The Effect Of Think - Pair - Share Strategy On The Students' Critical Reading Through Descriptive Text "Joko Widodo" At SMP Muhammadiyah 47 Sunggal

Abstract

The objective of this research was to find out the effect of Think-Pair-Share Strategy on the students’ critical reading through descriptive text “Joko Widodo” at SMP Muhammadiyah 47 Sunggal. This research applied experimental research. Population of this research were 130 students from eight grade of Junior High School in SMP Muhammadiyah 47 Medan at academic year 2017/2018. The sample applied cluster random sampling with the number of sample was 64 students. The treatment given by Think-Pair-Share strategy. The instrument of collecting data is multiple choice which consist of 20 items. The data analyzed by using t-test formula. The result of the data showed that tobserve 5.87> of ttable 2.00. The final hyphothesis showed that was rejected and was accepted. It means that there was a significant effect of Think-Pair-Share (TPS) strategy on the students’ critical reading through descriptive text “Joko Widodo. The English teachers are suggested to use Think-Pair-Share Strategy (TPS) in teaching reading. By which the teacher may easily teach reading interestingly because it can be an alternative strategy to motivate the students in reading.