ENHANCING STUDENTS' SPEAKING PERFORMANCE BY USING YOUTUBE VIDEO
The objectives of this research are (1) to identify whether or not and to what extent YouTube video enhance students' speaking performance, and (2) to analyze the situation when YouTube video is implemented in the speaking class. The Classroom Action Research which was carried out at Muhammadiyah University of Metro for the Third Semester in the academic year of 2015/2016. In collecting the data, she used interviews, observations, questionnaires, diaries, documents, and tests. The data were analyzed through Constant Comparative Method and descriptive statistics. The research findings showed that YouTube can enhance students' speaking skill. The improvement in students' speaking skill includes: 1) Students had right intonation and stress in pronouncing sentences. 2) Students used accurate structure in grammatical accuracy. 3) Students used effective and appropriate word choice. 4) Students were able to keep the conversation going without hesitation, or inappropriate pause, or repeating words. 5) Students were well organized and clear ideas in interactive communication. The final result of the tests showed that their score were improving in the mean score; from 60 (pre test) to 70 (test in cycle 1) 78 (test in cycle 2) and 80 (in cycle 3) Related to the strengths of YouTube video, includes: a) the class situation more life and fun; b) there were interaction between student student and lecturer student; c) the students more active and enjoy the lesson; d) students' confidence increase, they not shy again when perform forward in the class; e) students' speaking proficiency improved.