Information Gap Activities Through Think Pair Share Cooperative Learning Model Strategy To Improve Students Speaking Ability
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Based on the preliminary stage of the research, the problem that exists in the classroom was students score below the standard minimum score. The students were lack of vocabulary and afraid to speak up, so they cannot express their idea. To solve the problem, information gap activities and think pair share cooperative learning model strategy implemented in the research. This research tries to prove how the information gap activities through think pair share cooperative learning model strategy can improve students’ speaking skill at the 6th grade Muhammadiyah 5 Elementary School of Malang. Classroom action research was the research design of this research. The research was design to solve and improved students speaking skill. Two cycles consisting of three meetings were conducted in this research and two extra meeting for each cycle only for the student’s final test. The research procedures of this research were planning, implementing, observing and implementing. Observation checklist, field notes, interview, questionnaire, and students score were the instrument of this research. The result of the research was in cycle one 66.67% and, in a cycle, two 76.67%.Full Text:
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