Peer Teaching
Peer Teaching
INTRODUCTION
producing and receiving and processing information (Brown, 1994; Burns &
form to get information toward oral communication in the world. It becomes more
In most conversation, the word flows, with the least mental argue. People
think about what to say, whom they are talking to, where they are talking to and
also they need to know how many times they talk, focusing on their accuracy and
fluency are the main learning process to get better for the students especially in
There are several students who want to have a good skill especially in
speaking. According to rubric that proposed by Madsen (1983: 3), the highest
level of speaking ability is when students can speak clearly, have fluent
compile a sentence or speech which is not only good but also right and easy to
understand.
speaking, and they are as follow: 1) Inhibition. Students are worried about making
learners to dominate, while others speak very little or not at all. 4) Mother-tongue
use. Learners who share the same mother tongue tend to use it because it is easier
and because learners feel less exposed if they are speaking their mother tongue.
lots of contributions to teachers in their duties of teaching around the world. One
regulated learning which allows the learners to exercise control over the
(2001) Peer teaching involves students learning from and with each other in ways
which are mutually beneficial and involve sharing knowledge, ideas and
including the emotional support that learners offer each other, as much as the
learning itself.
overcome the problems that faced in the students. The center of the knowledge is
not in the teacher anymore because the center of the knowledge is in some of
learning each other. This method also directly will force student to be an active
1. How is the response of the students taught to Peer Teaching Method used
students?
Based on the statement of the problem above, there are two objectives of
This topic is very large and because of the limitation, in this study the
eleventh grade MA PERSIS 112 BOGOR by using Peer Teaching Method in the
The result of this research is expected to be useful to know that the Peer
that the students can understand more easily. In learning speaking because this
method is a versatile and simple method to improve student’s speaking skill. This
speaking.
their friends and can improve the students’ ability in speaking. The students are
able to have more confident when reporting ideas to whole class. In addition the
“peer teaching method” step of strategy ensures that students teach other students.
Finally, while this method may appear to be time consuming, it makes the
another student before plugging into whole-class convers. This is great way to
motivate students and promote higher-level thinking. Even though the activity is
called Peer Teaching, this is the term many instructors use for pairs and small
groups (four or five students). Often this group discussion “sharing” is followed
up with a larger classroom discussion to solve the problem that the teachers give.
school level because this study gives basic information to do the further
researchers, and also for researcher who wants to make Peer Teaching Method as
one of variables that can be used to their researcher to improve the students’
speaking ability.
1.6. The Definition of Key Terms
definition of technical terms are given, the writer defines them as follows:
1994).
(Smith, 2001).
CHAPTER II
In this chapter consists of some theories related to the research. They are:
(1) Theory of Speaking, (2) Strategies of Teaching Speaking, (3) The theory of
Peer Teaching Method, (4) Previous Study, and (5) Theoretical Conclusion.
In this paragraph the researcher will describe about the theory of speaking.
Speaking is the active and productive skill. It is very important in other to enable
of the students to speak may lead them to be unable to express their ideas even in
language to express meaning so that other people can make sense of them.
and processing information. It means that through speaking, people can get any
information what they want and they need and also people can communicate and
Based on the explanation about the theory of speaking above the writer can
students active in the class especially in speaking class. There are some strategies
which can be used in teaching speaking and it can improve students’ speaking
the classrooms for many circumstances. Among others, the strategies of teaching
(Newton and Nation, 2009). It means that cooperative activities can encourage
Second, Role plays are activities where students are asked to pretend to be
in various social contexts and various social roles (Harmer, 2001; Thornbury,
2005; Solcova, 2011). It means that role play activities can make students creative
Third, Creative tasks resemble real-life tasks as Solcova (2011) asserts that
students develop their fluency best, if engaged in tasks where all their
utterances. It functions to make students pay attention to the new materials and
emphasize words, phrases, or utterances on students’ mind, move new items from
of language to provide the best conditions for autonomous language use (Brown,
situations where students can show interest, understanding, and ask questions or
teachers bear in mind what student needs, from language-based focus on accuracy
material with what has been learned and experienced by students so that it can be
stored in the long-term memory of students (Brown, 2001; Richards and Rodgers,
relationship (Brown and Yule, 1999; Brown, 2001; Bailey, 2005; Thornbury,
Base on the explanation above the researcher will teach speaking through
In this paragraph the researcher will talk about peer teaching. Peer Teaching
Learning models that are considered to have high effectiveness is Peer Teaching
Method, according to Boud, et al. (2001) is Peer Teaching or called Peer Learning
that: Peer teaching involves students learning from and with each other in
knowledge in ideas between participant. The emphasis is one the learning process
including in emotional support that learners offer each other, as much as learning
itself.
