THE USE OF YOUTUBE: SHORT CONVERSATION VIDEO TO TEACH SIMPLE PAST TENSE AT EIGHT GRADE STUDENTS OF SMPN 3 SINGOROJO IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2019/2020

Riyanti, Mira Fajar. 2019. The Use of YouTube: Short Conversation Video to
Teach Simple Past Tense At Eighth Grade Students of SMPN 3 Singorojo
in Academic Year 2019/2020. Final Project, English Study Program,
Faculty of Language and Arts Education, University of PGRI Semarang.
Advisor I: Dias Andris Susanto, S.Pd., M.Pd., Advisor II: Ajeng Setyorini,
S.S., M.Pd.
This final project is based on the study which focus on teaching simple
past tense with the help of conversation video. The main purpose of the study are
(1) to find out the students‟ ability in simple past tense before being taught using
short conversation video (2) to find out the students‟ ability in simple past tense
after being taught using short conversation video (3) to find out is there a
significant difference of students‟ ability in simple past tense or not before and
after being taught using conversation video. The writer used an experimental
research to conduct the quantitative research. It used pre-experimental one-group
pretest-posttest design in this research. In collecting the data, the writer used a
written test to know the students‟ ability in learning simple past tense. The tests
were pre-test and post-test. After doing the test, the writer calculated the data. The
result indicated that the mean score of pre-test was 53.04. Therefore, the students‟
ability in simple past tense before being taught using short conversation video was
low. After taught simple past tense using short conversation video, the writer gave
the post-test. The result of the mean score of post-test was 61.21. It was higher
than the mean score of pre-test. Then to find out the significant difference
between pre-test and post-test the writer used t-test. The result of t-test of t-
counted was 6.62. The value of t-test was 6.62> t-table 2.07. It means there was
significant difference between the students‟ achievement ability in simple past
tense before being taught using short conversation video and after being taught
using conversation video. In conclusion that conversation video can enhancing the
students‟ achievement in learning simple past tense. Finally, the writer would like
to recommend some suggestions. The teacher should get some benefits in teaching
simple past tense by using conversation video as media. In addition, the students‟
should give more attention to the learning process.Keywords: conversation video, teaching, using, simple past tense