CORE Metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk Provided by STAIN Pamekasan Jurnal Online (Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Negeri / State College of Islamic Studies Pamekasan) TEACHING SPEAKING USING TEA PARTY TECHNIQUE Henny Uswatun Hasanah (Dosen Jurusan Tarbiyah STAIN Pamekasan/henny_doank83@yahoo.co.id) Abstract Tea party is a technique that is suitable with classroom speaking performance. Since, it forms students into two centeric circles or two lines that face each other, then the teacher gives a question or a topic, the student discuss their answer or ideas concerning to the question or the topic given with the students facing them. After one minute, the outside circle or one line moves to the right side so that students have new partners. Then the teacher pose a second question or topic for them to discuss. Continue with five or move questions. This technique can engage students to speak up as well as keep the students brave to share their idea. Moreover, it lines students up in two lines facing each other. Pose a question to the class, and have students facing each other in the lines discuss the question or topic for a minute or two. Then move on to another question and new partner in the line by having one line move to the right. This activity can also be done in concentric circles, where one circle moves to the right when it is time to get new partners. Keywords: Teaching Speaking, Tea Party Technique A. Introduction with various ways in order to avoid Teaching is defined as showing boredom. or helping someone to learn how to do The Teacher has important role something, giving instruction, guiding in in the study of something, providing with because the succesful of it depends on knowledge, causing to know or to how the teacher conduct the material to 1 teaching and learning process understand . It means that the teacher the students, what strategies and what helps the students to understand what media that will be used by the teacher. they have learned thus the teacher must In addition, besides responsibility to be creative because the teacher must teach the students the teacher must give attract their interest to study by involving support and motivation to the students. them in classroom activities and teach Furthermore, before the teacher enters to the classroom the teacher should know what he or she will be taught and 1 Douglas Brown, Principles of Language Learning and Teaching (USA: Pearson Education, 2007), 8. what should be done in the classroom, OKARA: Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra, Vol. 11, No. 2, November 2017 263 Therefore, the teacher must make students in speaking skill. It can help preparation or planning first in designing students to enjoy the class, although, 2 the instruction . speaking is sometimes difficult for The students have to master four students. In addition, using Tea Party skills in English, they are; speaking, technique makes students more active in writing, listening and speaking. In every the class. This technique is also a school, many teachers applied kinds of suitable technique that the teacher teaching techniques for foreign language applies especially in teaching speaking. The Because teacher needs practice to increase their students speak up by forming them into students speaking skill. Speaking is two centric outside and inside circles or called by the most important aspect of line students up in two lines facing each learning a second language, because other, they speak up for a minute. Then when language, the outside line moves on to new automatically she or he will be assumed partners in the inside line by having one that they master the language itself. line move to the right and discuss their people do spoken in teaching it forces speaking and skill. makes the Speaking is one of the language ideas with their new partner of inside skill that has important in daily life line. This activity can also be done in because students concentric circles, where the outside communicate and interact with each circle moves to the right and inside circle other. Speaking is so much a part of move opposite to get new partner both it can make 3 daily life that we take it for granted . of circles sharing their ideas toward the However, learning to speak involves topic. developing a number of complex skill Tea Party technique is well- and different types of knowledge about appropriate with speaking skill. Since how and when to communicate with this technique places students to brave each other. One of the way to increase speaking and sharing their ideas through students speaking skill by using a fun and enjoyment activities namely they technique called Tea Party Technique. are formed into two circles that face Tea Party technique is one of the each other so that they are motivated to techniques of cooperative learning that share their ideas about the topic given. the teacher can be used to motivate This technique also provides fun and interactive activities that can stimulate 2 Ibratul Ummah, The Implementation of Lesson Plan in Teaching Speaking at MAN 1 Pamekasan (STAIN Pamekasan, 2015), 1. 