Abstract :
The goal of the research was to know how can the speaking skill of tenth-grade students be improved by using YouTube, in SMA Gajah Mada Bandarlampung, in the academic year of 2020/2021. This is a classroom action research study (CAR)
with two meetings in each cycle. Planning, activity, observation, and reflection were all part of the study approach in each cycle to gather data, the researcher used
the students? speaking tests, observations, and documents. The test was conducted through a pre-test and post-test, furthermore, the research was carried out to see the
increase of the student's speaking abilities after using YouTube as a learning
medium.
Data revealed that 89.28 percent of students met the success criteria. Which are
80% of students have to pass the minimum score, 72. Vocabulary, comprehension,
pronunciation, grammar, task, and fluency were the aspects of speaking skills that
improved after the teaching and learning process. a result Students' speaking skills
improved using YouTube