Tik Tok ActiV in Enhancing ESL Pupils Writing Skill Focusing on Action Verbs

The popularity of social networking sites is constantly growing among the iGeneration. This study attempted to investigate the effectiveness of TikTokActiV as a tool for teaching and improving ESL pupils’ writing skill focusing on action verbs. The respondents of this study comprise of 60 primary school pupils from a rural school, a sub-urban school and an urban school in southern part of Malaysia. The pupils’ writing skill development were measured using pre and post-test containing 20 questions. Action research design was used to understand the effectiveness of using ‘TikTokActiV’. The pre-test and post-test conclude that by incorporating TikTokActiV as a teaching tool in English language classrooms, pupils will have significant improvements in ESL writing skills.