The Influence of Using Folklore Animation Videos in YouTube on the Students' Writing Achievement at 9th grade in SMPN 48 Surabaya 2022/2023 School Year

This research aimed to find out the influence of using
YouTube videos on the students' writing achievement at the ninth grade students of SMPN 48 Surabaya. The problem was that students had difficulty writing because they had no idea how to construct the content and could not organize their thoughts clearly and coherently. The reason for choosing YouTube videos was because through watching videos, students may brainstorm and gain inspiration for writing. The method used was a pre-experimental design with one
group pre-test and post-test. The sample used in this research was 41 students. The instrument used was a subjective test. The test used was a written test. The data collection technique used was pre-test, treatment, and post-test. IBM SPSS Statistics ver. 20 was used to analyze the data that was collected. The study's results showed that the
mean score of pre-tests was 68.44 while the mean post-test was 86.61. Therefore, the mean score before and after given treatment was 18.171. In addition, the 2-tailed of P value was 0,000, which was lower than 0,05. In conclusion, Ho (null hypothesis), there was no significant influence of using YouTube videos on the students' writing achievement was rejected, and Ha (alternative hypothesis), there was
a significant positive influence of using YouTube videos on the students' writing achievement was accepted. The significance of 0.000 < 0.05 means that the average difference is different, so it can be said that the use of YouTube videos influenced students' writing achievement in narrative texts.