AN ANALYSIS OF THINK-PAIR-SHARE STRATEGY ON GOOGLE CLASSROOM IN READING AT SMKN 1 KUTA SELATAN

Abstract

This study aimed at analysing the implementation of TPS strategy on Google Classroom in reading at SMKN 1 Kuta Selatan. Descriptive qualitative was used as a research design. A purposive sampling technique was applied to choose 3 English teachers and 117 students as the research subjects. An observation sheet, closed-ended questionnaires, and semi-structured interview guide were used to collect the data. The results show that the teachers create many forums on Google Classroom to implement TPS strategy, namely; posting a text, providing some questions, asking the students to work in pairs, and collecting the results of their discussion. Teachers' perceptions show that 84.37% are very good and 15.63% are good. While students' perceptions show that 8.82% are very good, 70,6% are good, and 20,58% are enough. Increasing students’ enthusiasm and motivation to read a text became one of the teachers' reasons for using TPS strategy on Google Classroom.