ABSTRACT
INCREASING STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN SUMMARIZING RECOUNT TEXT
OF WRITING SKILL THROUGH THINK PAIR SHARE TECHNIQUE
AT THE SECOND YEAR OF SMPN 1 SEPUTIH AGUNG, LAMPUNG TENGAH
2013
By
GESTIANA PURWANINGTIAS
Writing is productive skill in the written form. Through writing, students can express their understanding of problems or idea of text. Writing summary of text is a
productive skill in written form, which students do after they read text or article. Think Pair Share technique is a cooperative technique, where students are trained to “think” about the topic, then discuss and write their summary in “pair”, and finally “share” it in front of the class. Students usually have many difficulties in writing especially in summarizing text. They are still confused about how to write it. To solve this problem, the researcher chose Think Pair Share technique, which can help
students by working together in pair to write their summary.
This research is intended to find out whether there is an increase of students’ writing ability in summarizing text of writing after being taught through TPS technique and to find out the students’ activity in learning process using TPS technique. The researcher administered this research at SMPN 1 Seputih Agung, Lampung Tengah. It applied one group pre test post test design. The participants included one class at the second year, the class was VIIIC. This research was conducted based on
experimental method. The class was chosen by using simple random sampling. The data was in the form of score which was taken from pre test and post test. The data was analyzed by using T-Test.
16.26 up to 20.20 (3.94), vocabulary from 11.73 up to 15.32 (3.59), and mechanics from 2.52 up to 3.50 (0.98). As an addition, TPS also increase students’ ability in summarizing text and improve students’ activity in learning process. The average precentage of active students increase during the first until the third treatment. The increase can be seen from the observation sheet that the precentage is from 68.29% up to 76.08%. Thus, it is concluded that TPS technique can be applied and
DEDICATION
This piece of writing is proudly dedicated to:
My beloved parents, Gembong Gawoto and Dyah Ayu Estiningsih
My beloved younger sisters, Dafne Gita Setyanti and Nandia Riska Puspita
My gorgeous friends Rizki, Indah, and Annisa
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT ... i
CURRICULUM VITAE ………... iii
MOTTO ……….. iv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS……… ... v
DEDICATION ………... vii
TABLE OF CONTENTS………... viii
LIST OF TABLE ………... x
LIST OF FIGURE ………. xi
LIST OF APPENDICES ………... xii
I. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Problem ... 1
1.2 Formulation of the Problem... 6
1.3 Objective of the Research... 6
1.4 Uses of the Research ... 6
1.5 Scope of the Research ... 7
1.6 Definition of Terms ... 7
II.LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Concept of Writing ………... 9
2.2 Concept of Text ... 11
2.3 Concept of Recount Text ... 13
2.4 Concept of Summary ... 17
2.5 Teaching Summary Writing ... 20
2.6 Concept of Think Pair Share Technique and Form of TPS Group’s Discussion... 22
2.7Teaching Summarizing Text through Think Pair Share Technique ... 25
2.8Advantages and Disadvantages of TPS Technique ... 26
2.8.1 Advantages of TPS Technique ... 26
2.8.2 Disadvantage of TPS Technique ... 27
2.9 Theoretical Assumption ... 28
2.10Hypotheses ... 28
III. RESEARCH METHOD 3.1 Research Design ... 29
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3.6 Research Procedures ... 32
3.7 Scoring Criteria . ... 34
3.8 Criteria of Good Test ... 37
3.8.1 Validity of the Test ... 37
3.8.2 Reliability of the Test ... 38
3.9 Data Analysis ... 40
3.10Data Treatment ... 41
3.11Hypothesis Testing ... 43
IV. RESULT AND DISCUSSION 4.1 Result of the Research ... 44
4.1.1 Result of Pretest ... 44
4.1.2 Result of Posttest ... 50
4.1.3 Increase of Students’ Ability in Summarizing Text ... 55
4.1.4 Result of Observation ... 57
4.1.5 Hypothesis Test ... 59
4.2 Discussion ... 60
4.2.1 First Treatment ………. 61
4.2.2 Second Treatment ………. 65
4.2.3 Third Treatment ……… 66
4.2.4 Discussion of Students’ Work ……….. 67
4.2.5 Discussion of Students’ Activity in Learning Process …………. 74
V. CONCLUSSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS 5.1 Conclussions ……… ... 77
5.2 Suggestions ... 78
I. INTRODUCTION
This chapter discusses introduction of the research which deals several points
such as, background of the problem, formulation of the problems, objectives of
the research, uses of the research, scope of the research, and definition of terms.
