THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING VIDEO PRESENTATION ON YOUTUBE TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ LISTENING ABILITY AT TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA MUHAMMADIYAH 4 MAKASSAR

Abstract

The aim of this research was find out whether or not the use of Video Presentation on Youtube as a medium effective to improve students’ ability in listening of the tenth grade students at (SMA Muhammadiyah 4 Makassar in the academic 2018/2019). This research used Pre-Experimental Research. The population of the research was the first grade students with the sample of this research was students from class X A and it used Purposive Sampling technique. The researcher gave video presentation on YouTube with narrative and descriptive text to measure the students listening ability. All of the students were given pre-test before using video online on Youtube after they got the treatment, the researcher gave post test to the students.The result of this research showed that the students’ listening ability of the tenth grade students of SMA Muhammadiyah 4 Makassar in the academic year of 2018/2019 before taught by video online on YouTube was poor categorized. The mean score of pre-test was 38.43 and mean score of post test was 65. it means that the mean score of post-test was greater than the mean score of pre-test. Then the improvement of the students’ listening ability was 0,06%.Then the calculating the t-test value for students’ listening ability7.30 and t-table for students’ listening ability was 2.131. it means that the t-test was greater than t-table. The alternative hypothesis (H1) was accepted and the null hypothesis (H0) was rejected.Based on the research findings, it could be concluded that the use of video presentation on YouTube was effective to improve students’ listening ability in term of accuracy of answer at the tenth grade of SMA Muhammadiyah 4 Makassar.