Students' perception on video project as an English speaking assessment

In English class, students learn all English skills and one of them is speaking English skills. To assess students' English speaking skills, teachers can choose a method that is in accordance with the curriculum used in Indonesia, the 2013 curriculum. In this case, the teacher chooses to use video-project assignments to assess students' English speaking skills. However, students' perceptions on video projects as an English-speaking assessment need to be explored to effectively use the video project as an assessment of students' English speaking. To explore students' perceptions of the use of video projects as an assessment of students' speaking English, a questionnaire was distributed online to respondents in class 9th A MTs N 1 Mojokerto. This research method is qualitative. There is one research question in this study. This study explores students' grade 9th A perceptions of MTs N 1 Mojokerto on video projects as an English speaking assessment. Student responses are shown in the table and described by the author. The outcomes of the questionnaires and interviews showed that most respondents had a good perception on video projects as an assessment of their English speaking skills. They argue that the assessment of speaking English using video project assignments made them motivated and also increased students' self-confidence. Students feel that they can use technology such as cellphones with positive benefits. Students try their best to create the video so that they look good and get a good score.