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The Use of Cooperative Learning Student Team Achievement Division as an Alternative Way of Teaching Narrative Texts for First Grade MA Az Zaytun Sampang
Key Words: Cooperative Learning, STAD, Narrative Text.
There are four skills that must be mastered in learning a language, as well
as English. The four skills are reading, speaking, listening and writing. Writing is
one of the most difficult skills for students to master. Therefore, teachers are
required to apply innovative and creative learning models such as cooperative
learning. Cooperative learning is a learning strategy with a number of students as
members of small groups with different ability levels. STAD (Student Team
Achievement Division) is one type of cooperative learning model that is very
effective to be applied in teaching and learning process. This study aims to describe
how the implementation of the cooperative learning model type STAD in teaching
narrative text and the advantages and disadvantages of applying the STAD model
in learning.
The method used in this research is qualitative descriptive. The subjects of
this research are the English teacher and first grade students of MA Az Zaytun,
Sampang. The data were gotten from observation during teaching and learning
pocess, interviews and documentations.
The result of this research showed that teacher implemented STAD model
in teaching narrative text through several steps, that are: Teacher explaining the
material, dividing students into group, distributing worksheets to the group, giving
the students quizzes to be done individually, calculating the group score, giving
reward to the winning group then students present the individual taks with the
group. Dealing with the implementation of STAD in teaching, there are some
advantages obtained, such as students become more active during the teaching and
learning process, develop the student ability to express thoughts and be able to
respect the others opinions, strengthen the friendship and student teamwork and
increase student motivation. Besides that, there’s also disadvantage by
implementing the STAD model, that is inability of group members to establish
harmonious teamwork.
It is suggested for teacher to supervise the process of collaboration in the
discussion process carried out by students so it can establish good teamwork among
them. And for students should be able to compromise, responsible to their group
and their task, eliminate selfishness and establish good relations with the group
members.
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