Reducing Students’ Affective Filter in Spoken English through Exposure to TikTok Challenge

Abstract

Nowadays, TikTok is one of the popular media. TikTok Video Challenge has become common to internet users especially to students. Most of the latter are exposed and fond of this application. This provides students an avenue to emulate dance steps, song numbers, and famous lines from various models.  Meanwhile, the issues on the lack of self-confidence and motivation among Filipino students to their spoken English have been the challenge to second language teaching. Thus, this study is positioned to determine the effectiveness of exposure to TikTok Video Challenge in reducing students’ affective filter. This study utilized a quasi-experimental research design. There were twenty (20) First Year students as subjects of this study. Results shown that exposure to TikTok Video Challenge can potentially increase students’ motivational level and confidence level in their spoken English.