USING SMARTPHONE VIDEO RECORDER AS A TOOL TO IMPROVE STUDENTS ENGLISH SPEAKING SKILL

Abstract

This research aimed at finding out whether or not using smartphone video recorder as a tool is effective to improve the students’ English speaking skill in term of accuracy (pronunciation) and fluency (smoothness). This research applied pre experimental research with one group pre and post-tests design. There were two variables: independent variable and dependent variable. Independent variable was smartphone video recorder and dependent variable was the students’ speaking skill. The populations of this research were the tenth grade students of SMAN 9 Makassar. The numbers of population were 396 students. The samples were 20 students that were chosen by using Purposive Sampling Technique. The result of this research showed that the t-test value of accuracy (pronunciation) (9.32) which was higher than the value of t-table (2.09) while the t-test value of fluency (smoothness) (8.17) which was higher than the value of t-table (2.09). It meant that there was significant difference between before and after giving the treatment. It indicated that the alternative hypothesis (H1) was accepted and the null hypothesis (H0) was rejected. It was concluded that using smartphone video recorder as a tool is effective to improve the students’ speaking skill on descriptive text in term of accuracy (pronunciation) and fluency (smoothness).