YOUTUBE VIDEO AS A MEDIA IN TEACHING NARRATIVE WRITING

Mulyanti, Ayu Febri (2018) YOUTUBE VIDEO AS A MEDIA IN TEACHING NARRATIVE WRITING. Jurnal Pendidikan Edutama, - (-). -. ISSN P-ISSN: 2339-2258 E-ISSN: 2548-821X (Submitted)

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Abstract

Abstrack Writing is an important skill for learners of English as a foreign language. It is important to be mastered in order to ensure success. Writing is one of the four skills that should be taught to English learners. However, writing becomes the most difficult skill for the student. So, from analyzing the whole problems and also the causes, the writer try to find the solution in this study. The use of YouTube video as the authentic material can trigger the students to study English easily. The objectives of this research were to find out whether or not using YouTube Video as a medium in teaching narrative text is more effective than textbook media.This study used a quasi-experimental method. The population in this reseach was the eighth-grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Cepu. The total number of population is 45 students. The samples were divided into two groups, i.e. experimental and control group. The experimental group consisted of 23 students, while the control group consisted of 22 students.The instrument used in this study was essay writing test. The data yielded from this test was analyzed by using t-test. Before the t-test was implemented, normality test and homogeneity test were employed. The result of t-test showed that tobs is 7.28 and ttable with α=5% is 2.017. Therefore, it is concluded that using YouTube video is more effective than textbook media in improving students’ writing skill. Key words: YouTube video, teaching writing, narrative writing, textbook.

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