USING YOUTUBE VIDEOS TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILLS OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT : A CASE OF THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP N 22 SEMARANG IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2018/2019

Syiva Aliva. 15420056. 2019. “Using YouTube Videos to Improve Students’
Writing Skills of Descriptive Text (A Case of the Seventh Grade
Students’ of SMP Negeri 22 SEMARANG in the Academic Year
2018/2019)”. Final project English Education Study Program, Faculty
of Language and Arts Education, University of PGRI Semarang.
Advisor I: Dr. Ngasbun Egar, S.Pd., M.Pd., Advisor II: Dr. Jafar Sodiq,
S.Pd., M.Pd.
This research aims 1) to find out the writing skills in descriptive text of the
seventh grade students of SMP N 22 Semarang taught using YouTube Videos. 2)
to find out the writing skills in descriptive text of the seventh grade students SMP
N 22 Semarang taught without using YouTube Videos. 3) to find out whether or
not there is a significant differences of writing skills in descriptive text of the
seventh grade students of SMP N 22 Semarang taught by using YouTube Videos
and without using YouTube Videos. The writer conducted the research from 26
April - 9 May 2019 in seventh grade students‟ of SMP N 22 Semarang. There
were two class chosen as the sample of this research, they were VII C as the
control group who are taught without using YouTube Videos and VII F as the
experiment class who are taught using YouTube Videos. Each class consists of 32
students. The method of this research was quasi experimental design.The
instrument of the research was test, consisting of pre-test and post-test. The test
was an essay test. The writer gave pre-test, treatment and post-test to the students.
The mean of post-test in the control group was 75.43 which is “adequate”
category, while the mean of post test in the experiment group was 82.4 which is
“good” category. The techniques for data analysis were finding out the mean of
pre-test and the mean of post-test by using t-test. The result of calculating the data
of significant was 5% with df was 62, table = 1.998 it was obtained table value =
4.12. So, the hypothesis t-test score was higher than t-table 4.12 > 1.998. It means
that t-test was accepted. Based on the result of calculation above, it could be seen
that the significant difference between the students who were taught using
YouTube Videos and those who were not. The positive hypothesis (Ha) was
accepted. Therefore, it could be conclude that students who were taught by using
YouTube Videos were better than the students who were taught without using
YouTube Videos. As suggestion, teacher should use method that can be
motivation and make the teaching learning process more interesting for students
to write a descriptive text. Using YouTube Videos the students can learn and
practice anytime and anywhere. Students should be more active in learning
process, especially in learning descriptive texts.
Keywords: Writing, Descriptive Text, Media, YouTube.