Abstract :
Snowball Throwing Technique is an interesting strategy which requires
students to think and discuss an issue from different points of view by using the
video. The objectives of this study were to find out whether or not (1) there was
any significant improvement in speaking skill of the elevent grade students before
and after treatment, (2) there was any significant difference in speaking skill
between the eleventh grade students who were taught by using YouTube Video
with Snowball Throwing Technique and those who were not, and (3) there was
any significant difference among good, average, and poor categories. The
population of this study consisted of 106 eleventh grade students of SMA
Muhammadiyah 6 Palembang. There were 40 students taken as sample. Each class
consisted of 20 students from class XI. IPA 1 as control group and XI. IPA 2 as
experimental group. The sample of this study was taken by using purposive
sampling method. In this study, the writer used quasi experimental design using
nonequivalent pretest and posttest design. The instrument used in collecting the
data was speaking test. The test was administered twice, as the pretest and posttest
for both control and experimental group. The result showed that first there was
significant improvement in speaking skill of the elevent grade students before and
after treatment. Second, there was significant difference in speaking skill between
the eleventh grade students who were taught by using YouTube Video with
Snowball Throwing Technique and those who were not. Last, there was any
significant difference among good, average, and poor categories.