IMPROVING STUDENTS' SPEAKING SKILL BY USING YOUTUBE AT THE FIRST GRADE OF MAN 2 BUKITTINGGI
ABSTRACT Netra Suarna, 2315014 “Improving students’ speaking skill by using YouTube at the first grade of MAN 2 Bukittinggi (Clasroom Action Research). This research was conduct in order to improve the students’ speaking skill at the first grade of MAN 2 Bukittinggi by using YouTube. Based on the preliminary research, the fact show that the student’s English skill was not really good enough especially on speaking skill. It can be show while teaching and learning process that the students feel afraid to speak in front of the class, the students speaking score was low, and mispronunciation while present or speaking in the class. The researcher used a classroom action research (CAR) which is conduct to overcome the student’s problem in teaching learning process. The classroom action research was done based on Suharsimi Arikunto design. For implementing the classroom action research, the researcher did two cycles in which each cycle consist of planning, auctioning, observing, and reflecting. The researcher used the qualitative and quantitative data. The qualitative data were gained by observation while teaching and learning processed. Then, the quantitative data were obtained from the students’ achievement or the students’ speaking skill from the first score of the students, achievement of the cycle 1, and achievement of the cycle 2. The research finding of this research indicated that implementing or using YouTube to improve the students’ speaking skill. Based on teaching learning process, the students more active and creative in the class. The students enjoyed learn by using YouTube as a teaching media. It is make the students interest and pay attention while learning process in the classroom. The class situation more crowded because students want to show their ideas in the class. Based on the KKM from the school 75, the pre test show that there are only four students or 14, 8% passed on the KKM. For the first achievement of the cycle 1 was nine or 33,3% of the students passed of KKM. Then, the achievement of the cycle 2 was twenty-two or 81,5% students have passed of KKM.