1.1 Background of the Problem
In English learning, there are four skills namely, listening, speaking, reading and
writing. In the level of Junior High School, writing is one of the important skills
that should be mastered by the students. Writing skill is the most complex
language skill which involved knowledge of sentence structure, dictions,
organization of ideas, etc (Haris, 1974). Writing plays an important part in
English learning because writing form is one of the students’ thinking results.
Accordingly, we can see how far the students can understand the problem or a text
from their written form. One of the written forms is summary of the text. This
summary is the result of students’ thinking after they read a text or an article. In
summarizing a written form, students try to find and understand the important
points of the text at first, after that they express it in based on their understanding
in written form. The summary of the text can help other students to get the
Based on School-based Curriculum (KTSP) 2006, students must be able to
communicate not only in oral form but also in written form. Writing is a skill
which expresses the ideas, feelings and thought arranged in words, sentences and
paragraphs using eyes, brain and hand (Raimes, 1983). It means that students
should be able to express their idea in written form as the result of their
understanding of the text that they read. Because of that, writing is important skill
to be taught to the students.
But in fact, based on the researcher’s experience when she conducted teaching
practice at SMPN 4 Gedong Tataan on July 2011 in two classes IXC and IXD
the researcher found that the students there had difficulties to express their idea in
written form. Based on the researcher’s observation, in summarizing text, most
students still had difficulties in choosing appropriate words to express their idea in
a sentence, they are confused what tenses they should use, what conjunctions
should be chosen to combine one important point with other important points, and
arrange them in paragraph smoothly, so that readers can understand the summary
easily. Students knew what they should write, but they did not know what points
they should write. The researcher also found that most students especially at the
third year seem to be poor in writing. It can be seen from their writing test scores
which are mostly stated lower than the minimal mastery criterion (KKM) of that
school which is70. The score indicates that the students have difficulty to express
Another possible reason came from the technique which was used by the teacher.
The students seldom did exercises in writing. When the researcher observed to
SMPN 1 Seputih Agung, the researcher found that teacher just asked the students
to read the text, found the difficult word and answered the question in multiple
choice forms. When students should answer the question in essay form, they just
copied a sentence from the text and often it turned out to be the wrong answer.
They complained they did not understand the lesson. Thus, they became passive
and thought that English was a difficult subject. The students also said that the
teacher’s technique was not interesting. Thus they felt bored in class and become
passive in learning activity. That was one of the reasons why they seldom did
their homework. To finish their task, some of them did it in a group or just copied
their friend’s work. The students said that they felt secure and easier if they
studied together with their friends. However, in most situations they should work
individually.
To overcome the problem, the researcher arranged an effective technique to
handle this problem. The most important point was the technique should help the
students achieve the learning goal. The goal was not only to achieve the school
target but also they could express their idea in written form as well as in oral
form, then they should be trained to work with other in terms of discussion and
change the passive classroom interaction become active and interesting.
The researcher used Think Pair Share technique to solve those problems. Slameto
(in Isjoni, 2010) argues if students master the concept, they can solve their
Furthermore, Ibrahim (in Pramudiyanti, 2008) claims that TPS is cooperative
learning model which can make students get the points of materials by learning
together. Lyman (in Pramudiyanti, 2008) has stated that the learning process of
TPS will limit students’ irrelevant activity and focus on learning activity because
students should express their idea, at least with their pairs. Thus, Yulfisa (in
Pramudiyanti, 2008) states that TPS can increase the average score in mastering
the concept of materials. Pramudiyanti (2008) has found that students’ average
score increases to 83.78% after being taught by using TPS technique. Then,
Madden (in Slavin, 2008) also states that cooperative learning can increase the
students’ motivation in learning. Moreover, Khodijah (in Pramudiyanti, 2008) has
found that TPS strategies can increase students’ positive response.
Based on the previous research, it can be stated that TPS can optimize students’
participation in learning, because in thinking steps, they had chance to share their
thoughts with friends about teacher’s questions of the material. Thus, in pairing
step students worked with their pair to discuss the answer also confirmed their
ideas each other. Last, in sharing step, each pair presented their results’ discussion
in front of the class. This step allowed other pairs to give comment and had more
discussion about the topic. Students also could express their idea longer and
smoothly. Learning process of TPS could increase students’ ability and positive
skill. Finally, TPS can organize students’ thinking when they had discussion with
TPS technique is one of the cooperative learning strategies which uses small
groups that allows students to work together to maximize their own ability in
learning and also help the other member to maximize their own capability.
Students work in pairs, work together to solve the problem and finish their task to
achieve the learning goal. This technique would help the students to be more
active in thinking, more active in learning activity, learn how to work together and
last every student can solve their own problem in their individual test.