3 Anne Burns, Focus on Speaking (National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research: Macquarie University, 1997), 2. students to speak English up and share their ideas. Therefore, Tea Party is an advantageous technique used speaking skill. OKARA: Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra, Vol. 11, No. 2, November 2017 264 in B. Speaking Professional Development. For In general, speaking is one way resources and professional development where people acquire the language from information on Kagan Structures. The they were born. Speaking is the first Kagan’s mode in which children structures of Cooperative 4 acquire Learning are language. Children learn language by listening to the speech around them and 1. Carousel Feedback reproducing what they heard. So that, Teams rotate from project to speaking is one of the first made that project to leave feedback. Setup: children acquire language. Since they Team were a baby, the children were taught to around the room. Each project has speak a language. feedback from attached. spread out team projects From those definitions, speaking Teams stand in front of their is the ability to speak a foreign language. assigned projects. Then teams rotate The ability to speak a second or foreign clockwise to the next project for a language well is a very complex task if specified time, teams discuss their we try to understand the nature of what reactions to the other team’s project, appears to be involved. Here, people with no writing. Student 1 records have the ability to speak a foreign feedback on feedback form. Students language and they try to be involved. are encouraged to include positive Speaking is the most important comments Teacher calls time. Teams skill for our students because it can rotate, observe, discuss, and give make the students practice their skill in feedback on next project. A new speaking English and make the students recorder is selected each round. After increase their that teams continue until each team performance when they speak real-world rotates back to its own project, or until situation and of course the teacher Teacher calls time. Teams review the needs to get our practice for interaction feedback they received from the other in the classroom. Beside that in daily teams. their confidence in activity, people generally use speaking 2. Fan-And-Pick as a means of communication. Although Teammates play a card game people cannot ignore the significance of writing, as another form to respond to questions. Roles rotate of with each new question. Setup: Each communication, speaking is still more team receives a set of question cards. popular to the people. Most of structures Where the student 1 holds question of Cooperative Learning are developed by Dr. Spencer Kagan and those are 4 Spencer Kagan, Kagan Cooperative Learning (Kagan Publishing, 2009), page 2.25-6.38 associated by Kagan Publishing and OKARA: Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra, Vol. 11, No. 2, November 2017 265 cards in a fan and says, “Pick a card, then returned to stack to try again any card!”. Student 2 picks a card, later. When the Tutee wins all cards, reads the question aloud, and allows partners switch roles. When the new five seconds of think time. Student 3 Tutee wins all her/his cards, partners answers the question. Student 4 advance to Round 2. Then in round 2: responds for Few Cues The process is repeated, 4 except the Tutor shows only the checks and then either praises or question on the front of each card, tutors. For questions that have no and asks the Tutee to answer from right or wrong answer, Student 4 memory, and in the round 3: No Cues does not check for correctness, but the process is repeated, exept the praises and then paraphrases the Tutor quizzes Tutee on each question thinking that went into the answer. without Students rotate roles, one person flashcards. to right/wrong the answers, answer: Student clockwise for each new round. showing the Tutee the 4. Inside Outside Circle 3. Flashcard Game Students rotate in concentric Partners procced through three circles to face new partners for rounds as they quiz each other with sharing, quizzing, or problem solving. flashcards, mastering the content to Setup: win cards. Setup: Students each have questions, or provides a question their own set of flashcards. card for each student. Where the circle in the class facing outward. 1: Maximum Cues The Tutor shows Remaining students find and face the question on the first card, reads their partners (class now stands in the question, and shows and reads two concentric circles). Inside circle the answer written on the back of the student ask a question from their card. The Tutor then turns the card question card; outside circle students’ back over and again reads the answer. Inside circle student praise or question on the front of the card coach. (Alternative: The teacher asks asking the Tutee to answer from Tutee answers. prepares each pair moves to form one large flashcards to the Tutor. In the round The teacher students from pairs. One student from In pairs, the Tutee gives his/her memory. The a question and indicates inside or If outside student to answer to their correct, Tutee wins the card back and partner). receives a surprising, delightful praise Partners switch roles: Outside circle students ask, listen, from the Tutor. If wrong, the Tutor then praise or coach. Partner trade shows the Tutee the answer side of question cards. Inside circle students the card and coaches. The card is rotate clockwise to a new partner. OKARA: Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra, Vol. 11, No. 2, November 2017 266 (The teacher may call rotation 6. Mix Pair Share numbers: “Rotate Three Ahead.” The The class “mixes” until the class may do a “choral count” as they teacher calls, “pair.” Students find a rotate). new partner to discuss or answer the teacher’s question. Setup: Teacher prepares questions to ask students. 