Non-English Department Students’ Use of Tiktok to learn English speaking skill: a survey study at UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya

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Taprikha, Elok (2022) Non-English Department Students’ Use of Tiktok to learn English speaking skill: a survey study at UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya.

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Abstract

Nowadays, not only students in the English Department are expected to converse in English. Students in departments other than English should also master English speaking skills as well. However, learning English speaking skill has become a public image for the college students especially for non-English department students who admit that speaking English is a difficult thing to learn. Recently, TikTok has been widely used as a learning medium to improve some English skills. Therefore, it can be said that the use of TikTok as a medium for learning English is a crucial issue. This study focused on the use of TikTok to learn English speaking skills. In detail, this research aimed to find out what kind of TikTok video content is used by non-English department students to learn English speaking skills. In addition, this research also aimed to find out the advantages for non-English department students at UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya in using TikTok to learn English speaking skills. This research employed a quantitative methodology and survey research design. The sample of this research were 52 non-English department students at the Faculty of Tarbiyah and the Teacher Training class of 2020 at UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya. This study's instruments was a questionnaire. The researcher used descriptive statistical analysis to examine the data from the respondents based on their questionnaire replies. The result showed that there are five kinds of TikTok video content used by non-English department students, namely Interest video, Talent video, Beauty videos, Knowledge videos, and Stories videos. In addition, based on the findings of this research, TikTok provides four advantages to non-English department students in learning English speaking skills. Among them is seeing language-in-use, cross-cultural awareness, the power of creation, and motivation.