Improving learners’ reading ability on introduction to linguistics class through Two-Stay Two-Stray (Ts-Ts) technique

This research began from the writer’s observation in the Introduction to Linguistics class at second semester of English Education Department, Universitas Islam Madura. From the data, there were some problems of learners, they are; 1) they felt difficult in understanding the subject of Introduction to Linguistics because it was the new subject for them, 2) they were not active in participating teaching and learning process. Related to the problems above, the writer tried to find the solution by choosing the best strategy, it was Cooperative learning TWO–STAY TWO STRAY (TS-TS). This research is CAR (Classroom Action Research) that has four steps: planning, acting, observing and reflecting. The subject of this research was the
learners of English Education Department at the second semester. The result after implementing Cooperative Learning TWO –STAY TWO STRAY (TS-TS) showed that there was high motivation from the learners in joining the class and there was a significant improvement of learners’ score from preliminary study, cycle I and Cycle II. In preliminary, there were only 27.3 % learners who achieved the minimum score, it was 75 (B). In cycle I, there was 63.7 % learners achieved the target and 81.9 % of learners got the target of the research. From the data above, it could be summarized that this method is effective and can be used in teaching reading