TIME TOKEN TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS’ LEARNING ACTIVITY AND COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE

Bambang - Susatyo

doi:10.24176/pro.v4i1.5793

Abstract

ABSTRACT The purpose of this research is to know the effectiveness of Cooperative Learning Time Token towards student’s learning activity and Communicative Competence in speaking English. This research uses Classroom Action Research procedures. The research consists of two cycles, each comprises four phases, namely planning, acting, observing and reflecting. The subject of the research is the students of SMK N 2 Temanggung semester 1 2019/2020. To get data, the writer uses Brown’s Scale of Test of Spoken English. While for students’ activities, the writer uses a set of observation sheet to observe the activity of the students in class. The research reveals that the uses of Time Token technique in English class has increased the students’ Learning activities from 68 % in Pre-cycle to 78% in cycle 1 and 80 % in cycle 2. The Communicative competence in speaking English has increased from 74 to 78 in cycle 1 and 81 in cycle 2Key words : Time Token, students’ activity and students’ communicative competence

Highlights

The purpose of this research is to know the effectiveness of cooperative learning time token towards student’s learning activity and communicative competence in speaking English
The object of the research is the application of Time Token technique of Cooperative Learning
Based on the data analysis, the results showed that there was an increase in learning activities through the Time Token technique on the topic of asking and giving opinion to students of class XI AKL-1 Semester 1 SMK Negeri 2 Temanggung in 2019/2020 by 2% which is illustrated in the following table: Table 7

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Introduction

The purpose of this research is to know the effectiveness of cooperative learning time token towards student’s learning activity and communicative competence in speaking English. While for students’ activities, the writer uses a set of observation sheet to observe the activity of the students in class. The research reveals that the uses of Time token technique in English class has increased the students’ learning activities from 68 % in Pre-cycle to 78% in cycle 1 and 80 % in cycle 2. The problems encountered at schools in communication is the low level of communicative competence. At the class the writer uses as the place of research the average of communicative competence in the topic of asking and giving opinion is only 74. That’s why the writer tries to use time token technique to improve the students’ activity and communicative competence

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