THE USE OF POWTOON BASED LEARNING MEDIA TO IMPROVE THE READING SKILL OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT MATERIAL

Abstract

The aim of this research is to find out whether or not the use of PowToon-based learning media improves students’ reading skills of Descriptive text material of seventh-grade students of SMP DDI Mattoanging. This research took place at SMPs DDI Mattoanging Bantaeng. The seventh-grade pupils from SMPs DDI Mattoanging Bantaeng made up the study's population. In this study, samples were chosen using a cluster random sampling approach. The pre-experimental design was employed by the researcher. Reading served as the research's instrument. comprehension test which is a pre-test and post-test. Based on the result of data analysis using SPSS, the researcher found that the use of Powtoon as based learning media in the reading skill of Descriptive text material improves because the post-test scores is higher than the pre-test (44.44 > 66.11) that the mean scores is significant. In conclusion, the use of Powtoon improves students' reading skills at SMPs DDI Mattoanging Bantaeng academic year 2022/2023.

Keywords— Powtoon, Descriptive text, Pre-experimental design, Reading skill