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and Jacob that “Cooperative learning is the instructional use of small groups so that
students wo rk together to maximize their own and each other’s learning.”
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Cooperative learning has various techniques. One of them is Two Stay Two Stray TSTS. Two Stay Two Stray TSTS technique is adapted from Spencer
Kagan. This technique will bring students to active in learning process, because students will learn more though process constructing and creating working in group
and sharing knowledge. Nevertheless, individual responsibility is still the key of success in learning English. This learning process is believed as being able to give
chance to students to be involved in discussion. It also encourages critical thinking and is willing to take responsibility of their own learning by enhancing of their
reading comprehension. According to Lie Two stay two stray is a technique that gives the students
chance to share their ideas, arguments and information to other groups. In this technique, there are some activities. Then, by using this technique, students help each
others. The high level and the low level of students will work together to achieve the purpose of their group”.
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Agus Suprijono pointed out that Two Stay Two Stray Teachnique is started by dividing students into a group. After creating the group, the teacher gives them a task
to discuss and find out the answers with their own group.
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This technique emphasizes interaction between students, every member of the group have same role and function to share their knowledge with the other group.
Besides, students are also hoped have individual responsibility to help other students and they are motivated to understand material which is provided by the teacher.
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Eleonor C. Cayabyab and George M. Jacobs, The ACELT Journal-Practical Papers on Teaching English Language and Literature in Philipines, Making Small Groups Work Via Cooperative
Learnin, Volume 3, No.2, 1999, p.28
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Anita Lie, Cooperative Learning, Jakarta: Gramedia Widiasarana Indonesia, 2002, p.60
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Agus Suprijono, Cooperative Learning: Teori Aplikasi PAIKEM, Yogyakarta: Pustaka Pelajar, 2009, p. 77
Furthermore, Two Stay Two Stray technique is very compatible to help students are involved in active learning because this technique allows students to
enhance their interdependence, individual accountability, interpersonal skills, face to face interaction and their group processing when they work in group. In learning
process, this technique also can give the students experience in gathering information when they become the strayer to other groups. In this activity the students are
encouraged to contribute their ideas to other students and after they come back to their group they must share the information they got from the other groups to their
own groups. According to Lie, Two Stay Two Stray consists of some steps as follow:
a. The students are set in group of four students.
b. Then two students of each group will leave the group, each of the two
students will stray to other groups. c.
The two staying students have task to share information and work result to their guests.
d. The guests excuse themselves and back to their group and report their
findings from other groups. e.
The group matches and discusses the information.
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