https://jurnal.unigal.ac.id/index.php/jeep P-ISSN: 2460-4046 E-ISSN: 2830-0327 Journal of English Education Program (JEEP), Vol. 10 No. 1, January 2023 43 THE USE OF VIDEO AS AN AUTHENTIC MATERIALS IN IMPROVING STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILLS OF RECOUNT TEXT Dita Anisa Pratiwi English Education Program, FKIP, Galuh University, Ciamis, Indonesia Email: ditaanisa@gmail.com Dedeh Rohayati Email: dedehrohayati2017@gmail.com English Education Program, FKIP, Galuh University, Ciamis, Indonesia APA Citation: Pratiwi, D. & Rohayati, D. (2023). The use of video as an authentic materials in improving students’ writing skills of recount text. Journal of English Education Program (JEEP), 10(1), 45-50. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.25157/(jeep).v10i1.9683 Received: 15-12-2021 Accepted: 1-6-2022 Published: 31-1-2023 Abstract: This research was purposed to measure the significant difference on the use of video as an authentic material to improve students’ writing skills and investigate the use of video as authentic material in students’ writing skills on recount text. The present study applied cluster random sampling technique that implemented a mixed-method with the type of true-experimental design. A series of pretest-posttest for the quantitative data and interview for the qualitative data were utilized. The sample of the present study employed 30 students as the experimental and control group. The documentation of students’ tests was used to extract the data. The result showed that there was significant difference in students’ writing skills before and after being taught by means of video as an authentic material. Meanwhile, the interview showed that students with high, middle and low achiever gave positive responses about using video as an authentic material in improving writing recount text. The study concluded that the use of video as an authentic material has contributed a good impact to students’ writing recount text with high, middle and low achiever, although it did not give significant impact in students’ learning outcomes particularly in writing recount text. Keywords: Authentic materials; Recount text; Video;Writing skill. INTRODUCTION Writing is one of language skills that must be taught for every level. This skill must be practiced intensively since it has lots of benefits for our life particularly for students. They can make writing as a habit. Writing practiced during spoken communication cannot be done in a particular situation. Harmer (2007) states that writing has always been included into the syllabus in the teaching English. It means that writing was a necessary skill to be taught to junior high school students elsewhere. Therefore, they can express their mind through writing, deliver their opinion about something, or just tell the readers what they have passed through. It means that