The Effect Of Youtube As Media For Enhancing Students' Speaking Ability AT SMAN 1 Kec.pangkalan Koto Baru West Sumatera

Youtube is one of media in the learning strategy that helps students improve their speaking skills in class. The teacher gives a YouTube video, and students understand the video shared by the teacher then, the students have a turn to speak. Based on the students problem in vocabulary, fluency, pronounciation and students feel bored with the learning media, the researcher find out there is significant effect of youtube as media for enhancing students speaking ability at SMAN 1 Kec. Pangkalan Koto baru, West Sumatera. In this research, the researcher used experimental research, the methodology being quantitative research. The sources of the data were the SMAN 1 Kec.Pangkalan Koto Baru. This research focused on speaking narrative text. The researchers applied Youtube Media in the experimental class. While in control class the researcher did not apply the media. The sample of this study was 26 students in the experimental class from X MIPA1 and 28 students in the control class from X MIPA2. The instrument of this research was speaking test while the speaking test used in pre-test and post-test. The data were analyzed by using SPSS 24.00 program. The researcher found that applying youtube as media is able to give significant changed towards speaking indicators are focused on the ability of students in vocabulary, grammar, fluency, comprehension, pronunciation. Hence, the mean score of students speaking ability in experimental class increased from 53.19 in pre-test became 79.81 in the post-test. The researcher got the t-calculated was 28.773, while the t-table based on df 25 was 2.060. Therefore, there was significant effect of Youtube as Media for enhancing students’ speaking ability at SMAN 1 kec. Pangkalan koto Baru West Sumatera