THE USE OF TIKTOK EDUCATION: THE IMPACT ON STUDENT'S VOCABULARY ACQUISITION

Abstract

This study is based on the fact that a significant proportion of English education students have a limited vocabulary, and the increasing popularity of TikTok also influences it. This study aims to evaluate the extent to which the utilization of TikTok Education enhances students' English vocabulary acquisition. This study comprised 8 present students enrolled in the English Education Study Program at Universitas Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara. The study employed a pre-experimental design known as a one-group pretest-posttest design. Data was collected before and after the test, and descriptive statistics and the paired t-test were employed for analysis. A total of four meetings were conducted during this study. This includes a solitary pre-test meeting that takes place at the beginning of the overall meeting. During the second or third meeting, there will be two therapy sessions and a post-test meeting following the prior session. Each meeting will have an approximate duration of 60 minutes. The children's vocabulary scores showed a substantial improvement from the pre-test to the post-test, with an average rise of 84%. The statistical significance of this improvement was verified by a paired t-test, with a p-value of less than 0.001. Additionally, there was a favorable change in the distribution of students' scores, with the majority achieving scores in the "Good to average" range or above on the post-test. The findings indicate that TikTok Education has the potential to be a valuable resource for enhancing English vocabulary acquisition among university students. However, further investigation, including larger sample sizes and longer durations, is necessary to validate these results.