THE VOICE OF AMERICA (VoA) YOUTUBE VIDEOS IN TEACHING GRAMMAR IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Abstract

Grammar is the essential component of all use of language. Grammar has to be taught to the language learner to support the development of the four skills. However, many students find difficulties in mastering it because the students do not pay attention during the learning process. To overcome the problem, the teacher should use media to teach grammar. One of media is Voice of America (VOA) Learning English YouTube Channel. This is why the aim of this research was to find out whether students who are taught using VOA Learning English YouTube Channel get better grammar mastery than those who are not taught using VOA Learning English YouTube Channel. This research applied a quasy experimental design of quantitative research. The data were obtained using a pre-test and a post-test. The data of pre-test and post-test were analyzed by using t-test that is calculated by using SPSS. The number of the sample in this research was 62 students from eight grade students. The result of computation of t-test showed that t-value was bigger than t-table (9.640 > 2.000). therefore, Ho was rejected and Ha was accepted. It means that VOA Learning English YouTube Channel was effective for teaching grammar at SMPN 4 Ponorogo.