Afreliyanna, Dewi. 2023. “University Students’ Perceptions of using TikTok videos as media for English Learning”. A final project. English Education Study Program, Faculty of Languages and Communication Science, Sultan Agung Islamic University, Advisor: Nani Hidayati, S.Pd., M.Pd.
The aim of this study was to described the students’ perceptions of using TikTok videos as media for learning English. This study involved 30 students as the respondents of English Education Study Program 2019 Universitas Islam Sultan Agung Semarang. Descriptive quantitative method with questionnaire as the instrument used in this study. The result of this study indicated that the students gave more positive perception than negative perception. The positive perception covers strongly agree (21.3%), agree (36.6%), neutral (12.0%), disagree (0%), and strongly disagree (0%), rather than negative perception covers strongly agree (3.3%), agree (6.6%), neutral (21.3%), disagree (50.9%), and strongly disagree (17.6%). In an open-ended questionnaire 30 students gave positive and negative perceptions with the answered quite similar. The positive perception covers that the students enjoyed using TikTok to learn English anywhere and anytime, the application was fun and easy to use, the students found new vocabulary on TikTok app, the students were motivated to learn English. The negative perception covers that the students must have an internet quota or must have a good connection, the duration of video was sometimes too short, and no difficulties while using TikTok videos as a media for learning English. In conclusion, TikTok videos was useful in learning English, and gave a contribution to students for learning independently.
Keywords: Perception, Learning Media, TikTok