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control group using conventional method. I took 2 meetings for the experimental group and 2 meetings for the control group.
4.6.1 Treatments for the Experimental Group
The treatments for the experimental group were conducted in 2 meetings using think-pair-share strategy.
4.6.1.1 Analysis of the First Treatment
The first treatment was done on April 2, 2011. First, I gave brief explanation of descriptive text, the language features, general structures, and the adjectives or
words usually used. I posed a question about the description of their hometown. I asked
them to think by themselves silently first for about 1 minute only think by clapping my hands once, and then I clapped my hands twice and asked them to
work in pairs pair and share their answer with their partner orally. Finally, I asked some pairs of the students to come forward and share their answer to the
whole class share. After that, the pronunciation drilling was done. They had to repeat after me to pronounce word by word related to the citytown correctly.
4.6.1.2 Analysis of the Second Treatment
The second treatment was done on April 4, 2011. Before conducting think-pair- share strategy, I gave explanation about grammar related to descriptive text that is
simple present tense. I asked them to make some sentences using simple present tense orally.
I posed a question about describing people. I asked them to think by themselves silently first for about 1 minute only think by clapping my hands
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once, and then I clapped my hands twice and asked them to work in pairs pair and share their answer with their partner orally. Finally, I asked some pairs of the
students to come forward and share their answer to the whole class share. While some pairs speak in front of the class, the rest of the students had to analyze
whether or not their answer were grammatical correct. In this last treatment, they showed the progress of accent pronunciation, grammar and also their
vocabularies in describing something. It means that the treatment was success enough to be applied in speaking class.
4.6.2 Treatments for the Control Group