The Effect of Tik-Tok to Enhance Beginners’ Student Speaking Ability in Learning Mandarin

Abstract

Many scholars have applied social media to enhance students’ ability in language learning. However, little research is concerned on utilizing TikTok to teach Mandarin language, particularly speaking skills. This study aims to examine the use of TikTok as a Mandarin language learning medium to enhance beginner students’ speaking skills. This study used a one-group pretest-posttest design that involved 20 students at the Diploma IV English for Business and Professional Communication department, State Polytechnic of Padang, consisting of 16 females and 4 males. The data were obtained from speaking tests in Mandarin language before and after interventions. The data were analyzed quantitatively using the Wilcoxon test. The result shows that there was a significant improvement in students’ speaking skills after they were given intervention using TikTok medium. Thus, this finding is hoped that it can provide new insights for the development of language learning methods for beginner students