THE LEARNING MANAGEMENT WITH TIKTOK MEDIA FOR ENGLISH SPEAKING SKILLS OF GRADE 7 CHINESE STUDENTS IN YUNNAN PROVINCE, CHINA

Abstract

This research aims to study the learning management with TikTok media for English speaking skills of grade 7 Chinese students in Yunnan Province, China. The researcher investigated whether the use of TikTok media improved the English speaking skills of 30 grade 7 Chinese students and further explored their satisfaction. The cluster random sampling was conducted to select the sample from two grade 7 classes in a middle school. The quantitative data were collected using speaking skill tests (pretest and post-test), and the student satisfactions collected from questionnaires were analyzed and interpreted using inferential statistics (t-test) with p≤0.05 significance, mean, and standard deviation. The results revealed that the mean score of the pretest is 10.73; the mean score of the posttest is 17.20; and the mean difference is 6.46. In addition, the obtained p-value is .01. The results showed that post-test scores were higher compared to the pretest scores, and the student satisfaction was also positive. Therefore, the results of the study revealed that TikTok media could improve the English speaking skills of the students and also their satisfaction.