THE USE OF TIKTOK APP IN ENHACING PAPUAN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ENGLISH SKILLS; A CASE FROM TIMIKA, PAPUA

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to find out whether Papuan Junior High School Students have utilized the TikTok app as a social media to enlarge their English Skills, namely writing, listening, and speaking. Besides that, the second aim of this study was to provide the advantages of the TikTok app in learning English. The obtained data were gained from two Junior High Schools, namely SMP N. 1 and SMP N. 3 Timika, Papua. This study employed a mixed method that consisted of quantitative and qualitative. Therefore, a questionnaire and an interview were employed to obtain the data. The questionnaire was distributed to 57 students and interviewed 4 of them. In analyzing the quantitative data, the researcher used SPSS 26.0 to measure the reliability, correlation, and mean and standard deviation scores. After that, the data was tabulated in the form of percentages to analyze them easily. Meanwhile, the qualitative data from the interview was analyzed to support the quantitative data. The findings showed that there was a high correlation between the TikTok app and the development of students’ skills. In addition, the findings showed that the participants have utilized the TikTok app to learn English. Consequently, their speaking, writing, and listening skills regularly developed.