In short, the researcher chose TPS technique because looking at the reality that the
students became more active in learning activity, more enjoyed their work with
their pair and reduced their anxiety when they work individually. The students felt
secure because they were combined based on their achievement score. The
students who have low score worked together with other good students, then they
learned to solve the problem and gained their achievement.
Considering that, the researcher focused on using TPS technique to increase
students’ ability in summarizing text. This research administered at the second
year of SMPN 1 Seputih Agung because after the researcher did pre observation
in that school through interviewing the teachers, the researcher found that the
second year of SMPN 1 Seputih Agung could not express their idea in written
form. The students there had difficulties in writing particularly in form of
summarizing texts. Hopefully, by using TPS technique, the students could express
their idea in written form and made classroom more active, interactive and
1.2 Formulation of the Problems
Based on the background, the researcher formulates the research problems as
follow:
1. Is there any increase of students’ ability in summarizing text of writing after
being taught through TPS technique?
2. How is the students’ activity in learning process using TPS technique?
1.3 Objectives of the Research
Based on formulation of the problems, the objectives of the research are:
1. To investigate whether there is increase of the students’ ability in
summarizing text of writing after being taught through TPS technique.
2. To find out the students’ activity in learning process using TPS technique.
1.4 Uses of the Research
The results of this research are expected to be useful theoretically and practically.
1. Theoretically, the finding of this research can be useful as references for
future research with the similar problem of the writing ability and support
theories of teaching writing technique.
2. Practically, the significances of this research are:
a. As a consideration to the teacher to use this technique as an effective
technique in teaching writing in classroom.
b. The treatment in this research can increase students’ ability in
c. This research can give the information for other researcher who will
conduct similar research.
1.5 Scope of the Research
This research was quantitative research conducted at the second year of SMPN 1
Seputih Agung. The research focused on teaching summarizing text by using TPS
technique as the way to increase students’ ability in summary writing. The
students were given the treatment three times about recount text. This research
used one class selected by using simple random sampling in order to find out the
class with heterogenus students’ ability. The increase of students’ writing
achievement was measured by a set of pretest and posttest in form of summarizing
test.
1.6 Definition of Terms
To get general understanding about the aim of this research, there are some
definitions in this research which are important to know, namely:
a. Writing is a skill in which we express the ideas, feelings and thoughts
arranged in words, sentences and paragraphs using eyes, brain and hand
(Raimes, 1983).
b. Summary writing of text is a shorter version of the original. Such a
simplification highlights the major points from the much longer subject,
such as a text, speech, film or event. The purpose is to help the audience get
c. Text is any meaningful stretch of language either oral or written in the form
of word, clause and sentences (Derewianka, 1990).
d. Recount text is a text that tells about something that happened or retells past
events or activities and has a purpose to give details information about what
and when of that events (Anderson, in Wulandari D., 2012).
e. Think Pair Share is a summarization strategy that can be used in any content
area before, during and after a lesson. The activity involves three basic
steps, they are thinking, pairing and sharing. Thinking steps, they have
chance to share their thoughts with friends about teacher’s questions of the
material. Thus, in pairing step students work with their pair to discuss the
answer and also confirm their ideas each other. Last, in sharing step, each
pair present their result discussion in front of the class (Lyman, in Sari N.,
II. LITERATURE REVIEW
This research is conducted based on some related theories which involved concept
of writing, concept of text, concept of recount text, concept of summary, teaching
summary writing, concept of Think Pair Share (TPS) technique and form of TPS
group’s discussion, teaching summarizing text through TPS technique, advantages
and disadvantages of TPS technique, theoretical assumption and hypothesis.
2.1 Concept of Writing
Writing is productive skill in the written form. Writing is language skill that is
used for indirect communication, example, letter, note, short message, invitation,
etc. Through writing, students can express their understanding of problems or idea
of text. Writing also can be defined as result of students understanding and
comprehension of problems or text.
According to Raimes (1983), writing is a skill which we express the ideas feelings
and thoughts, arranged in words, sentences and paragraph using eyes, brain and
hand. Writing is a process of students to express their ideas and thoughts by using
their understanding of structure and vocabulary, thus arrange it in sentences or
paragraph. Writing summary of text is a productive skill in written form, which
In writing summary they use their understanding of the idea of that text and
express it in written form, by using their understanding of grammar and
vocabulary. Moreover, Linderman (1983) mentions that writing is a process of
communication using conventional graphic system to convey a message to the
reader. Writing deals with the ability to arrange graphic system such as words and
sentences of a certain language being used in writing communication in order that
the reader can understand the information of it.
