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5 to do something means leading somebody to achieve the goal using certain way.
Based on the above phenomena the writer intends to investigate about The Effectiveness of Think Pair Share Method to Teach Reading Comprehension
Viewed from Students’ Motivation for the eleventh grade of MAN 2 Metro in the Academic Year of 20122013.
B. Problems Identification
Based on the background of the study, there are some problems that can be identified as follows:
1. Why do the students have difficulties to understand the text? 2. What factors cause the students low understanding of the text?
3. Is Think Pair Share more effective than Direct Instruction in teaching reading comprehension?
4. Does the students’ motivation influence their reading comprehension? 5. Is there any interaction between motivation and teaching method to teach
reading comprehension?
C. Problems Limitation
The writer is aware that all the above problems are impossible to be answered because of the writers’ limited ability and the time allotment provided.
Therefore, the problems of this study are limited to some related variables. In this case, the researcher only focuses on Think Pair Share and Direct Instruction
Method. Think Pair Share Method will be put as an experimental variable and
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6 Direct Instruction Method will be put as the control one. Furthermore, the
teaching will be concentrated on the teaching of reading comprehension for Madrasah aliyah Negeri students. The students who will be chosen are the
eleventh grade of MAN 2 Metro in the academic year of 20122013. Meanwhile, the motivation will be used as an attribute variable, because it is believed that
students’ motivation is another factor that will influence the students in reading comprehension.
D. Problems Statement
Based on the background of the study above, the writer formulates the problems in the form of research questions as follows:
1. Is Think Pair Share more effective than Direct Instruction to teach reading comprehension for the eleventh grade students of MAN 2 Metro 20122013?
2. Do the students having high motivation have better reading comprehension than those having low motivation for the eleventh grade students of MAN 2
Metro 20122013? 3. Is there any interaction between the teaching Method and students’
motivation to teach reading comprehension for the eleventh grade students of MAN 2 Metro 20122013?
E. Objectives of the Research
