THE EFFECT OF TALKING CHIPS STRATEGY ON THE ABILITY OF

STUDENTS IN DEVELOPING STRUCTURAL ACCURACY

AT THE TENTH GRADE OF SMK NEGRI 2
ALASA TALUMUZOI
IN 2017/2018

THESIS

By

MEY TRISNAWATI HULU

Register Number: 152108060

INSTITUTE OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION OF GUNUNGSITOLI

FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND ARTS EDUCATION

ENGLISH EDUCATION PROGRAM

SEPTEMBER 2017/2018
 References
Jack C. Richards (2008) Teaching Listening and Speaking From Theory to Practice.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Sari Luoma (2004) Assessing Speaking. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Kagan:
http://www.kaganonline.com/free_articles/dr_spencer_kagan/281/Kagan-Structures-A-
Miracle-of-Active-Engagement,3

The Sweet Life of Third Grade:

http://mrsestblog.blogspot.com/2012/07/monday-made-it-cooperativelearning.html
 Procedures

Talking Chips
Content Area: Reading
Grade Level: Primary, 1st
Title: Share Time Discussion
Strategy Description:
Each student receives one talking chip. The chips can be any kind of game token, or a pen,
pencil, eraser, slip of paper, or any other tangible item. The students are given an open-
ended discussion topic. In order to speak, a teammate must place his or her chip in the center
of the team table. It is his or her turn to speak. Teammates cannot interrupt and must practice
respectful listening. When he or she is finished, another student places his or her chip in the
center of the team table and is free to add to the discussion. When a student uses his or her
talking chip, he or she cannot speak until all teammates have added to the discussion and
placed their chip in the center of the table. When everyone has had a chance to speak, each
student collects her or his chips and continues with the discussion, using talking chips or
start again with a new topic. Talking Chips regulates discussion, ensuring that everyone
participates and everyone contributes. Shy students, low achievers, and less-fluent students
are encouraged by the social norms of the structure to fully participate and develop their
language skills, too.

Purpose:
This activity encourages every student to be accountable for participating in discussion. In
addition, it develops respectful speaking and listening skills.

Differentiation Strategy:
This strategy will be taught at the beginning of the school year to encourage students to
participate in engaging, meaningful, and respectful classroom discussion. An important
standard in first grade is the development of speaking and listening skills. By using Talking
Chips, I believe this goal can be achieved. Each day, I confer with at least five students. After
speaking with these students, I will allow them pick a 1-3 talking chips to express their
thinking for that day. A student who is below level would receive one chip, a student on level
would select two chips, and an advanced student would pick three chips to express their
learning and understanding.
 The chips that students select Talking Chips 2 through conferring conversations with
me will be one color. I will hand out additional chips (another color) that have stems that
encourage students to follow up to the thoughts of their peers. For example, I like what
[name] said about the setting. I agree...

Additional Questions to Promote Participation:

Thats brilliant because.
I heard you say.
I would like to add.
I respectfully disagree. I think
My opinion is.
The authors message to the reader
I felt.
First I thought. Now I know
What is the authors message to the reader
The main idea was
I learned
I wondered
 Problems
In speaking process, the researcher identifies the problems, they are:
1. The lack of the students vocabulary.
2. The students are not participate and motivate to speak.
3. The students are not able to convey their ideas through speaking.
4. The students are not able to share their experience with their friends.
5. The students are not able to perform, to model, and to express their ideas within
conversation.
6. The technique or model that the teacher uses in teaching speaking does not activate or
less variation the students to speak.
 Bibliography
Jack C. Richards (2008) Teaching Listening and Speaking From Theory to Practice.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press