THE ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF USING SOCIAL MEDIA TIKTOK (@FLOANDDAY) TOWARD ENGLISH VOCABULARY KNOWLEDGE

This study aims to determine students' perceptions of using social media TikTok @floandday toward English Vocabulary knowledge. This study uses a descriptive qualitative method where the instruments used as data collection techniques are questionnaires and interviews. A descriptive qualitative method, this study aims to determine the results and perceptions of students about learning English through TikTok @floandday. The writer conducted observations and interviews to collect data. Observation is used to observe participants to obtain information data. Meanwhile, interviews were used to find out student answers about their perceptions of the TikTok @floandday. The results of this study also indicate that students have a good perception of using TikTok @floandday. The participants are five high school students who follow the TikTok @floandday account and live in Indonesia. This study was conducted in March 2023. The writer found that respondents agreed that TikTok @floandday helped them learn English, especially English Vocabulary. They found a new word after watching the @floandday TikTok video. Then it was also found that there was a positive response to using the @floandday account in increasing their English Vocabulary because it was free, easy to access, and the content was interesting. From the explanation above, it can be concluded that the social media TikTok @floandday can be used as a fun learning media to improve students' English Vocabulary.