THE EFFECT OF USING YOUTUBE AS A MEDIA TOWARDS THE STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILLS

Abstract

This study aims to examine the effects of using YouTube as a learning medium on students' writing skills, particularly through the channel “Good English Channel” at SMP Negeri 10 Medan. This study used a quantitative descriptive method involving 32 students as samples. The lowest score achieved was 58, while the highest reached 91, reflecting the diversity of participants' abilities. The average student score was 78.66, indicating that the majority of the students had good writing skills. This finding shows the positive impact of using ‘Good English Channel’ YouTube media on students' writing skills. The high mean score as well as the stable distribution of scores indicate that most students benefited from this media. Of the 32 students studied, most, 65.63% (21 students), were in the ‘Good’ category with scores between 78 and 91. One student was in the ‘Very Good’ category with the highest score of 91, and nine students (28.13%) belonged to the ‘Medium’ category with scores between 63 to 75. Only one student was in the ‘Poor’ category with a score of 58. This variation in scores also provides an overall picture of the distribution of students' writing skills, with the majority being in the “Good” category. The results of this study show that YouTube can be an effective learning medium to improve students' English writing skills