THE USE OF VIDEO IN TEACHING WRITING OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT FOR THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS AT SMA NEGERI 1 STABAT

Abstract

The aim of this study was to describe the use of video and analyze the reasons of
using video in teaching and learning process especially in writing descriptive text
for tenth grade students at SMA Negeri 1 Stabat. This study was qualitatively
conducted that taken two english teachers of SMA Negeri 1 Stabat. The data were
collected by using recording, depth interview and observing the whole processes
of teaching writing descriptive text. The findings of this study showed that the
teacher 1 only used four ways from seven ways while the teacher 2 only used
three ways from seven ways. The researcher used Berk theory in analyzing the
teachers’ ways in using video in teaching descriptive text. There were reasons of
using video in teaching and learning process that had gotten from teachers’
interview. Then based on the data, the reasons dominantly were see and also hear
the language in use, be more active, creative, attractive, motivated, enjoyable, and
the important things by the video the student could master the material in good
enough. The findings of this study revealed that video contributed to the study of
foreign language teaching especially teaching writing.