TikTok As a Learning Medium for Learning Speaking During Pandemic COVID-19: Students' Perspective of UIN Prof. KH. Saifuddin Zuhri Purwokerto

Abstract

Speaking skill as one of skills in English competence is required clear interaction involved more than one person for getting the meaning what people say, as essential competence in language, speaking skill detected as the competence got worst impact caused by Pandemic, inside of the practice and development of, related on the students’ limitation while learning process. This situation required the utilization of appropriate online learning media, as one of supportive English speaking platform’s training. TikTok application, with the basic of online learning medium seen as one of familiar media most students used as source of entertainment and knowledge seen as the the supportive media. This study aimed to determine the utilization of TikTok application in learning English followed by students’ perspective in UIN Prof. KH. Saifuddin Zuhri Purwokerto. The methodology used involved qualitative design with descriptive approach, supported by interview on students' perspective and literature study as the data collection. The population taken from students of English Education 2020 at UIN Prof. KH. Saifuddin Zuhri Purwokerto. Furthermore, the researchers had known the result of research as various data from students’ perspective on the use of TikTok, both effective or not and the domination of response notably the reasons of.