problems, they can ask to their teacher in whole class discussion time. Therefore, students will know what they have learnt in that day.
2.2.6 Roundtable Technique
This part discusses the definition of roundtable technique, procedures for roundtable technique, the characteristics of roundtable technique, and advantages
of roundtable technique. The descriptions of them will be presented below:
2.2.6.1 The Definition of Roundtable Technique
Roundtable is one of cooperative learning technique in which each student in turn writes one answer in a paper and a pencil which are passed around the group.
According to George M. Jacobs SEAMEO Regional Language Centre Singapore, Gan Siowck Lee Universiti Pertanian Malaysia, and Jessica Ball
University of Victorian Canada state that “Roundtable is cooperative learning technique in which each person writes on idea for a multiple ability task and
passes their paper to the person on the right. The paper circulates around the entire group at least once. Each time a person receives the paper, they should write a
different task then whole class discussion should follow”.
2.2.6.2 Procedures for Roundtable Technique
The process of roundtable technique in the classroom deals with preparation and schedule of activities as an implementation of the roundtable technique process.
The first procedure in applying roundtable technique in the teaching learning process is preparation. In order to make the teaching learning process run
successfully, we need to do some preparations include preparing the material,
assignment and score. For the material, the teacher should provide students with an interesting topic that is still happened at that time.
In assigning the students, teacher should assign them individually, although they work in group. In this case, the students in each group should have
equal participation in the discussion, so teacher should pay attention with the students‟ activities during the discussion. Students are assessed based on their
answer and opinion of the questions that they should answer. Then, the teacher can assign the students‟ product in writing hortatory exposition text by their own
self. After finishing the assignment, students are given score based on their performance using some criteria.
The second procedure in applying roundtable technique is scheduling activity. In this activity, the teacher should group the students first .Students are
divided into several groups. Each group consists of four members. Teacher had to group students by giving numbers for each student. Then, the teacher distributes
the paper for each group. Each group only gets one paper.After that, teacher gives students an interesting and up to date issue, topic, or question to the students.
Next, students are gotten the interesting topic, idea, or issue. After getting the interesting and up to date issue, topic, or question, students are asked to discuss
with their friends about it. They can share their opinion about the interesting and up to date issue, topic, or question. The next step is applying roundtable
technique. In here a student in every group writes his or her opinion about the issue or answers the question and then passes it to his or her right friend. His or
her friend has to write the other opinion of question. After it, he or she passes the paper to his or her right friend. Then, his or her friend writes his or her own
opinion or answer the question that differ from the answer of students above. All of students have to participate by writing his or her own opinion or answer the
question which is different from one student to another.
2.2.6.3 The Characteristics of Roundtable Technique
