THE INFLUENCE OF USING THINK PAIR SHARE TECHNIQUE TOWARDS STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING PROCEDURE TEXT OF THE NINTH GRADE AT SMP AL-HUDA JATI AGUNG LAMPUNG SELATAN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2021/2022

ABSTRACT THE INFLUENCE OF USING THINK PAIR SHARE TECHNIQUE TOWARDS STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING PROCEDURE TEXT OF THE NINTH GRADE AT SMP AL-HUDA JATI AGUNG LAMPUNG SELATAN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2020/2021 This research was conducted in SMP Al-Huda Jati Agung Lampung Selatan. Based on preliminary research that was done in the school, there were many students who had low ability in writing especially in procedure text. The technique that the teacher used to teach the students was not interesting to express the students’ idea in writing. Therefore, the research applied Think Pair Share Technique as an effective technique to change the discourse pattern in classroom, gave the students question or a problem and have them think quietly of an answer or solution. The objective of the research was to find out whether there was a significant influence of using Think Pair Share technique towords students’ procedure text of the ninth grade at SMP Al-Huda Jati Agung Lampung Selatan in the academic year of 2020/2021. The research methodology was quasi experimental design. The population of this research was the ninth grade of SMP Al-huda Jati Agung Lampung Selatan. The researcher took two classes that consisted of 26 students for experimental class and 32 students for control class. In experimental class, the researcher used Think Pair Share Technique, whereas in control class the researcher used Free Writing Technique. The treatments were held in 3 meetings in which 2 x 25 minutes for each meeting. After giving the post test, the writer analyzed the data by using independent sample t-test. It found out the result of sig (Pvalue) = 0.004 < α = 0.05. Ho was rejected and Ha was accepted. To sum up, using of Think Pair Share Technique towards students’ procedure text writing ability had significant influence. The conclusion of this research was Think Pair Share Technique was effective to be used towards students’ procedure text writing ability. Keywords: Procedure Text, Think Pair Share technique, Students’ Writing Ability, Quasi Experimental Research