Jacobs (1981) states that there are five aspects in the process of writing that
should be considered in order to make the writers success in their writing. They
are as follow:
a. Content, it refers to substance of writing. It can be identified by seeing
the topic sentence. Topic sentence should express the main idea and
reflect the entire of paragraph.
b. Organization, it refers to the logical organization of the content
(coherence). It is related to the ideas that join together so that those run
smoothly within paragraph.
c. Vocabulary, it refers to the selection of word those are suitable with the
content. It can be identified by seeing the diction to convey the meaning
to the reader.
d. Language use, it refers to the use of correct grammatical form and
syntactic pattern. It can be identified from the construction of well-form
e. Mechanics, it refers to the use of graphic conventional of the language. It
is identified by seeing the usage of spelling, punctuation and
capitalization within the paragraph.
From the theories above, the researcher conclude that writing is productive skill to
express the ideas through the use of a set of symbols, such as in words, sentences
and paragraph. Writing skill is the students’ ability to express their idea into
words, sentences and paragraph, thus arrange it in order to make the reader
understand the information on that written form.
2.2 Concept of Text
Broadly, a text may refer to a coherent set of symbol that transmits some kind of
informative message. It is a semantic unit realized in the form of word, clause and
sentences. Arthur Hughes (in Wulandari D., 2012) states that the texts candidates
are expected to be able to deal with can be specified along number of parameters:
type, form, graphic features, topic, style, intended readership, length, readability
or difficulty, range of vocabulary and grammatical structure.Text is any
meaningful stretch of language either oral or written in the form of word, clause
and sentences (Derewianka, 1990). Some models of text that are used by the
teacher in Junior High School as the materials in teaching learning process are
descriptive, recount, procedure, report and narrative. The difference of each text is
Here are some models of text:
1. Descriptive text
Descriptive text is kind of text that is used to describe about a person,
object, appearance, scenery or phenomenon. In this text, the writer tries to
make readers as like they see, feel and experience what the story tell.
Description could briefly explain and involve about process, compare,
definitions and other strategies.
2. Procedure text
Procedure text is kind of text that explain the instructions to make
something that are usually in order, sometimes uses diagrams and detail in
step by step. Based on its purpose, a procedural text may explain how things
work or how to operate things (how to use computer, camera, etc.), give
instrucions on how to do an activity (cooking recipes, rules for games, etc),
or give advice concerning human behavior (how to be a good secretary, how
to live healthily, etc).
3. Narrative text
Narrative, originated from “to narrate” means to tell. Narrative text tells a
story, in doing so, entertains the audience and makes the audience think
about an issue, teaches them a lesson or excite their emotions. In other
words, it can be said that a narrative text is retelling a story that is told by
the other person’s point of view. It is more about writing a chronological
4. Report text
Report text is kind of text which presents information about something. It is
as a result of systematic observation and analysis. It starts with stating
classification of general aspect of thing which will be discussed in general,
then describe the thing which will be discussed in detail. Report text
describes the way of certain things and frequently refer to phenomenon of
nature, animal and scientific object. Report is written after getting careful
observation. This scientific and technical sense make clearer difference from
descriptive text.
5. Recount text
Recount text is kind of text that means to retell the reader about past event
or past experience. The focus of the research is in recount text form. The
more explanation will be discussed in the next session.
From the short explanation about kinds of text above, texts differ not only in term
of their purpose but also differ according to particular situation in which they will
be used.
2.3 Concept of Recount Text
Recount text is text which retells events or experiences of someone in the past.
The purpose of recount text is to inform or entertain the audience. In recount text,
the story is explained as clear as possible to make the reader or listener
Anderson (in Wulandari D., 2012) states that recount text is a text that tells about
something that happened or retells past events or activities and has a purpose to
give details information about what and when of that events.
Derewianka (1990) identifies that there are three major types of recount text, they
are personal recount, factual recount and imaginative recount.
a. Personal recount text that telling about the activities which the writer
involves. Personal responses to the events can be included, particularly at
the end.
Example of personal recount text:
My Unfortunate
Last weekend was my luckiest day ever. Many good things were coming toward me.
When the morning broke in Sunday morning, I woke up and planned to jog around the neighborhood. So I changed my clothes and went to the bathroom to wash my sleepy face. As I stepped in the bathroom, I landed my foot on soap in the floor and feel down. A perfect morning greet me. Next, I began my jogging and saw my gorgeous neighbor, jogging too. I thought it was a good fortune to omit the gap between us. So I jogged to him and say hello. But, how poor of me, it was not him. It was just someone I never met before who looked like him. I was going home with people laugh at me along side of the street.
