Globish: An English-Indonesian Journal for English, Education, and Culture
Vol 13, No 1 (2024): Globish (An English-Indonesian journal for English, Education and Culture)

Investigating the Utilization of TikTok Application to Improve Nursing Students’ English Speaking Skills

Lastari, Dyah Supraba (Unknown)
Putra, Aidil Syah (Unknown)
Rohim, Abdul (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
12 Jan 2024

Abstract

In this era of the 5.0 industrial revolution, the importance of communication skills in English is becoming more pronounced, including in the field of nursing. Speaking is one of the four core skills for effective communication in the English language. The purpose of this paper is to describe nursing students’ experiences of using TikTok Application, a short-video sharing platform, as an alternative tool to help them practicing their speaking skills. The subjects of this study were 31 second-semester students of Nursing Study Program at a private University in Tangerang. The method used in this research was quasi-experimental approach with one group pretest-posttest design. The findings revealed that using the TikTok application can help students to improve their speaking skills significantly. In addition, they also gave positive responses toward using TikTok in learning English language as it could make them more relaxed and enjoyed while practicing their speaking skills.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

globish

Publisher

Subject

Education

Description

Globish journal published twice a year by English Education Study Program, Faculty of Teachers Training and Education Muhammadiyah University of Tangerang present articles on English Language, Education, Teaching Skill, Linguistic, Literature, Teaching Issues and related research ...