The Effectiveness of Using YouTube Media to Improve English Integrated Listening and Speaking Skills at 7th Grade Students’

This research examines the effectiveness of using YouTube videos to improve integrated English listening and speaking skills among grade 7 students at SMP Negeri 5 Salatiga in the academic year 2024/2025. This study addresses two research problems: (1) The profile of students’ before and after using YouTube videos to improve English integrated listening and speaking skills (2) The effectiveness of using YouTube videos to improve English integrated listening and speaking skills.The design of this study was pre-experimental. Pre-test and post-test results from 30students were collected, and statistical techniques, such as paired sample t-test, were used for analysis. The post-test mean score (82.43) was greater than the pre-test mean score (70.53), according to the data. Furthermore, a significant difference between students' learning outcomes before and after the treatment was indicated by a significance value of 0.000 (p < 0.05). These results imply that by offering visual and aural stimuli, increasing engagement, and demonstrating real-world language use, YouTube videos can significantly improve students' speaking and listening skills.