THE EFFECT OF THINK-PAIR-SHARE STRATEGY ON SPEAKING ABILITY OF TENTH GRADE STUDENTS AT MAN 2 MUARO JAMBI

This research discussed about the effect of think-pair-share strategy on speaking ability of tenth grade students at MAN 2 Muaro Jambi. The objectives of this research were to find out the effect of think-pair-share strategy on students‟ speaking ability and to find out the significant difference on students‟ speaking ability who are taught using TPS strategy and who are not. This research was conducted at the tenth grade students of MAN 2 Muaro Jambi. Quasi experimental is used as the method in this research. In speaking class, the common problem faced by the students is they are difficulty to express their feelings because they have no idea. The population of this research is all of tenth grade students of MIA in MAN 2 Muaro Jambi. The sample of of this research is X MIA1 that consists of 20 students as the experimental class and X MIA3 that consists of 20 students as the control class. The instrument of this research is oral test. The test is given in pre-test and post-test form. The result of this research shows that there is effect and significant different on students‟ speaking ability after taught using TPS strategy. It is supported by the result of paired sample t-test and independent sample test. The paired sample t-test shows that the sig (2-tailed) 0.000 is lower than significant value 0.05 (0.000 ≤ 0.05). Then, the result of independent t-test states has the value of sig (2-tailed) 0.000. It is lower than significant value 0.05 (0.000 ≤ 0.05). Therefore, based on the calculation result it can be concluded that there is effect and significant different on speaking ability of tenth grade students at MAN 2 Muaro Jambi