THE EFFECTIVENESS THINK PAIR SHARE-TECHNIQUE (TPS) IN THE LEARNING OF GERMAN READING SKILLS AMONG THE STUDENTS OF CLASS XI IN SMA NEGERI 1 SEDAYU BANTUL

Abstract

This study aims to know (1) the significant difference of achievement study in German language reading skillsteaching for student grade XI in SMA Negeri 1 Sedayu Bantul, between those which had been teach using Think Pair Share technique and using convensional techniqueand (2) to determine the effectiveness of the use of Think Pair Share- Technique in teaching reading skills in Germanlanguage reading skill teaching for student grade XI in SMA Negeri 1 SedayuBantul. This type of research is a quasi experiment. Sampling technique used is simple random sampling. Testing validity uses Korelasi Product Moment. The result of this validity test shows that 34 out of 40 questions are valid and 6 questions are not valid. The reliability was calculated by the KR-20. The Koefisien of reliability is 0.935. Data analyze used t-test. The results showed t count (at 3.668)isgreater than t table (at 2.042), at the level of α = 0.05. It can be concluded that the use of Think Pair Share-Technique in learning the German language reading skills is more effective than the conventional technique. 22.077 21,26 of the weight of the effectiveness of 9.8%.

Keywords : Technique, Think Pair Share Technique, Reading