The Implementation of Think-Pair-Share Model to Improve Students' Ability in Reading Narrative Texts

Abstract

Nowadays, many students still assume that English i s the most difficult lesson. Furthermore, most of them assumed that English is a boring lesson. Those factors make the students unable to master English very well. Moreov er, in many cases, reading becomes the most difficult skill to be mastered. Therefore, this research was conducted in order to make a better condition of teaching and learning reading narrativ e texts through the implementation of Think- Pair-Share model. The basic foundation of this mode l was to make the students more active in the teaching-learning process by discussing with th eir classmates. This research applied Classroom Action Research. The data were gathered f rom reading test in the end of every cycle. It was found that the students' ability in reading narrative texts improved after the implementation of Think-Pair-Share model. It could be seen in the improvement of average score for each test, from 74 in cycle I to 80 in cycle II. In addition, the number of students who passed the minimum mastery criteria (KKM) also improved, f rom 25 students to 31 students.

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