5. Mix- Freeze Group Students The classroom is bursting with mix around the room. Teacher calls “pair.” Students energy as students rapidly “Mix” pair up with the person closest to around the room, “Freeze” in their them and give a high five. Students tracks, and frantically “Group” to who haven’t found a partner raise avoid falling into the lost and found. their Setup: Students stand. An area of the Teacher asks a question and gives room is designated as the “ lost and think time. Students share with their found”. Where the students “mix” partner using: Timed Pair Share and around the room. Teacher calls, “ Rally Robin. Freeze,” and student freeze. Teacher 7. Pair Compare ask a question to which the answer is Pairs a number or which corresponds to a ideas. from California? Key: North = 2, Teacher provides a question South = 3, East = 4, West = 5) that has multiple possible responses Teacher calls, “ Show Me,” and and provides think time. Rally Table: with Shoulder fingers on their chests. Students Robin teacher. Can you name the planets in Washington, do DC, is you from Table Pairs Compare: pairs pai to Round discuss a question provided by the far Rally the other pair. Teacher calls time. kneel down. Students in their groups How partners answers. They “keep it a secret” from group according to the number, and order of team to create additional answer or What direction is Washington, DC, answer list another pair. Finally pairs work as a planets are there in our solar system? their a and compare their answers with think time. (Examples: How many show generate possible ideas or answers. Pairs pair key with a number. Teacher gives student hands to find each other. their answers. For each answer, the face partner in the other think pair adds the answer to that pair’s list, Los or checks it off if they already had it. Angeles. Students not in groups go to Team Challenge: As a team, students the “Lost and Found.” generate new answers, taking turns within pairs recording answers on their pair lists. OKARA: Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra, Vol. 11, No. 2, November 2017 267 8. Poem for Two Voice student, including the Showdown Partners create and present a Captain, write their answers. When poem they recite using one voice, the finished, teammates signal they’re other voice, or both. ready. The Showdown Captain calls, The teacher assigns each pair “Showdown.” Teammates show and a poem topic. Partners work together discuss their answer. The Showdown to write their poem. Partners label Captain leads the checking. If correct, each line of their poem, A, B, or AB, the representing who will read each line. teammates tutor, then celebrate. The Pairs rehearse their poems. Pairs person on the left of the Showdown recite their poems to another pair or Captain to the class. Captain for next round. 9. Round Robin & Rally Robin Students take team celebrates; becomes the if not, Showdown 11. Spend-A-Buck turns To make a team decision, responding orally. In Round Robin, teammates use funny money and students take turns in their teams. In “spend a buck” to vote on their top Rally Robin, partners take turns. picks. The option with the most bucks Teacher poses a problem to is deemed the team decision. Setup: which there are multiple possible Each person needs 10 play dollars. responses or solutions, and provides Options to be voted on are each think time. Students take turns stating written on separate cards or slips of responses or solution. paper. Alternative option cards are 10. Showdown laid out on team tables. Students put When the Showdown Captain a dollar on each alternative. Students calls, “Showdown!” teammates all spend remaining dollars any way they display their own answer. Teammates want. Teams count the results to the either celebrate or tutor and then team decision. celebrate. Setup: Teams each have a set of question card stacked face 12. Stand Up- Hand Up- Pair Up down in the center of the table. The teacher selects Students stand up, put their one hand up, and quickly find a partner student on each team to be the with whom to share or discuss. Showdown Captain for the first round. Teacher says, when I say go, The Showdown Caption draws the you will “stand up, hand up, and pair top card, reads the question, and up!” Teacher pauses, then says,”Go!” provides think time. Working alone, all Student stand up and keep one hand OKARA: Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra, Vol. 11, No. 2, November 2017 268 high in the air until they find the closest partner who’s not 15. Tea Party a It puts student speak up by teammate.students do a “high five” forming them into two centeric outside and put their hands down. Teacher and inside circles or line students up may ask a question or give an in two lines facing each other, they assignment, and provides think time. speak up for a minute. Then the outside line move on to new partners 13. Talking Chips in the inside line by having one line Teammates talking move to the right and discuss their chips in the center of the table to ideas with their new partner of inside make sure everyone contribute to the line. This activity can also be done in team discussion Setup: teams have concentric circles, where the outside talking chips (maximum two chips circle moves to the right and inside each other). circle move opposite to get new The place teacher provides a partner both of circles sharing their discussion topic and provides think time. Any student begins ideas toward the topic. the discussion, placing one of his/her C. Tea Party Technique chips in the center of the table. Any student with a chip 1. Definition of Tea Party continues Tea Party is one of discussion, using his/her chip. When cooperative techniques that the all chips are used, teammates each teacher can be used in speaking collect their chips and continue the skill to motivate students in speaking discussion using their talking chips. English. It places student into two circles namely outside and inside 14. Timed Pair Share circles that the students face each In pairs, students share with a other, then the outside circle move partner for a predetermined time on to the right postion finding new while the partner listens. Then partner partner in the inside circle to share swith roles. their ideas about topics given by the The teacher announces a teacher. In addition, this teachnique topic, states how long each student places the students from two will share, and provides think time. In concentric circle or two lines facing pairs, then Partner A shares Partner each other. You ask a question ( on B lintens. Partner B responds with a any content) and students discuss positive gambit. Partners