The Use of Video to Improve Students' Writing of Procedural Text

This research is intended to investigate the effect of using video in teaching writing to the students of Junior High School (SMP) Negeri 9 Banda Aceh. The main purpose was to know whether the students who were taught by using video would get a better performance in their writing of Procedure text compared to those who were not. The population and sample of the study was the nineth year students of Junior High School Number 9 (SMP Negeri 9) Banda Aceh which consists of 49 students. The data of this research was collected by giving the pre-test and post-test in every meeting which includes five meetings and the questionnaire was used to know the students’ responses toward the use of video. The data was analyzed using a simple percentage formula. The result of the data analysis can be seen from the result of the pre test and post-test of both groups. The means score of the pre test of the control group was 38,89 while the pre test of the experimental group was 27, lower than the control group’s score. The mean of the post-test of the control group was 51,17 while the mean score of the experimental group reached 71,48. This means that the mean of the post test of the experimental group was much higher that the control group was. It is also proven that the t-test is 4.49 and the t-table for the degree of freedom 47 is 2,02. In this case, 4.49 > 2,02, so Ho should be rejected and Ha is accepted. It means that there is a significant difference in writing ability of the post-test between the experimental and the control group. It indicates that the EG students’ writing ability is higher than those of the CG due to the use of video in teaching writing. As the follow up for this research, it is suggested that English teachers should use videos in teaching, especially in teaching writing of procedure text.