When I got home, the breakfast already settled and I immediately spooned a big portion of rice and ate. After I have done my breakfast my mother came up and said that the meal was not ready yet and she said that I might have a stomachache if I ate it. It was proven, I had a stomachache for the next three days. I past my weekend lie down on me bed and been served as a queen. That was not really bad, was not it.
(Taken from http://www.text-types.com/2012/01/9-examples-of-recount.html)
b. Factual recount text records the particular of an incident. Details of time,
manner and place may need to be precisely stated.
Example of factual recount text:
Children Day's
On Children's Day in 1999, a technology company treated more than 200 underprivileged children to a 'high-tech' experience. They were given training on information technology.
The children had an enjoyable and educational experience that day. They were exposed to the new technology for the first time and they were very interested. The company hoped to conduct many more such training sessions for these children. They fell that the skills the children had would be useful to them when they grew up.
The company was very active in caring for the less fortunate. They even put aside one day a year for their employees to do volunteer work to help the needy. They also donated money to many charitable organizations. Many people had benefited from their efforts. Many also praised the company for being so generous towards the needy.
(Taken From http://bos-sulap.blogspot.com/2010/10/recount-text-children-days.html) c. Imaginative recount text taking on an imaginary role and giving details of
events. It may be appropriate to include personal reaction.
Example of imaginative recount text:
Pharaoh
Year 8 Ancient History-Egypt Research and Imaginative account The Greatest pharaoh who ever lived. The story of my death. It all began on one rainy day. I was 26 and I was drinking from a golden goblet, which had my name engraved on it, when suddenly, I began to feel dizzy and I lost my balance. Before I knew it, I found myself on the floor. The goblet that I drank from had pure venom in it from the most poisonous snake of Egypt. I saw my life roll past my eyes. I even had some visions, in which I was not at the scene.
At that very moment, my heart snapped in half. I saw the person who had wanted me to die. I saw the person who poured the venom into the goblet. I saw the person who sent me to my bitter death. I would have cried like a baby if I was still alive. My sister, Mer-Neith, who was also my wife, was the devil, the heartless woman, who killed me and put me to my miserable end.
My life and reign as Pharaoh Amat Hasafara was over. I, the wealthiest, most powerful being of Egypt was dead. I, the only person who ever became pharaoh on the day of his birth, was no more. My servants, belongings and the greatest life I could wish for was all gone into a state of nothingness. I had died in the most horrible way anyone could possibly fear. The only good news left to hope for was that I would for once meet my father, Tutankhamen. I would also meet my mother who passed away immediately after my birth. I would finally be re-united with the parents I never knew.
(Taken From http://www.writework.com/essay/creative-writing-imaginative-recount/2009/03/Pharaoh )
Recount text generally follow a similar structure, but the students should be
guided by the purpose for an audience of their text in their use of the following
structure, they are:
a. Orientation, this part introduces the participants involves in this story, such
b. Events, this part describes series of events that happened in the past
chronologically. A recount, in most cases, is more than a ‘shopping list’ of
every possible detail.
c. Re-orientation, this part states personal comment of the writer to the story
and its involve the conclusion of the story. It can also look to the future by
speculating about what might happen next. But, not all of recount closed by
re-orientation. It is optional.
Besides generic structure, recount text also uses particular language features.
Here are the language features of recount text:
1. Using simple past tense in most recounts. But present tense may be used in
diary or journal. Future tense is sometimes used in conclusion of an
imaginative recount to predict what might happen in the future.
2. Specific descriptive words (adjectives) help the readers visualize or imagine
events. For example, the butterfly spread out its limp and set wings to dry.
In a factual recount or accident report, adjectives provide necessary detail
for an accurate recount.
3. A range of conjunctions (because, although, while) is used to link clauses
within sentences.
4. Time connectives (firstly, next, finally, after) are used to link separate
events or paragraphs into a coherent whole text.
5. Adverb and adverb of phrases to indicate specific times and places.
6. Specific participant (nouns and pronouns, such as Mr. James, William
Smith) to provide detail and credibility.
7. Use of action verbs to indicate an event or action. Example: stayed, went,
killed, etc.
From the explanation about recount text before, this research focus on personal
recount because it tells the activities which the writers involves.
2.4 Concept of Summary
Aragoni (2008) argues that a summary is a shorter version of the original. Such a
simplification highlights the major points from the much longer subject, such as a
text, speech, film or event. The purpose is to help the audience get the information
in a short period of time. In writing summary, first students should write title,
author, text type and the main idea of the text. It has a clearly arranged structure.
Unlike a retelling, a summary has no dramatic structure and only use indirect
speech.
According to Lewis (in Suprijono, 2009), a summary is a brief account that
contains the main points of something. Some examples of summary of text that
can hear or see almost everyday are news reports given on the radio or television.