switch roles. the answer with the student facing them. After one minute, the outside circle or one line moves to the right OKARA: Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra, Vol. 11, No. 2, November 2017 269 so that students have new partners. new partner in the line by having Then pose a second question for one line move to the right. This them to discuss. Continue with five activity or more questions. For a little concentric circles, where one circle variation, moves to the right when it is time to student can write through this “Tea 2. Steps technique. in suitable of Implementing Tea There are some steps of Tea be concluded that tea party is a is done Party Technique From those definitions, it can that be Party” 5 technique also get new partners.6 questions on cards to review for a test can Party technique that the teacher with classroom speaking performance. implements in the classroom. Since, it forms students into two a. Teacher forms the students into centeric circles or two lines that face two circles, namely inside and each other, then the teacher gives a outside circle, the inside face out question or a topic, the student and the outside face in, or they discuss are formed into two lines that their answer or ideas face each other. concerning to the question or the b. Teacher topic given with the students facing asks question or presents a topic. them. After one minute, the outside circle or one line moves to the right c. Students discuss the answer or side so that students have new share their idea with their partner partners. Then the teacher pose a facing them in the circle. This can second question or topic for them to be done freely or can be directed discuss. Continue with five or move by the teacher. For instance: can “People in the outside circle, you engage students to speak up as well have one minute to explain your as keep the students brave to share answer or your idea about the their lines topic. If you are in the inside, you students up in two lines facing each may ask questions but not share questions. idea. This technique Moreover, it your own ideas.” other. Pose a question to the class, and have students facing each other d. After one minute, the outside in the lines discuss the question circle or one line moves to the ortopic for a minute or two. Then right so that students have new move on to another question and partners. 5 6 Cristina Niculescu, An Overview of Cooperative Learning Strategies and Categories (Romania Partnership Lab, 2011), page 3 http://schsinstructionalcoach.weebly.com/co operative-learning.html. Acessed on 2 January 2017 OKARA: Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra, Vol. 11, No. 2, November 2017 270 e. Teacher poses a second 4. The question or new topic to discuss Disadvantages of Tea Party Technique or share each other between the Beside partners in the circle. this technique provides advantages, there are f. These activities repeated until several disadvantages four or more questions. The circle implementing this technique as rotates to the right and share well, those are as follow: their idea or their answer based a. Need on the topic posed. much more time implementing this technique. b. The students still get difficulty to 3. The Advantages of Tea Party speak Technique thoroughly because they do not master There are advantages technique English of in Tea the some some vocabularies as well as Party they cannot catch the idea of the classroom topic given. speaking activity, they are as c. The class may be noisy. follow: d. The teacher have to make the a. Tea Party is a suitable technique that can promote students understand the steps of student’s tea party activity, and it will make speaking skill. the teacher uneasy. b. Student have an opportunity to e. The student have to listen to, move and to talk with many answer, peers. organized way, so that it can c. Unlike with the other techniques share and move in make students confused. which form students in pairs to speak up, the pairing students in D. Teaching this technique are determined by Speaking Using Tea Party Technique the movement of the circles or One of some techniques in lines. cooperative learning is tea party. In d. This structure is particularly good tea party7, the students form two for sharing, review, or closure. concentric circles or two lines facing e. As well as, the structure of this eachother. The teacher asks a technique can encourage the question (on any content) and the students to students discuss the answer with their be more active, interactive, and more brave to partners. After one minute, the speak up. outside circle or one line moves to the right so that students have new 7 Colorado (2007), OKARA: Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra, Vol. 11, No. 2, November 2017 271 partners. Then the teacher poses a may be preferable when students Second question for them to discuss, might efek anxious or left out or when and it is continued with five or more free movement may be too chaotic. questions. For a little variation, cards This structure is particularly good for can be used in this technique.The tea sharing, review, or closure. Then, for party interpersonal technique heterogeneous refers and small group because learning skills, it can be used for students spend the majority of their sharing ideas, careful listening, asing time to sit and work together in clarifying groups consisting of students who paraphrasing, and moving in an have different levels of ability. Mixed organized way. In this technique, team name students form two circles, the inside heterogeneous team. Tea party itself circle faces out and the outside circle applies team faces in. (If the classroom lacks floor because student„s partner will always space, two smaller concentric circles change. will work.) In mad hatter's tea party, is group to another the way to heterogeneous Tea party technique includes and probing questions, students face each other in two lines. 