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MAHARANI ABUBAKAR
F041201123
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF CULTURAL SCIENCES
HASANUDDIN UNIVERSITY
MAKASSAR, INDONESIA
2024
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS............................................................................................ 2
CHAPTER 1.............................................................................................................. 3
INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................... 3
1.1 Background .................................................................................................. 3
1.2 Identification of the Problem........................................................................5
1.3 Scope of the problem....................................................................................5
1.4 Research Questions......................................................................................5
1.5 Objectives of the Study................................................................................5
1.6 Significance of the Study.............................................................................5
CHAPTER II.............................................................................................................. 6
LITERATURE REVIEW............................................................................................ 6
2.1 Previous Studies...........................................................................................6
2.2 Theoretical Framework.................................................................................7
1.2.1 Social Media......................................................................................... 7
1.2.2 YouTube............................................................................................... 7
1.2.3 Writing.................................................................................................. 7
1.2.4 Descriptive Text...................................................................................8
2.2.4 Difficulties in Writing descriptive text................................................8
CHAPTER III............................................................................................................. 9
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.................................................................................9
3.1 Research design............................................................................................9
3.2 Source of the Data.........................................................................................9
3.3 Location of the Research.............................................................................9
3.4 Population and Samples...............................................................................9
3.6 Methods of Analyzing Data........................................................................11
Bibliography.......................................................................................................... 16
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
"Social media refer to the ways in which individuals communicate with one
other through the creation, sharing, trading, and commenting of material in online
communities and networks," (Ahlqvist, 2008) . "Web-based and mobile technologies
are used by social media to build highly interactive platforms that allow people to
share, co-create, discuss, and edit content created by users” (Wolf et al., 2018) . It
significantly and profoundly alters communication for communities, corporations,
and individuals.
The author chose YouTube as the subject since it is a social media platform
with which many groups, including SMP 47 Makassar students, are familiar. In
addition to video sharing, YouTube features may instruct pupils. For this reason,
people in our period liked to use it as an associate. Undoubtedly, many kids these
days need to be more active readers. As a result, YouTube may serve as a
substitute for traditional classroom materials since it allows students to watch
videos with audio, saving them the trouble of reading. Meanwhile, YouTube videos
with text typically use motion to keep viewers from getting bored. YouTube may be
a fantastic teaching resource that adds excitement and insight to learning
(Hussaeni et al., 2020)
.
1. Academic Significance: The result of this study may help students learn
more about English through video, especially in writing descriptive text.
2. Practical Significance: This study's findings should be helpful to other
researchers examining the relationship between different types of social
media and students' English writing skills.
CHAPTER II
LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Previous Studies
After reading various issues related to this research, the writer decided that
researching learning through social media is an appealing and engaging topic.
Several studies that are relevant to this study come from
(Asafo-Adjei et al., 2023; Olasina, 2017)
(Asafo-Adjei et al., 2023) In what ways might social media help students write
better in English? They studied how students' social media usage affected their
academic performance, especially when it came to writing in English. The findings
of observations made during one semester of the school year 2021–2022 allowed
them to conduct this investigation. Scholars have examined several topics,
including students' social media platforms and the connection between social media
addiction and English writing proficiency. Even though the topic is getting a lot of
attention, there aren't many studies specifically looking at the relationship between
social media and senior high school (SHS) students in Ghana's ability to write in
English.
The differences between the author only focuses on one social media platform,
YouTube, while (Asafo-Adjei et al., 2023) using the term social media which can
include several platforms in improving students writing ability. In addition, there are
also difference in object of the research (Olasina, 2017) using the term academic
writing where it has a wide range while the author uses descriptive text as the
object of research.
2.2 Theoretical Framework
1.2.1 Social Media
"Social media employ mobile and web-based technologies to create highly
interactive platforms through which individuals and communities share, co-create,
discuss, and modify user-generated content," (Wolf et al., 2018) . It significantly and
profoundly alters communication for communities, corporations, and individuals.
Another definition of social media given by (Kaplan, 2016) is a group of web-based
applications that expand upon Web 2.0 concepts and enable creating and
distributing user-generated content. Among the numerous advantages of social
media are the freedom to connect online, stay informed about world events, and
build friendships.
