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Hello my dearest friends! Welcome
back to my blog. In this time I would like to tell you some reason, why I
choose one of journal to read, and also I would like to give some review of
this journal. Happy reading ^^
Reason :
Before I tell the reason, you
have to know the title about journal that I read. The title is “Improving English Speaking Ability Using
the Team-Games-Tournament Technique”. After you read the title, how does it
sounds? It is sounds interesting. Isn’t it? Yeah, me too. The reason why I
choose the title is, because it is sound interesting and I want to know more
about how this method is implemented for students in the class. Moreover, when
people are afraid to learn English, with the team-games-tournament technique, it
can increase the desire of someone to learn English and also it can creates a joyful, pleasant
and enjoyable atmosphere in the class. Why do I choose speaking journals? Yeah,
because speaking is one part of our daily life, and also it is important
because speaking is the main basis of daily life as a means of interaction and
communication.
Review :
This research was conducted at
SMAN 1 Suka Makmur, Aceh Besar. The researcher chose this school because she
had a lot of information about the achievements and the behavior of her
students concerning their English. The subjects of this study were the
researcher and the first year students at SMAN 1 Suka Makmur Aceh Besar and
class X-2 in the academic year of 2015/2016. The researcher chose them because
they are also English teacher who are basically knowledgeable about both
English lessons and the principles of teaching it.
The Team-Games-Tournament is one
of the cooperative learning techniques that can be used to improve students’
speaking ability. In this technique the students are grouped in heterogeneous
teams. According to Slavin (1995), the steps used for the Team-Games-Tournament
technique are as follows.
1. Introductory Class Presentation
In this phase, the researcher delivers the material
for the day to the students, i.e. the activities they will be doing plus giving
some motivation to ignite the students’ interest to study. This phase is
basically teacher-centered but only takes a very short time, around 5- 10
minutes.
2. Team Division
In this step, the researcher divides the students into
several teams, each with 4 or 5 heterogeneous students which means that the
members of each team will be students with different abilities.
3. Games
Now, the teacher distributes the prepared task. The
student teams have to do the task which is presented in numbered pictures. The
task will be to tell the story in the pictures orally. Each team takes a turn
to present their story to the class.
4. Awards Group
Lastly, the researcher announces the best team i.e.
the team with the best score. This should motivate the other students in the
following meetings.
There are also some advantages for this
technique, as follows :
1.
The Team-Games-Tournament technique initiates
student-student verbal interactions
2.
It gives the students in each team motivation to
solve the problems of their task together
3.
It encourages responsibility amongst students
4.
It increases motivation and desire to learn
amongst the teams
5.
It motivates the students to compete.
Alright my lovely friends, that’s
all about my reason and review in journal of “Improving English Speaking Ability Using the Team-Games-Tournament Technique”.
I hope you like it, and see you later. Much love, Yevi.
Wassalamu’alaikum.wr.wb