8 intensive interaction . With intensive The teacher asks the question or interaction, from time to time students presents a discussion topic. Students move away from the direct imitation talk with their partners. This can be and start to suggest linked variations done freely or can be directed by the and contributions, while staying within teacher. For example, in inside and the shape of the exchange. Students outside circle, people in the outside do this by suggesting more of their circle have one minute to explain Owen ideas, based on what the child his/her position. If they are in the is doing, but within the tea party game inside, they may ask questions but (e.g., echoes, similar sounds) and not share their own ideas. Students following the shape of the child„s move to new partners, and it is easier game (e.g., pauses and repetitions). for the outer circle to rotate. In mad Inside-outside circle is almost hatter's tea party, either one line shifts 9 the same as Mac hatter's tea party . or both lines shift but in opposite In inside-outside circle, students have directions. When students move to a an opportunity to move andtalk with new their partners. Unlike mix-freeze-pair, paraphrase what their old partner said partners before beginning a new discussion. are determined by the movement of the circles or lines. This partner, they might first From the definitions of tea party technique above, it can be 8 9 concluded that tea party is one of Barber (2007) Kagan (1992) OKARA: Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra, Vol. 11, No. 2, November 2017 272 some techniques cooperative 1. Teacher forms the students into learning in which students work and two circles, namely inside and learn heterogeneous outside circle, the inside face out group to answer questions with their and outside face in, or they are partners facing them. formed into two lines that face together in in The teacher can use the each other. technique by giving explanation about 2. Teacher asks question or presents the material that the teacher will be a topic. taught. The teacher gives instruction 3. Students discuss the answer or to the students to make two circles share their idea with their partner namely inside and outside circle. The facing them in the circle. This can teaacher be done freely or can be directed explained about the technique that the teacher will be by the teacher. used in the teaching and learning “People in the outside circle, you process. In the have one minute to explain your teacher gives to the answer or your idea about the gets the topic. If you are in the inside, you students to make two circles namely may ask questions but not share inner and outer circles that face each your own ideas.” students, this the technique, instruction teacher For instance: other, the teacher gives a question or 4. After one minute, the outside circle topic, the teacher gets the students in or one line moves to the right so outer circle moves to the rights, the that students have new partners. students form partner between inner 5. Teacher poses a second question and outer circles, the teacher asked or new topic to discuss or share the partner to share and discuss the each other between the partners in topic each 10 other . The teacher the circle. posses Second question or new topic 6. These activities repeated until four to be discussed and share each other or more questions. The circle between partners in the circles, the rotates to the right and share their teacher repeats the activities until four idea or their answer based on the or more questions. There are some topic posed. steps of Tea Party technique that the teacher uses in the classroom, they The using of Tea Party technique ari: in teaching speaking skill can be called success and run effectivelv if the 10 Lee Ann Srogi Ana Linda Baloche, Using Cooperative Learning to Teach Mineralogy (and other Course too), Pensilvania: Department of childhood Study and reading students do it well. The benefit of this technique is the students have an opportunity to move and to talk with OKARA: Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra, Vol. 11, No. 2, November 2017 273 many peers.17 But, sometimes there outer circle moves to the right, the were some problems faced by the students form partner between outer and teacher and the students in the process inner circles, the teacher asked the of teaching and learning speaking skill. partners to discuss the topic each other. In the use of Tea Party Technique in In post teaching, the activities conducted teaching speaking skill, the teacher uses arc: the teacher concluded the material three steps, they are: pre-teaching, had been taught, reflected and assessed whilst-teaching, and post-teaching. So, it the activities conducted, gave feedback, makes the teacher will teach easily. Tea then closed the class by saying Salam. Party Technique is used in teaching Actually, In the process of teaching, the learning process of English in Speaking teacher subject. Tea Party Technique make the Therefore, the technique makes the students intertest do speak English up students are more active and more and more active in the classroom cooperative in teaching and learning activities. This technique can motivate process. uses the technique well. the students in the teaching and learning process. References Barber, M. Intensive Interaction: Imitation, Interaction, and Dialogue Using Intensive Interaction: Tea Party Rules, 2007. Online at http://drmarkbarber.co.uk/imitatio nteaparty.pdf [accesses 09/01/2017] E. Conclusion There are three steps of the use of Tea Party technique. The steps are: pre teaching, whilst teaching, and post teaching. In pre teaching, the activities are: the teacher prepared lesson plan in teaching speaking by using Tea Party Brown, Douglas. Principles of Language Learning and Teaching. 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