Over the years, people have added more way in which they can communicate via social media. Indeed , people have learnt to depend on social media to communicate. One social media that has gained so much popularity from the past few years is TikTok. TikTok is a video sharing application that is being used by most young adults. While some say Tik Tok is just a social media meant for people to interact, language instructors have noticed how it has benefitted language learners. This quantitative study explore users’ motivation to use TikTok and how the application influence their use of vocabulary in English. 129 respondents were purposively chosen for this study. The instrument used is a survey. Findings reveal that there is also a moderate positive relationship between motivation to use Tik Tok and vocabulary use among language users. Findings also reveal interesting motivations for users to turn to TikTok and also how Tik Tok influence vocabulary use. Results of this study bear interesting implications in language learning, particularly vocabulary acquisition.
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