IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING MOTIVATION THROUGH COLLABORATIVE LEARNING ON GRADE EIGHT IN SMP NEGERI 3 BALIGE

Abstract

Sitanggang Robetty Novia.2021.Improving Students’ Speaking Motivation Through Collaborative Learning On Grade Eight In Smp Negeri 3 Balige. A Thesis. English Department. Faculty of Teachers’ Training and Education,University of Sisingamangaraja XII Tapanuli (UNITA)

This thesis was to obtain the answer of the question whether or not the collaborative learning strategies are effective used in teaching English at junior high school, and how this strategy can improve the second year students in SMP Negeri 3 Balige motivation. The research was carried out from June 2021 in SMP Negeri 3 Balige. Thirty students of eighth grade in eight A participated as the sample of this research. The writer used action research as methodology. Action research provides teachers with an opportunity to apply the findings of research to their own situations and to adapt theory to practice. The writer, the English teacher and collaborator teacher make a collaboration work since preparation phase, planning, action, observation, reflection until the preplanning phase. They did the effort to improve students' English motivation using the collaborative learning strategy. The data were collected through observation, interview, questionnaire and documentation. The results of the research showed that collaborative learning is effective in increasing the students' motivation. The Collaborative learning also makes a passive student to become more active and give them the chance to be communicative with the material and their friends. By using a collaborative learning the students can share their understanding and knowledge with their friend, so that the difficulty in handling a material can be solved. The students also feel more motivated in learning English using a collaborative learning rather than learn a material individually.