Step in Jigsaw’s Implementation

31 The others teaching plans about verbs will be explained by the writer in the lesson plan in the appendix.

D. Thinking Framework

As it has been mentioned before, many students in junior high school have the same problems in learning the new vocabulary of verbs like regular and irregular verbs. Memorizing and understanding the new vocabulary of verbs are the main problems which were faced by the second year students of junior high school. In this case, the students still did not recognize the verbs which are regular and the verbs which are irregular verbs, the students also found unfamiliar verbs in the text or in the sentence and they did not know the meaning of the words itself. Another problem is they could not change the verbs into the past verbs. It can be said that the students have limit vocabulary. The students often get bored when they did not find the meaning of the certain verbs, because the teacher did not use any special technique in learning vocabulary, thus they tend to ask their teacher in order to know the meaning of the verbs rather than finding out the verbs by learning together with the other students. The teachers must find out some solutions to make their students feel easy in understanding and memorizing the new verbs. The teachers should provide the new technique in teaching where the students can build the interaction and learn together with the other students, so that the students did not always rely on their teacher ‟s help. Using cooperative learning is one of the alternative solutions that the teacher can use to help their students in understanding the verbs. Cooperative learning helps the learner to work in group and share their idea. It is also help the teacher to pay attention and notice their students‟ ability when their students worked in groups. Using cooperative learning is more effective than using conventional method; because cooperative learning can make the positive interaction among the students thus it c an increase students‟ motivation in understanding the verbs. There are some variations of technique in cooperative learning; hence the writer only chooses the jigsaw technique as the most priority technique that will 32 be implemented in the classroom. Jigsaw is the technique that promotes both academic and social goals for the students. In jigsaw classroom, the students are divided into four or five members, and the teacher gives the material for each student in group. Each student in group has different material, thus they have to mastery the materials and they have to be an explainer for their group. Before they become an explainer in their group, the students should work and share with the other students in the expert group who have the same materials. In jigsaw classroom, the teacher has to design the material before entering the classroom and the teacher has to observe the student‟s ability when their students learn in group. Based on the statements above, the writer would like to assume that cooperativ e learning specifically using jigsaw technique can improve the students‟ understanding on verbs; regular and irregular verbs. Jigsaw technique is also considered to be one of the effective teaching technique in teaching vocabulary of verbs at the second years students of 169 Junior High School Jakarta.

E. The Previous Study

A study entitled “The Effectiveness of Teaching Verbs by Using Collaborative Learning ”An Experimental Study at The Seventh Grade Year Student of SMP PGRI 1 Ciputat had been done by Tedy Dirhamsyah, a bachelor of arts from Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University in Jakarta 54 . He conducted his research in 2012 and he also focused on the verbs. He conducted his research in order to know the students‟ mastery of verbs. The research was proven that using collaborative learning is effective to mastery of verbs at the first year student of junior high school. The data shown that t o t t or 5,40 was higher than1,67. In this term, the writer has the same dependant variable with the researcher above. The dependant variable is the verbs; however there are some differences in conducting the research between the writer‟s research and Mr. Teddy‟s research. The independent variable of the writer is Cooperative learning 54 Tedy, Dirhamsyah, The Effectiveness of Teaching Verbs by Using Collaborative Learning, Jakarta, 2012. p. 37 .