Applying Think Pair Share Strategy To Improve Speaking Skill Of Pharmacy Students In University Of Adiwangsa Jambi

Abstract

Some problems are found in improving students’ speaking skill. Most of pharmacy students were unable to develop their ideas verbally. This research belongs to quasi experimental research with factorial 2x2. This study aims to find out the effect of Think Pair Share Strategy and students’ motivation toward their speaking skill of procedure text. This research was conducted in University of Adiwangsa Jambi. Pharmacy students are taken as the sample. Speaking test and questioners are used to collect the data. In order to test the significance between the groups, the independent samples t-test was used. The results of the research showed a significant difference between the students who were learned by applying Think Pair Share strategy that was more successful and had higher motivation level. Based on the findings, it indicated that this strategy had significant effect on improving speaking skill and motivation.