@thesis{thesis, author={Virgin Elsa Sonia}, title ={THE USE OF TIKTOK APPLICATION IN TEACHING WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT FOR THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMK YATPI GODONG IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2022-2023}, year={2022}, url={http://eprints3.upgris.ac.id/id/eprint/2942/}, abstract={Elsa Sonia Virgin 2022. THE USE OF TIKTOK APPLICATION IN TEACHING WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT FOR THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMK YATPI GODONG IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2022-2023. Final Project, English Study Program, Faculty of Language and Arts Education, University of PGRI Semarang. Advisor I: Dra. Maria Y.W.L., M.Pd., Advisor II: Laily N.A., S.Pd., M.Hum. Keywords: TikTok Application, Descriptive Text, SMK Yatpi Godong in the Academic Year 2021-2022. This study aims to discover the benefits of using the Tik-Tok application in writing descriptive text. Then to find out if the Tik-Tok application helps the student write and solve problems they find while writing. The purpose of this survey is the result of a 10th-grade study at SMK Yatpi Godong. SMK Yatpi Godong has 32 10th graders. In this case, researchers used a questionnaire that consisted of open-form questions to collect survey data. In this study, qualitative research was used, and the data was collected using words and photographs rather than numbers. Researcher used open-form questions to get information from students and then changed the survey results to percentages. Last, examining and interpreting all the data. From the impact of the data analysis, 86,36% of the students said that the TikTok application had advantages in learning the descriptive text material. On the other hand, 13,64% of the students replied that the TikTok application did not give them many benefits in their learning. 63,64% of the students answered that they said the TikTok application helped them study the descriptive text. While 36,36% of the students answered that the TikTok application did not help in their studies. Last, 72,73% of the students had problems writing descriptive text using the TikTok application. However, 27,27% of them said they did not have any issues learning descriptive text by using the TikTok application because they had mastered the materials} }