THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VIDEO MEETING AS THE ONLINE LEARNING MEDIA TO INCREASE SPEAKING ABILITY OF 8TH GRADERS AT SMP N 3 BOJONEGORO

In the case of the COVID-19 pandemic, online learning has become an education new program to replace face-to-face learning at school. Thus, online learning activities between teacher and student can be conducted through video meeting as a teaching media without the need for in-person encounters. However, in its implementation, in English subject students have difficulty expressing and understanding the material on how to speak properly with the obstacle of not being able to meet face-to-face. In that case, this study aims to examine the effectiveness of video meeting as teaching media to increase students’ speaking ability.
This study used a quantitative approach with pre-experimental one group pre-test post-test design. The population of this study is 8th grades students of SMP N 3 Bojonegoro. The number of samples was 32 students from the 8-B class. The technique used to obtain data in this study is a pre-test and post-test with the instrument was a speaking test: a dialogue test. The data were collected by students’ assessment scores in pre-test post-test, and statistical measurement using the statistical analysis program Software Statistical Package for The Social Sciences (SPSS) 16 For Windows Data. Furthermore, the data analyzed used in this study are descriptive and inferential analysis.
Based on the research findings, it is shown that the students got better improvement in speaking when taught by video meeting on online learning. It was shown by the difference in the mean score of the pre-test 62.28 and post-test 66.66. Then, the data analysis using paired t-test with SPSS 16 showed that sig. p. value = 0.000 < α = 0.05 that indicates H0 rejected and Ha accepted. Hence, it can be concluded that there is effectiveness in students' speaking ability by using video meeting as the online learning media, especially for the 8th graders.