JUMUTI’AH Pengarang Dra. Sitti Hadijah, M.Pd. Dosen Pembimbing 2 Dr. Bahrani, M.Pd. Dosen Pembimbing 1 Dra. Sitti Hadijah, M.Pd. Penguji 2 Rostanti Toba, M.Pd. Ketua Penguji Dr. Bahrani, M.Pd. Penguji 1

Jumuti’ah, 2022, “The Use of YouTube To Improve Students’ Speaking Ability At Eight Grade Of MTs. Negeri Malinau In Academic Year 2021/2022” Undergraduated Degree Thesis, English Education Department, Language Education Department, Teacher Training And Tarbiyah Faculty, State Islamic University Sultan Aji Muhammad Idris Samarinda. This research is under guidance of Dr. Bahrani, M.Pd as Advisor I and Dra, Sitti Hadijah, M.Pd as Advisor II. The background of this research is whether the use of YouTube can improve students'. Learning English by using YouTube video is an innovative learning system to developed and improving the English language. How to present learning materials provide material to students with a video on YouTube and they can materials understand easily. The subject of this research was VIII grade of MTs Negeri Malinau 2021/2022 academic year which consisted of 32 students. The objective of this research was to improve students’ speaking skill in English Lesson by using Action Learning strategy at Eight Grade of MTs Negeri Malinau in academic year 2021/2022. This type of research is Classroom Action Research (CAR). The research model used is the Spiral model from Kemmis and Taggart. The method of data collection was carried out and performance tests were in the form of speaking tests. Data collection instruments used were observation sheets and guidelines through students' speaking skills tests. This research was conducted in two cycles which each consists of planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. The data were gathered through quantitative. The result of this reserach showed that there was increasing of students in speaking skill. The mean of pre-test was 54. The mean of post-test 1 was 68. the mean of post-test 2 was 76. It indicated that the scores and the mean in second cycle were better than the first cycle. The percentage of students who got point >75 also grew up. In the pre-Test, the students who got point >75 up were 6 students (19%). In the post-test of cycle 1 students who got point >75 up were 15 students (47%). The post-test of cycle 2, students who got point >75 were 27 students (84%). In other words, the students’ ability in speaking improved and became well in the first meeting to the next meeting. In conclusion, YouTube has been success full in improving students’ speaking skills in English. Because YouTube can be an interesting and effective tool for teaching, one of which is a source of language instraction.