THE EFFECT OF POWTOON ON STUDENTS' SPEAKING SKILL AT SMK WIDYA TANJUNGPINANG

Abstrak

This research is aimed to determine the effect of PowToon animation video on students’ speaking skill in narrative text at SMK Kesehatan Widya Tanjungpinang. This study used quasi-experimental. During this study, involves 40 students which divided into two classes. 20 students in class X Perawat as experimental class and was taught using PowToon animation video and 20 students in class X Farmasi as control class and was taught using picture series. The research instrument employed in this research was oral test. The researcher carried out a pre-test which was then implemented in both groups. Then, after the treatment the researcher gave a post-test to figure out the increase in the mean score. The pre- and post-test findings were evaluated using normality, homogeneity and paired sample t-test. From post-test results it was shown that the group taught using PowToon animation video includes a higher mean score where the mean score of experimental class in post-test was 83.40 and therefore the mean score of control class in post-test was 76.40. The students’ mean score of the experimental class was beyond than the control class. Supported the results of the t-test and therefore the differences between The mean score of the experimental class and the control class concludes that PowToon animation video has a major impact on the narrative text of SMK Kesehatan Widya Tanjungpinang students in the 10th grade.