Globally, the use of social media has been rising quickly because it offers both
interactive and multimedia-based teaching resources, including games and movies,
which are far more engaging than conventional pedagogical techniques, as well as
entertainment (AL-Dossary et al., 2022) .
1.2.2 YouTube
We may express ourselves, reach our potential, and engage with other users or
the public on YouTube. Because we are all connected and communication plays a
significant role in our lives as humans, we can't exist without them. YouTube is an
app that facilitates the sharing of videos on social media. Users can upload
instructional films in order to share entertaining ones. YouTube mobile social
networking and video-sharing app users may post videos publicly or privately on
YouTube and through several other social networking sites and apps, including
Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. On February 14, 2005, Steve Chen,
Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim registered YouTube.
1.2.3 Writing
Writing assessments may be used both within and outside the classroom for
several goals, such as certifying competency, assessing programs, putting students
in appropriate courses, assisting with their learning, and assigning a grade.
According to (Asiah et al., 2020) students may convey their feelings, knowledge,
and ideas via writing; therefore, developing their writing abilities is essential.
Many students still need help to write a book that will tie together.
(Ismayanti & Kholiq, 2020)
students may have various writing difficulties and problems at
different stages of their education. (Novita, 2017) reports that throughout her
research, the students indicated they had trouble producing descriptive texts: first,
general structure; second, grammar; and third, spelling.
CHAPTER III
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research design
The author employed descriptive quantitative research techniques to carry out
this study. In this study, the writer's information was needed in the form of a score
while producing descriptive text, and a description was created to indicate the score
in order to address the study's research questions.
Quantitative research, in contrast to qualitative research, deals with numerical
data that can be converted into numbers (Sheard, 2018) .
Pre-Experimental Design
This design uses a typical experimental research design but does not use a
control group. Pre-experimental designs include the One Shot Case Study, the One
Group Pretest-Post test, and the Static Group Comparison.
1. Pretest
The author offered the students a pretest in order to collect the data. Students
were required to creating descriptive texts for this pretest. To obtain the necessary
data, a research instrument must first be created consisting of:
2. Treatments
As part of the treatment, students were instructed to follow and watch several
videos on the YouTube educational about descriptive text.
3. Post-test
After the students were given the treatment of watching YouTube videos
containing lessons on descriptive text. The author gives a post-test which is to
make descriptive text based on the treatment that has been given. To obtain the
necessary data, a research instrument must first be created consisting of:
2. Questionnaire
No Question
1. In your opinion, does the use of YouTube videos affect student learning
outcomes in writing descriptive text?
2. Do you think YouTube content will affect students' writing skills, such as
Descriptive text,Narrative text,Recount text,Procedure text, and Report
3. text?
In your opinion, imitating someone exactly as shown on YouTube will affect
students' writing skills such as grammar , accuracy in writing?
4. In your opinion, doing regular learning activities through YouTube videos
will help you in assessing learning outcomes
5. An activities such as watching material on youtube, watchingcarefully to
videos, taking notes on new vocabulary, practicing a few sentences, do you
think the above activities will help you improve your writing skills?
6. In your opinion, does learning through YouTube videos worsen your
learning outcomes in writing classes?
7. In your opinion, does studying through YouTube not help in improving your
8. Iwriting skills?
feel bored and disconnected when studying through YouTube?
9. I need a long time to choose a suitable video to watch?
1. The writer coding the samples as S1, S2, S3.. to S30. These code were
made to keep the students' privacy.
2. The author conducted the test analysis by determining the descriptive text
writing assessment components with a scale for each assessment aspect
developed by looking at the assessment model in the ESL (English as a
Second Language) program (modified from Nurgiyantoro, 2013: 441). The
author changed vocabulary and language use, which the researcher
replaced with grammar and language style aspects. In this scoring section,
the researcher also modified it so that it was no longer a score range.
Modification was done to avoid subjectivity in the assessment.
Tabel 3: Assessment Guidelines for Writing Descriptive Text
3. To calculating the students' score, the writer used the following formula:
Score = Students correct answer x 100
Number of question
4. After scoring the students' pretest and post-test, the author then classified
the student's score into the following classification:
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