MENGEKSPLORASI KETERAMPILAN SISWA KELAS TUJUH TERHADAP VIDEO YOUTUBE DALAM MENINGKATKAN KEMAMPUAN MENDENGAR DI SMP NEGERI 1 PARIGI

Dhea Mulyani A12116119. Exploring the Seventh Grade Students’ Exposure to YouTube Videos in Improving Listening Skill at SMP Negeri 1 Parigi, under the supervision of Mukrim.
This research aims to explore the seventh-grade students? exposure through YouTube Videos in improving listening skills at SMP Negeri 1 Parigi. The researcher used the cluster sampling technique in taking the sample from the population. It was 128 students. The total sample was class VII B consist of 34 students. The researcher applied quantitative descriptive research. The researcher used a questionnaire to collect the data by using the Goggle form. The formula was adopted of hatch and faraday. The result showed that most of the students have high exposure to using YouTube videos. They used YouTube videos in learning listening skills. The students choose some interesting channels to access good videos for improving their listening comprehension. There are some videos that the students prefer to watch such as English with Lucy, Kampung Inggris Lc- Language Center, Harry Potter for the movie, and English song. YouTube video improves the students? listening skills because they have much vocabulary from the music they heard, movies they watch, and video explanations from English with Lucy. If they read some English words, they know how to pronounce the words that are familiar to them since they listen the word from videos on YouTube. The students get interested, enjoy and get a motivation to learn English.
Keywords: Exploring, Exposure, YouTube Videos, Improving, Listening Skill.