THE APPLICATION OF STAD LEARNING TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ STYLISTIC MASTERY IN POETRY ANALYSIS

Abstract

The aim of this research is to know the application of STAD (students’ team achievement division) learning technique to improvee the students’ stylistic mastery of poetry amalysis. The research was conducted on the fifth semester students of English Education Sciences Departement, Faculty of Education, Muhammadiyah University of Jakarta. This research uses descriptive method of action research (Classroom Action Research). Class actions are implemented through three cycles of action. Data collection techniques obtained through observation, interviews, documentation studies, and literature. The results showed that the implementation of STAD learning technique has great impact in improving students’ stylistic mastery in the four aspects namely affective, objective, interpretative and evaluative in analyzing poems. The impact of STAD learning technique was proved that unbalancing students’ stylistic schemata could be solved by learning in group work. This process also created fun learning situation also incresed the positive characteristics of the students such as be active, sportive, and responsible. Therefore, STAD learning technique recommended as one of cooperative learning method to advance the sylistic mastery in poetry analysis.