THE USE OF THINK-PAIR-SHARE (TPS) IN TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION OF NARRATIVE TEXT

Nurul Ramadhayani; Ratmanida Ratmanida

doi:10.24036/jelt.v14i1.132813

THE USE OF THINK-PAIR-SHARE (TPS) IN TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION OF NARRATIVE TEXT

Nurul Ramadhayani⁽¹⁾, Ratmanida Ratmanida⁽²⁾,
(1) Universitas Negeri Padang

Indonesia
(2) Universitas Negeri Padang

Indonesia

Corresponding Author
Copyright (c) 2025 Nurul Ramadhayani

DOI : https://doi.org/10.24036/jelt.v14i1.132813

Abstract

This study is about improving students' reading comprehension using the Think-Pair-Share (TPS) method in the second grade of SMKN 2 Payakumbuh. It was focused on students' reading and using the TPS method in narrative text. The objective of this research is to find out whether there is any improvement in students' reading comprehension after being thaugt by using the Think-Pair-Share (TPS) method. The researcher used Classroom Action Research (CAR) as a research design that was held in two cycles. The subject of the research was the students of XI TAV 1 (Teknik Audio Visual), which consisted of 30 students of the second grade of SMKN 2 Payakumbuh. In this reseacrh, the instruments used are observation, questionnaires, and reading tests. The result shows that implementing the TPS method in study successfully improves the students' reading comprehension. it can be seen from the results of each pre-test and post-test that the results are improved. The mean scores of student's test in cycle 1 at the first and second meetings were 60,70 and 65,20. The mean scores of students' tests in cycle 2 at the third and fourth meeting were 70,80 and 73,60. The indicator of success was 75% of students achieved a score >70 on the reading test, which means teaching the TPS method improved students' reading comprehension in narrative text.

Keywords

Think-Pair-Share, Reading Comprehension, Narrative Text, Classroom Action Research

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