<![CDATA[This study examines the statistical relationship between exposure to Arabic stylistic (uslub) content on TikTok and university students’ perceived ability in daily Arabic conversation. With the rapid advancement of digital media, short-video platforms such as TikTok have become supplementary learning resources that provide communicative language input. However, preliminary observations indicate that students still encounter challenges in applying Arabic expressions naturally during daily communication and frequently rely on literal translation. This study adopted a quantitative correlational survey design. Data were collected using a Likert-scale Google Form questionnaire administered to a purposive sample of 55 students from the Arabic Language Education Department at Sultanah Nahrasiyah State Islamic University Lhokseumawe who actively follow and consume content from the @kaifataquul TikTok account. Data were analyzed using simple linear regression and correlation analysis in SPSS. The results demonstrated a positive and statistically significant correlation between exposure to TikTok content and students' perceived daily conversational ability (). The relationship was moderate, with a correlation coefficient () of 0.468 and a coefficient of determination () of 0.219, indicating that exposure to TikTok content shares 21.9% of the variance with self-reported conversational ability scores. Because this study employed a survey design assessing self-perceptions rather than a direct oral performance test, the findings reflect perceived competence rather than objective oral proficiency. This study recommends integrating contextual digital micro-learning media as supplementary resources in Arabic instruction while encouraging future research to utilize experimental designs to evaluate direct oral speaking performance]]>
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