THE USE OF TIKTOK APPLICATION IN TEACHING WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT FOR THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMK YATPI GODONG IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2022-2023

Elsa Sonia Virgin 2022. THE USE OF TIKTOK APPLICATION IN TEACHING
WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT FOR THE TENTH GRADE
STUDENTS OF SMK YATPI GODONG IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR
2022-2023. Final Project, English Study Program, Faculty of
Language and Arts Education, University of PGRI Semarang. Advisor
I: Dra. Maria Y.W.L., M.Pd., Advisor II: Laily N.A., S.Pd., M.Hum.
Keywords: TikTok Application, Descriptive Text, SMK Yatpi Godong in the
Academic Year 2021-2022.
This study aims to discover the benefits of using the Tik-Tok application in
writing descriptive text. Then to find out if the Tik-Tok application helps the
student write and solve problems they find while writing. The purpose of this
survey is the result of a 10th-grade study at SMK Yatpi Godong. SMK Yatpi
Godong has 32 10th graders. In this case, researchers used a questionnaire that
consisted of open-form questions to collect survey data. In this study, qualitative
research was used, and the data was collected using words and photographs rather
than numbers. Researcher used open-form questions to get information from
students and then changed the survey results to percentages. Last, examining and
interpreting all the data. From the impact of the data analysis, 86,36% of the
students said that the TikTok application had advantages in learning the
descriptive text material. On the other hand, 13,64% of the students replied that
the TikTok application did not give them many benefits in their learning. 63,64%
of the students answered that they said the TikTok application helped them study
the descriptive text. While 36,36% of the students answered that the TikTok
application did not help in their studies. Last, 72,73% of the students had
problems writing descriptive text using the TikTok application. However, 27,27%
of them said they did not have any issues learning descriptive text by using the
TikTok application because they had mastered the materials