The Use of YouTube Video as Learning Media in Teaching Expressing Congratulation in a High School: Best Practice

Abstract

In the process of learning especially English learning, the use of media is so useful and needed to support the teaching-learning process. It can increase students’ motivation and make students more understand, also not must use the verbal teacher’s explanation, so those students are not bored during the learning process. This study aims to know how the use of YouTube videos as a learning media device can engage the students that be used in “Congratulation” material in 10th grade of high school. The data were gathered during the researcher did the school practice experience (PPL) for one month (July-August 2019) in a public senior high school in Yogyakarta city by using YouTube videos as brainstorming in the pre-teaching activity. Students are very interested, feel motivated, and more be braved to practice speaking skills, also the use of video media using YouTube engage students’ learning in the class.