THE USE OF STORYTELLING VIDEO TO IMPROVE THE WRITING SKILL OF THE ELEVENTH-GRADE STUDENT’S AT SMAN 4 PALOPO ATHE USE OF STORYTELLING VIDEO TO IMPROVE THE WRITING SKILL OF THE ELEVENTH-GRADE STUDENT’S AT SMAN 4 PALOPO

This research was conducted to answer the problem formulation, namely is the use of storytelling video effective to improve students writing skill of the eleventh-grade students at SMAN 4 Palopo? The researcher used a preexperimental method. This research conducted in six meetings with different
topics. In the pre-test activity, the students’ were asked to work on the task of writing a narrative text. There were 20 students’ from class XI IPA 2 who completed the entire narrative writing task. The results of the students’ narrative
writing task were analyzed by considering five elements: content, organization,
vocabulary, grammar, and mechanics. In addition, data were also obtained through post-test activities by writing narrative text. The results of the two data are concluded to see the development of students’ narrative writing skills and their
impressions of the use of storytelling videos. Based on the results it can be seen that there is an increase in their narrative writing skills.This can be seen in the ability to develop main sentences, logical thinking, use of grammar, and
punctuation. The data from t he pre-test and post-test calculations also showed that the students had a good perception of the use of video storytelling in the classroom. They even suggested that the use of video storytelling can always be used in every class meeting so that they are more interested in learning English. Therefore, English teachers are expected to use this approach in the classroom.
Future researchers are expected to modify this study in more than one cycle to achieve improvement in more than five aspects of writing.

Keywords: Storytelling Video, Improve, Writing Skill