@article{Sri Wahyuni_2019, title={A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN GROUP DISCUSSION AND THINK PAIR SHARE STRATEGY TO ENHANCE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY}, volume={6}, url={https://ejournal.bbg.ac.id/geej/article/view/879}, DOI={10.46244/geej.v6i2.879}, abstractNote={<p><em>T</em><em>he aim of this study is to find out if there is any significant difference in students’&nbsp;</em><em>ability</em><em>&nbsp;enhancement between those who were taught using</em><em>&nbsp;</em><em>G</em><em>roup D</em><em>i</em><em>s</em><em>c</em><em>uss</em><em>ion</em><em>&nbsp;strategy and those who were taught using Think Pair Share strategy. This study is a quantitative research method using comparative design by using pre-test and post-test. This study was designed to find out the answer to the following question: Is there any significant difference in students’&nbsp;</em><em>speaking ability</em><em>&nbsp;</em><em>e</em><em>nhancement between those who were taught&nbsp;</em><em>by using</em><em>&nbsp;</em><em>G</em><em>roup D</em><em>i</em><em>s</em><em>c</em><em>uss</em><em>ion</em><em>&nbsp;strategy and those who were taught using Think-Pair-Share strategy. The sample of this study were two classes of grade&nbsp;</em><em>X</em><em>&nbsp;SMA&nbsp;</em><em>Inshafuddi Banda Aceh</em><em>. Grade</em><em>&nbsp;X IPA 1 was taught using Group Discussion and grade X IPS&nbsp;</em><em>w</em><em>e</em><em>re taught using Think-Pair-Share. The instrument used for this study was a&nbsp;</em><em>speaking</em><em>&nbsp;test, which contained&nbsp;</em><em>a Congratulation topic</em><em>. The result of this study showed from the mean score that both classes had an enhancement in their&nbsp;</em><em>speaking ability</em><em>. In addition, there was no significant difference between those who were taught using&nbsp;</em><em>Group Discussion</em><em>&nbsp;</em><em>a</em><em>nd those who were taught using&nbsp;</em><em>Think Pair share</em><em>&nbsp;s</em><em>t</em><em>rategy. However, it meant that both strategies were efficient in enhancing students’&nbsp;</em><em>speaking ability</em><em>.</em></p&gt;}, number={2}, journal={Getsempena English Education Journal }, author={Sri Wahyuni}, year={2019}, month={Nov.}, pages={222-229} }