Students often have to write summaries of books they have read. Writing a
summary is use to know how much students understood of what they read or saw.
To write a summary of text, the students should first, look for the most important
ideas and then put all the main ideas together, in a logical order. Summaries can
save a reader time because it prevents the reader from having to go through and
filter the important information from the unimportant.
Moreover, a handout from Columbia University (2012) adds that the goal of
writing a summary is to offer as accurately as possible the full sense of the
original, but in more condensed form. A summary restates the author’s main
point, purpose, intent and supporting details by changing its pronoun. Then, the
knowledge gained allows the writer to better analyze and critique the original. In
writing summary, make sure to state the author’s name in the first sentence. Thus,
present the main idea followed by the supporting points. The remainder of the
summary should focus on how the author supports, defines and illustrates the
main idea. A summary should contain only the author’s views, so students should
try to be as objective as possible. Summarizing is a process used to condense text
into its most important ideas. It involves analyzing information and distinguishing
central ideas from those that are less essential. Summarizing supports students’
reading comprehension.
From the explanation above, the researcher proposes the points of how to
summarizing the original text as follows:
1. Make the summary shorter than the original, its length at about one-third.
2. Write the introductory sentence (In this article…), title, author’s name, main
idea of text and supporting details.
4. Combine the main idea and supporting details by using sequential makers
(moreover, in addition, then, etc).
5. Write the summary just in one paragraph.
This is example of the original article in title “A Tour to the Botanic Gardens”
Original Article: “A Tour to the Botanic Gardens”
On Thursday 24 April, when I was in second grade, my friends and I went to the Botanic Gardens.
We walked down and got into the bus. After we arrived at the gardens, we walked down to the
Education Centre. We went to have a look around. First, we went to the Orchid Farm and Mrs.
Rita read us some of the information. Then, we looked at all the lovely plants. After that, we went
down to a little spot in the Botanic Gardens and had morning tea.
Next, we took some pictures and then we went back to the Education Centre to have lunch. After
that, we went for a walk. A lady took us around and introduced herself, then she explained what
we were going to do. Next, she took us in to the green house. It was most interesting. Soon after we
had finished, we went back outside. Finally, we got into the bus and returned to school. We were
tired but happy.
Posted by Nida (2008)
This is example of summary from the original article in title “A Tour to the
Botanic Gardens”
Summary: “A Tour to the Botanic Gardens”
The article “A Tour to the Botanic Gardens”, by Nida on Thursday 24 April, it tells the experience
about went to the botanic gardens. Nida and friends went to botanic gardens by bus. When they
arrived at the gardens, they walked down to the Education Centre and took a look around it. First,
they went to the orchid farm and Mrs. Rita read them some of the information. Then, they looked
at all the lovely plants. Moreover, they went to a little spot in the botanic gardens and had
2.5 Teaching Summary Writing
Teaching is the way of teacher to help students master in learning subject. The
purposes of teaching are to show how to do something, share knowledge and
make the students know or understand. Related in the teaching foreign language,
Lado (1959) states that the goal of teaching foreign language is the ability to use
it, understand the speech and written form in term of their meaning as well as their
great ideas in achievement.
Teaching writing is teaching the students to express their idea in written form. In
teaching writing, when helping the students, teacher must be considered on the
aspects of writing, such as content, sentence organization, vocabulary, language
use and mechanic. The teacher should be the facilitator and guide the students in
order to make them more creative in express their idea. The other important thing
is teacher should make the students have many practice to make their writing
better.
Teaching summary writing is teaching students how to summarize the original
text based on their understanding. Teacher helps the students to distinguish main
ideas from supporting details in order to write a summary of a text. Summary
writing is used to get the important ideas and represent them in a shortened form.
Writing a summary is a good way to make sure that students understand and
The steps that can be followed by the students to make a summary writing are the
steps which are modified from Raymond Jones (2006), those are as follow:
A.Pre-writing, in this step,
1) The teacher explains important points of how to summarize the text.
2) The students read the text at first then select and underline the main
ideas.
3) The students try to find the supporting point of the main idea.
4) The teacher explains about creating an introductory sentence, for
example “This is an article about …” andsequential markers,for
example in addition, moreover, then, etc.
B.Writing, here, the students express their ideas in their mind into words,
sentences, paragraphs and text.
1) The students write an introductory sentence consist of title, author’s
name and date, for example “The article “A Tour to the Botanic
Gardens” by Nida on Thursday 24 April, it tells …”
2) The students focus on the main point of the article and the most
important details.
3) The students write the main point in indirect speech and also write
supporting points that support the main idea.
4) The students give attention in length of their summary; it should be about
C.Rewriting, in this last step the students evaluate their writing in form of:
1) The students are guided to check and correct the content and the form.
