, the students who got score under 70 were 3 students or 9.38%. In conclusion, the result of cycle 2 was better than the result of cycle 1 because there were improvement percentage score of the students that improved from 59.37% in cycle 1 to 90.62% in cycle 2. This result had reached the target score requirement. Finally, it can be summarized that the use of Think Pair Share technique could improve the seventh year students’ achievement in writing a descriptive paragraph at SMPN 1 Tempeh in 2015/2016 academic year. By considering the result above, it is suggested that the English teacher use Think Pair Share technique to improve the students’ writing achievement. Besides, the result of this research can be used as a source of information for the futute researchers who want to conduct a further research that deals with a similar topic by using different research design.