The Use of English Youtube Video Channel "English Speaking Course" toward Students' Speaking Skill

Abstract

This study aims to improve students’ speaking skill through the use of video YouTube channel “English speaking course” as a media to provide to the teacher an effective way to gets the students speaking ability improved and developed. The objective of this research was to know if using video YouTube channel “English speaking course” is influence for teaching speaking at the second semester of eighth grade of MTs Hasanuddin Bandar Lampung in the academic year of 2022/2023.This research was conducted using a quasi-experimental design. The population in this research was the eighth grade of MTs Hasanuddin Bandar Lampung. The samples used were two classes for the experimental class and control class, 8.a and 8.b which consist of 26 students for each class. In collecting the data, the researcher used an instrument in the form of an oral test. After giving the pre-test and post-test, the researcher analyzed the normality and homogeneous distribution data using Microsoft Excel and SPSS to calculate the independent sample t-test. Based on the result obtained for the sig. (P-value) of the experimental class was 0.56 for Kolmogorov-Smirnov and 0.100 for Shapiro-Wilk. It can be concluded that the data from experimental and control class were normally distributed. Based on the data analysis calculated using SPSS, it was obtained that Sig. (2-tailed) of the equal variance was 0.000 and a = 0.05. H_a is accepted if Sig. ˂ a = 005 and H₀ is accepted if Sig ˃ a = 005. It means that, Sig 0.000 ˂ a = 0.05. So, H_a accepted. Based on these results, it can be concluded that using video YouTube as a media is influence for teaching speaking at the eighth grade of MTs Hasanuddin Bandar Lampung in the academic year of 2022/2023. The researcher suggests the teacher to this media in teaching speaking, because it would be effective for them.