<![CDATA[Purpose, The purpose of this study is to determine whether or not the use of YouTube videos affects the improvement of non-English department students’ pronunciation skills. Design/methodology/approach, The research design used in this study was the pretest-posttest control group design. In collecting data, researchers used several instruments in this study, namely: tests and observations. The data obtained were analyzed using a hypothetical test using a t-test. A computer program called SPSS (statistical product and service solution) for Windows Release version 22, was used in the entire data computing process. Findings/result, The results showed that the use of YouTube videos positively affected students’ pronunciation skills. In other words, YouTube can be one of the influential English pronunciation learning media for non-English department students. Originality/value, This study offered recommendations for pronunciation class to use YouTube as an alternative effective learning media. YouTube is not only functioned as a source of entertainment, but it can also be used as a learning resource, especially in pronunciation learning in the Higher Education environment. Paper type, Research paper]]>
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