Improving Speaking Confidence by Using Think Pair Share (TPS) Teaching Strategy to High School Students

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10.2991/iccie-18.2019.59How to use a DOI?

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Think Pair Share (TPS)

Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Think Pair Share (TPS) strategy in improving students’ speaking confidence. The subjects of this research were 30 Grade XII students of that consisted of grade XII IPA C students of SMAN 6 Kota Bengkulu. This research was a classroom action research (CAR) conducted in three cycles. The data was collected using an observation checklist and Self-esteem Questionnaire. In this research, the students’ speaking was divided into two categories, namely Confident and Not Confident. Findings of this research suggest that TPS could improve students’ speaking confidence proven by the increasing number of confident students from Cycle 1 (26.6%), Cycle 2 (46.6%) and Cycle 3 (66.6%). Findings from the self-esteem questionnaire also reveal that students show positive responses. Therfore, it can be concluded that the TPS teaching strategy could help teacher to improve students’ speaking confidence.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Mulya Sari Bunaya
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TI  - Improving Speaking Confidence by Using Think Pair Share (TPS) Teaching Strategy to High School Students
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Current Issues in Education (ICCIE 2018)
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