The term Peer Tutoring contains the same meaning Peer Tutor and Peer
Teaching. Silberman (2006) in Iva (2009) explains that Peer teaching is one of
Peer teaching approach students are required to discuss actively with their peers or
do group tasks given by the teacher, weather tasks is done at home or at school.
learner centered activity because the members of the educational and facilitate
Base on the explanation about the definition of peer teaching method above.
The writer can conclude that peer teaching is a method of learning process that
students teach other students because through peer teaching approach students feel
tutor teaching system that will help underprivileged learners or less quickly
receive lessons from their teachers. Peer tutor activities for learners are activities
that are rich in actual experience and are the needs of the learners themselves.
Tutor or Tutee equally benefit, for tutor will get experience, being tutee will be
to their own friends than to teachers, learners more embarrassed. This is possible
because among learners has formed their own language, behavior, and also
a. Make preparations
In the first step, the teacher has to make preparation before learning with
1) Guidance format
objectives.
2) Select a partner
group discussion.
day. However, at least 2-3 days a week it is recommended that tutors and
tutees be able to use trained behavior. The guidance usually lasts 30 minutes,
with 20 minutes provided for learning and 10 minutes for tests, reviews and
transitions
In this stage the teacher should prepare the program before teaching in the
1) Pre-test
2) Exercise
3) Test
the topic of learning. For example, if learners practice speaking, they may use
groups of discussion and many other skills can be included in the extension
can be entered or extended. This procedure serves as a good review and facilitates
Previous study is the review of relevant research that has been conducted in
which it reviews the previous research that is relevant to the present research. In
conducting this study, the researcher wants to improve students’ speaking ability
using Peer Teaching Method. The researcher used the following previous studies
The researcher has found relevant previous studies which are relevant to this
research. There are two previous studies that the researcher chose. The first study
was conducted in two classes. The first class (VIII-2) was as experimental class
and the second class (VIII-3) was as the control class. The students of both classes
were given pre-test to know their ability in speaking skill, after that the students
were given a post test. The result of the test was analyzed by using t-test. From the
test, it was found that tcalculatedwas higher than ttablewhere Tcalculated= 2,25 and
technique applied toward the speaking ability of descriptive text of the eight grade
The second is from Sindy Diaz & Juan Carlos Laguado (2013) who
defined as the ability to locate specific facts and details quickly, is regarded as a
desirable reading skill and is taught in most developmental reading courses. This
research adopted an action research design by Burn (1999), action research carries
data, implementation-action and evaluating the result of action. They found four
main categories emerged after the research. One of the categories is motivation
was essential since it helped to change the students’ perceptions toward reading in
English. For example before the implementation of the project, it was noticed that
participant had a negative attitude when facing texts that required comprehension,
however, after working with the two techniques their attitude changed, since the
participants worked more actively and with interest on the different texts making
Overall, this research is different from the studies above. The different is that
In the experimental research, she used verification of the theory to know if the
method was successful for improving students’ speaking skill or not. In the class
action research they used teaching reading comprehension toward skimming and
scanning techniques. They used one of the main categories to increase the
research, the researcher used teaching using peer teaching method to improve
students speaking ability, and the sample will be taken at first grade of SMAN 1
Dukupuntang Cirebon.
2.5. TheoreticalConclusion
The writer used some theories in conducting this research. The first is the
speaking ability. There are four strategies, they are: cooperative activities, role
speaking ability. According to Boud, et al. (2001) is Peer Teaching or called Peer
Learning that: Peer teaching involves students learning from and with each other
process including in emotional support that learners offer each other, as much as
learning itself. According to A Martz and Timothy E Heron (1994). They present
Peer Teaching lessons in the following stages: those are making preparation, run
RESEARCH METHOD
This chapter consists of six parts the type of research, they are: (1) The research
design, (2) The subject of study, (3) Data source, (4) Data gathering, (5) Data
development and empowerment into his class. One way to improve the quality of
professional or certified teacher, in doing this research, the teacher also functions
as the researcher because it involves the teacher inside the classroom rather than
being carried out solely by specialist from outside the classroom (Philliphs& Carr,
There are four phases in a cycle of research using Kemmis&Mc Taggart model,
they are: Planning, Action, Observation, and Reflection in the Class Action
Research (CAR).
students’ speaking ability through peer teaching method. The subject of this study
research, the writer commits the steps to take the data from the following data
3.3.1. Interview
The writer will interview the English teacher and then will interview students
of first grade SMAN 1 Dukupuntang Cirebon. First the writer will ask about,
Then the writer will ask the students about the difficulties in speaking and in
pronunciation. The writer will know the students’ difficulties and deficiency in
English speaking and the writer will make some notes about the information.