Here, students read again the summary which has written and students
can discuss with chair mates about it. Then replace overused or unclear
words, make sure it runs smoothly.
2) The students are guided by the teacher to correct the spelling, diction,
capitalization, vocabularies, punctuation and grammar.
3) Last, the students are guided to correct writing errors, words duplication
and omission. After that share it in groups or all other students in front of
the class. Here students are asked to come infront by the teacher
randomly.
Thus, from the explanation above, teaching writing is teaching and helping
students to express, organize and develop their idea in written form, then guiding
them to make a creative writing, after that evaluating their writing in the form of
vocabulary, grammar, sentence organization and mechanics, and last giving more
practice to make their writing better.
2.6 Concept of Think Pair Share Technique and Form of TPS Group’s
Discussion
Cooperative learning presents many techniques which are developed by many
experts and advantages. Some of them according to Kagan (1992) are Number
Head Together, Jigsaw, Students Team Achievement Division, Team Game
Tournament, Team Assisted Individualization, Group Investigation and Think
The other cooperative techniques are The Power of Two, Rotating Trio Exchange,
Group Resume, Make a Match, Listening Team, Inside Outside Circle, Bamboo
Dancing, Point Counter Point and Two Stay Two Stray.
TPS is cooperative learning by Lyman (in Sari N., 2010) and his colleagues in
Maryland. According to Lyman, TPS is a summarization strategy that can be used
in any content area before, during and after a lesson. First step, thinking, teacher
tells clues about the topic that they read first, then let them thinking about it. After
that, teacher makes them work in pairs and discuss their problem. During this
second step, students might wish to revise their original ideas to be a better
understanding of problem. The last is sharing their work in front of the class.
Lie (2002) states that TPS is a technique which gives the opportunity to students
to work individually and also together with their pair. It will increase the students’
participation in learning. Arends (in Sari N., 2010) also points that TPS technique
helps the students develop their conceptual understanding and develop their
ability to consider the other point of view. Moreover, Carss (in Sari N., 2010)
claims that the use of TPS unites the cognitive and social aspect of learning and
promotes the development of thinking and the construction of knowledge. It
seems to the powerful reason that TPS can arrange the students’ thinking to be
more structural and also develop their social abilities. From the explanation, it can
be stated that TPS technique gives chance to students to work individually as well
The good side of this technique is to maximize students’ participation in learning
eight times better in order to make them known by the teacher and show their
participation to other students. Besides, TPS gives students the opportunity to
discuss their ideas and provides other way to solve the problem.
TPS has a formal group discussion that can be homogeneous or heterogeneous
grouping, random grouping and interest grouping. Here also students can choose
their own partner or decided by the teacher depends on the situation. First,
homogeneous or heterogeneous grouping is the group’s form which depends on
the different achievement level and language proficiency. Next, random grouping
is groups that formed by the teacher who gives the students cards, papers or
shapes with the different color. After that, the students with the same color will be
in one group. In this group there is no specific category like achievement level.
The last is interest grouping, this group is made by teacher with gives the students
many topics and they will have members by the same topic interest.
From many kinds of grouping system above, this research uses heterogeneous
grouping, because this form is better than other based on academic achievement
categories. Group of TPS technique is heterogeneous in terms of achievement
level and language proficiency in order to give a chance to students who have
lower achievement discuss with the students who have better achievement, then
students who have higher achievement can internalize their knowledge deeper by
changing idea with others and increase their relation also interaction, ability and
achievement. Thus the researcher grouped students depend on their achievement
2.7 Teaching Summarizing Text through Think Pair Share Technique
The researcher proposes the procedure of teaching writing summary through TPS
technique by modifying teaching steps from Edelstain and Pival (1988) as follow:
A.Pre-activity
1. The students are introduced to the topic and are given background
knowledge related to the topic by questions and answer.
2. The students are informed about the material which is going to be learned
and are introduced procedure of TPS technique.
3. The text is administered to the students.
B.Whilst-activity
1. The students are guided by the teacher about important points of how to
summarize text.
2. The students are paired; the students who have low achievement are
paired with students who have high achievement. The students read the
text and discuss among their friends to solve their misunderstanding.
3. The students write their summary based on the teacher’s guidance to find
the main point and supporting details of the text. At first, they should
read the text then select and underline the main ideas they can find. Then,
try to find the supporting point of the main idea and make an introductory
sentence consist of title, author’s name and date.
For example “The article “A Tour to the Botanic Gardens” by Nida on
Thursday 24 April, it tells …” After students have written the main idea
and supporting points, they are guided to chek and correct the content
4. The students are called by the teacher randomly to share their summary
in front of the class. Other pairs give their argument, suggestion or
revision if they find contrary opinion.
