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Research statement number 25 was to find out whether cooperative learning implemented in class encouraged the students to give suggestion for
improvement on their friends‟ performances. The result of the research showed
there was one student 3.22 strongly agreed and 22 students 70.96 agreed that group work encouraged the students to give suggestion for improvement on
their friends‟ performance. There were one student 3.22 strongly disagreed
and seven students 22.58 disagreed to that research statement. It turned out that cooperative learning did not make the students be able to help other students
for improvement. The students that answered disagree and strongly disagree talked about their own proficiency and their own knowledge as the matters. The
student talked about big responsibility the student had in cooperative learning and the lack of English as the main problem. The student stated:
No, I did not feel so. I was the one who needed the improvement. I could not give suggestion for my friends because of my lack of English. Big responsibility they
had in cooperative learning and the schedule management of the group. Interviewee 4
The research statement number 26 asked whether the teaching method implemented in class enabled the students and their friends to work together in
completing difficult tasks. The result showed that there were nine students 29.03 strongly agreed and 18 students 58.06 agreed that they liked
experiencing cooperative learning in English class because the students realized that each individual affect success and the work of the others. Students must share
information in order to complete their tasks because the work is structured Johnson et al., 1994. However, four students 12.90 disagreed to the research
statement.
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The twenty-seventh research statement was to find out if cooperative learning method helps the students to work with friends cooperatively. The result
of this statement showed that 14 students 45.16 strongly agreed and 16 students 51.61 agreed to the statement. One of the students disagreed that
cooperative learning method helped the students to work with friends cooperatively. They could work together naturally because of several factors.
They stated:
I could work with my friends especially when I had something to ask, I directly asked related to the materials or tasks to my friends. Interviewee 1
I ussually works with my friends in class. But I rarely works with my friends at home. The reason is because the teacher rarely give us groupwork tasks outside
the class. Sometimes, whenever my friends and I need a notebook or computer, we have to go to one of myfriends house that has a notebook or a computer to
complete the tasks. Interviewee 3
Research statement number 28 asked whether the teaching method used in class encouraged the students to be confident in sharing their knowledge with
their friends in the same group. There were one student 3.22 answered strongly disagree and three students 9.67 answered disagree. There were 27
students choose either strongly agree or agree, four of the students 16.12 strongly agreed and 23 of the students 70.96 agreed that the teaching method
implemented in class encouraged the students to be confident in sharing the stu
dents‟ knowledge with the students‟ friends. Research statement number 29 asked whether the teaching method used in
class encouraged the students to be confident in sharing the students‟ knowledge
with the students‟ friends in a class discussion. The result showed that one out of
31 students 3.22 strongly agreed with the research statement. 25 students
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80.64 agreed that the individual assignment could enrich the students‟ English
proficiency. Yet, there were four students 12.90 answered disagree and one student 3.22 answered strongly disagree. They did not have the same idea that
cooperative learning used in class encouraged the students to be confident in sharing the students‟ knowledge with the students‟ friends in a class discussion.
The reason that the students claimed were because they put lack of interest in English.
I do not possess English well. So I am not confident enough in sharing my knowledge related to English materials. Interviewee 2
Well, I do not like English. Hence, my friends were responsible to complete the task. They also explained the task, taught and gave me suggestion for
improvement in learning English. Interviewee 5
The research statement number 30, the teaching method used in class encourages the students to speak fluently in front of public, was to discover the
students‟ encouragement to speak fluently after experiencing cooperative learning in English class. There were three students 9.67 strongly agreed and 14
students 45.16 agreed to the statement. There were 12 students 38.70 answered D Disagree and two of the students 6.45 strongly disagreed to the
research statement. Despite the positive, there were twelve students answered disagree and two students answered strongly disagree. It could be inferred that
38.70 and 6.45 of the students did not encouraged to speak fluently after experiencing cooperative learning in English class.
I did not understand and possess the materials well, therefore, I could not speak
fluently in front of the class. Interviewee 5
Research question number 31 was to find out whether the students encouraged being confident in sharing
the students‟ opinions in a class discussion.
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There were five students 16.12 strongly agreed and 17 students 54.83 agreed to the research statement. It turned out that the students encouraged being
confident in sharing the students‟ opinions in a class discussion even though nine
of the students 29.03 disagreed with that research statement. They claimed that the students‟ English proficiency was the matter. The students were not confident
enough because they had limited vocabulary to speak English in front of the class. That is why whatever methods or approaches implemented in the class will not
merely make the students to be able to speak English fluently. Research statement number 32 asked whether the students were actively
involved in class activities. There were four students 12.90 strongly agreed to the statement and 21 students 67.74 agreed. Yet, six students 19.35
disagreed. It meant more than 80 in total of the students were triggered to actively involve in a class activities because of the implementation of cooperative
learning. However, 19.35 6 students of the students were not triggered to involve.