3.3.2. Observation
Dukupuntang the preliminary study while he will teach in the class and also the
writer will observe the students’ response, the class situation and the class
activities then the writer will write any information that the writer has got from
this observation in his notebook and then the writer tries to analyze the
The researcher will give the test after implementing the teaching strategy
that the researcher chooses, and hewill compare the result of the students’ test
score. Then the researcher will ask for the students’ score before implementing
the strategy to the English teacher. When the test has shown the success will
stop in cycle one. But when the students still do not get the success, the
In this research the researcher will act in the classroom action research not
only as the researcher but also as the teacher, the planner, and also he will make
the test in each final cycle, collect the data, analyze and report the result of the
research.
The model of action research will use in this study is the model developed
by Kemmis and Mc Taggart (1992). The model consists of four steps: (1)
planning of the action, (2) implementing of the action, (3) observing of the
actionand (4) making analysis and reflection. Here is the explanation about four
phases.
Picture 3.4
DATA GATHERING
RECONNAISSANCE STEP
Observe the situation in
order to identify the problem
CYCLE 1
PLANNING
ACTING
OBSERVING
REFLECTING
In this part, the researcher will identify the problem that will be faced by
the teacher and the students in teaching and learning process. The problem will be
identifiedas follows:
researcher chooses, the researcher will give the questionnaire to the teacher and
Saturday, 25th November 2017 to the teacher and Monday, 27th November
2017 to the students. After that the researcher will ask to the teacher and
students some questions in different place and time. The plans of the interview
are as follows:
In this part the researcher will give some questions to the teacher.
They are:
(2) What is the value of KKM that school gives to the students in
(3) Is there a student who can reach the standard of score KKM?
In this part, the researcher will ask the students several questions.
They are:
(3) Is the method given by the teacher make them interested to learn
observation will be done on Tuesday, November 28th 2017. It will start at 08.00
a.m and will finish at 09.30 a.m. the researcher will observe how the teacher
will give the lesson and teach the students. And also the researcher will join to
the class and analyze the problems during learning English in the class.
problem.
next step/action.
acting, observingreflection within two cycles. In the first cycle the researcher will
In this step, the researcherwill make a plan about the process in the
class. The researcher will identify the problems and will choose strategy. After
In this step, the researcher will conduct the action which has been
planned in the previous phase such as what method will be used, what material
will be chosen and taught and others. After that, the researcher will use Peer
researcher also will observe the students’ response to get qualitative data. And
also the researcher will give the students test in the last meeting to support the
data.
Table 3.3 Acting Schedule in the First Cycle
No Date Activity
1. Pre - teaching
to the topic.
2. While - teaching
partner.
every group.
work in pairs.
every group.
3. Post - teaching
active.
b. Making evaluation.
c. Giving motivation
1. Pre - teaching
the topic.
partner.
work in pairs.
3. Post – teaching
active.
5. Making evaluation.
6. Giving motivation.
1. Pre – teaching
to the topic.
2. While – teaching
partner.
every group.
work in pairs.
3. Post – teaching
active.
b. Making evaluation.
c. Giving motivation.
1. Pre – teaching
to the topic.
Tue, 5th
4. c. The teacher will give short explanation about the
October 2017
material, the material is discussion.
4) While – teaching
partner.
every group.
work in pairs.
5) Post – teaching
active.
b. Making evaluation.
c. Giving motivation.
Wed, October
5. First test
6th 2017
doing acting step, but in the practice it will be done in the same time. After
doing the activity, then doing the observation is done. In the observation, the
writer will note the activities and notice everything in the classroom, then the
writer will write all which happen in the classroom, will carry out observation
sheet, to write the information about the students’ response, the students’
will be done based on the data that will have been collected to hold evaluation
for completing the observation and action result. After implementing the
3. Drawing conclusion
To collect the data, the researcher is going to collect them using some steps.
The first is categorizing the data that will get from planning, acting, and observing
process from general to specific data and he also will collect the important data.
After that the researcher will analyze the data that he has got from interview
process. The last the researcher will conclude the result of the data of this
research.
In analyzing the data relates to the students’ test of speaking ability, the
researcher will use analytical scoring rubric proposed by Madsen (1983:167). The
content of the test will require the students to improve and develop their English
especially in speaking ability through four points in the oral English rating scale.