5. The students get the teacher’s response by giving them revision,
additional information and lead them to reach the conclusion.
C.Post-activity
1. The students submit their pair work and evaluate what they had already
learnt.
2. The students are asked by the teacher about their difficulties in
understanding the lesson.
2.8 Advantages and Disadvantages of Think Pair Share Technique
2.8.1 Advantages of Think Pair Share Technique
a. The think time allows all students to develop their answers. Students
will give longer and more elaborate answers. In every answer
students have reasons and justifications, because they have thought
and discussed it. Students are more willing to take risks and suggest
ideas because they have already tested the answer with their pairs.
b. TPS benefits students in the areas of peer acceptance, peer support,
academic achievement, self-esteem and increase interest in other
c. Students spend more time on task and listen to each other more when
engaged in TPS activities. More students are willing to respond in
large groups after they have been able to share their responses in
pairs. So, TPS can improve the quality of students’ responses.
d. TPS provides the opportunity to share students’ thinking and
increases students’ sense of involvement in classroom learning. Pair
and share time can make quiet students response question. It means
they become more active in group discussion and classroom
participation.
e. During pair discussion, students can solve their misunderstandings of
the topic being discussed. The lower ability students learn from the
higher ability students, then the later can internalize their knowledge
by changing idea with others.
f. This technique is easy to implement in classroom because it does not
take many time to do preparation.
2.8.2 Disadvantage of Think Pair Share Technique
The disadvantage of this technique is might be time consuming. It
happened if the process could not run well. Here to solve this problem,
the teacher can create amusing environment in classroom and make
2.9 Theoretical Assumption
In line with all the explanation of active learning through TPS technique mention
earlier, the researcher assumed that there was increase of students’ ability in
summarizing text through TPS technique. The reason was because in learning
process, class became more interesting. Thus, the researcher assumed that TPS
technique was an effective technique to improve students’ participation in
learning, gave the opportunity to students to work individually and also together
with their pair. Moreover, it seemed that they were more active and enjoyed the
learning activity when they were studying in pair with their friends.
After that, through TPS technique the students could develop their conceptual
understanding and their ability to consider the other point of view. The students
also were accustomed in expressing their ideas and built up their personal
confidence. TPS made the students arranged their thinking to be more structural
and also developed their social abilities.
2.10 Hypotheses
Based on the theories and assumptions above, the researcher formulated the
hypothesis as follows:
H0 : There is no increase of students’ ability in summarizing text after being
taught through TPS technique.
H1 : There is an increase of students’ ability in summarizing text after being
V. CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
This chapter describes the result’s conclusion of the research and also the
suggestion from the researcher to the other researchers and English teachers who
want to try to apply Think Pair Share technique in teaching summary writing.
5.1 Conclusions
In reference to the result and discussion of the research the following conclusions
are given as follows:
1. TPS technique increase students’ ability in summarizing text, it proves from
the pretest and posttest scores which show that the students’ mean score of
posttest in experimental class (72.11) is higher than pretest (53.33) with the
gain of 18.78. It means that TPS technique can increase students’ ability in
summarizing text. It can also increase all aspects of writing; language use
(6.25), organization (3.98), content (3.94), vocabulary (3.59) and mechanics
(0.98). It is proved by the increase of the mean score from pretest to posttest.
From the five aspects of writing, language use has the highest increase because
TPS technique provides the understanding process to make the meaning
grammatically correct. On the other hand mechanics is the lowest increase in
2. TPS technique improves the students’ activity in summary writing activities.
Based on the data of observation during the three meetings, there were 34
students in the first meeting, the average score of students’ activities from the
two observers are 68.29% and 69.52%. Then, 35 students in the second
meeting, the average score of students’ activities from the two observers are
72.74% and 74.45%. Last, 35 students in the third meeting, the average score
of students’ activities from the two observers are 76.08% and 76.42%. It means
in the third meeting the score of students’ activities can fulfill the indicator of a
good level in learning process. That happens because TPS can make students
feel secure to study since they work within their pairs. TPS technique can help
the students to maximize their own ability in learning.
5.2 Suggestions
By considering the conclusions above, the researcher proposes some suggestion as
follow:
1. English teachers are suggested to use TPS technique, especially in teaching
summary writing to make the students more comfortable in learning and can
improve students’ ability. The teacher should be able to give some rules and
control the learning process well. Then, the students will be more active in
practice writing ability and enjoy their writing process through pair work.
2. The future researchers, who will conduct similar research, should consider the
time allocation for the treatments. Due to limitation of time, the target material
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