The Use Of Youtube Short Movie Animation In Teaching Vocabulary To 10th Grade Students Of SMAN 1 Bandar

Abstract

The English language is a global language that every individual should be able to speak this language. One of the ways to understand English is by mastering vocabulary in the school level. However, many students still assume English is a complicated language to learn. Therefore, many students have a lower ability to master vocabulary. To increase students’ vocabulary mastery, it is required to add new methods or teaching media for the students to attract their interest in learning the English language especially to improve students’ vocabulary mastery. This research purpose is to find out the efficiency of the use of YouTube for teaching vocabulary in high school level of tenth grader. The objectives of this research are: 1) to find out the students’ vocabulary mastery in narrative text taught without YouTube animation video, 2) to investigate the students’ vocabulary mastery in narrative text taught using YouTube animation video, 3) to examine any significant differences between the students’ vocabulary mastery in narrative text and the use of YouTube animation video, 4) to determine students’ opinions toward the learning treatment using YouTube animation Videos. This research used mixed method research. The data collection method used pre-test, post-test, interview, and questionnaire. The data collection was analyzed with SPSS 22 descriptive statistics to measure the mean of the data. Wilcoxon test also used to calculate the difference of pre-test and post-test in each of the class, and Mann-Whitney test used to measure the significance difference. The result shows the experimental class got higher score in post-test.