Students’ Perception On The Use Of “Grammarly” In Thesis Writing At Nahdlatul Ulama University

KAMPUS AKADEMIK PUBLISING Jurnal Sains Student Research Vol.2, No.3 Juni 2024 e-ISSN: 3025-9851; p-ISSN: 3025-986X, Hal 71-79 DOI: https://doi.org/10.61722/jssr.v2i3.1256 Students’ Perception On The Use Of “Grammarly” In Thesis Writing At Nahdlatul Ulama University Elis Susiana English Education Study Program Teacher Training and Education Faculty Nahdlatul Ulama University Nizarrahmadi English Education Study Program Teacher Training and Education Faculty Nahdlatul Ulama University Alvina Yolanda English Education Study Program Teacher Training and Education Faculty Nahdlatul Ulama University Korespondensi penulis: Abstract. This study aims to find out how students’ perception use Grammarly in the process of preparing their thesis at Nahdlatul Ulama University. The research method used is a qualitative method. The participants in this study were eight-semester students who were in the process of preparing their thesis. The participants in this study were eight people. How to collect data using the interview method and the Google form, the Google form was distributed to 6 students and 2 students conducted direct interviews to explain more deeply about students’ perceptions of using grammarly in writing thesis. This research is also to find out what are the strengths and weaknesses of grammatical applications. The results of this study indicate that students have positive responses and opinions toward the use of Grammarly in their thesis writing. Students found Grammarly very helpful in the process of checking grammar, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. The feedback that is easy to understand and its many features make students use the Grammarly application a lot. The weakness of Grammarly is that its feature cannot detect what tenses are used in a paragraph. Students also have to pay if they want to get complete premium features Keywords: grammarly, perception, thesis writing INTRODUCTION One of the goals of learning English is so that students can communicate well. To be able to communicate well, students must be able to write so that student can convey what is on their minds. According to Chitra and Shaifali (2021), there are four skills in learning English such as listening, speaking, reading, and writing. In this chapter, the researcher will discuss writing. Writing is a very important skill because if students have good writing skills, students can give a message or information. In writing skills, students also have to pay attention to several things, such as punctuation, capitalization, and sentence structure. Rachmawati (2013) explained that in learning English, the first basic skill that must be mastered is writing. Writing skills include activities to express ideas through words, text, sentences, and paragraphs. It is very important in paying attention to the mastery of writing in English, because of the need for academic writing to be written in English (Nova, 2018). In achieving various goals, the most useful instrument is writing (Graham, 2006). According to Chiara and Cristina (2021) writing about experiences and feelings can be beneficial psychologically. People can create fictional worlds, share experiences, and tell themselves by writing. It is used as a means of maintaining communication with the closest people such as family, and friends who cannot be there in person to talk to us. Writing skills require planning, grammar, and grouping ideas, writing is not only a skill to recognize letters (Visser & Sukavatee, 2020). Received April 30, 2024; Revised Mei 06, 2024; Juni 01, 2024 * Elis Susiana, Students’ Perception On The Use Of “Grammarly” In Thesis Writing At Nahdlatul Ulama University Writing is a productive skill that is used to help students express their idea in writing. Writing skills can support people to communicate certain ideas, thoughts, and experiences (Marpaung, 2019). Writing is needed in various aspects, for example in the academic field, students are usually asked to write various types of text, such as essays, a thesis, a report, recount, descriptive texts, and various other academic texts. Most of the students have difficulties in writing. Phrases, passive words, and adverbs are part of the difficulty (Karyuatry, 2018). Writing is considered more difficult than other skills, because writing is not just expressing ideas, but the existing aspects must also be considered (Setyowati, 2016) Students’ problems in writing are usually confused in compiling vocabulary, grammar, and placing verbs. Therefore, it is necessary to do a lot of writing exercises there must be guidance from the lecturer to pay attention to and improve the way of writing. Mubarak (2017) explains students have a problem with using irregular verbs, consistency, applying verbs and expressions, and the poor in expressing ideas in writing. With the advancement and development of technology now, the internet is very helpful in any learning process, including learning to write. Many applications can help in the writing process, one of which is the grammar checker program, that is Grammarly application. Grammar is also one of the things that must be considered in writing. Grammar is an important part that must be considered because it is very necessary for building sentences. Among the many grammar checker tool applications, the researcher chose Grammarly in this study, because Grammarly is a good software to help students check for errors in writing. Grammarly is widely used by students majoring in English education. This software is used in the world of higher education because it is used in academic writing, such as writing essays, papers, articles, journals, and theses. Grammar checker can be used for free by its users, by using this software the writer can see the errors. Apart from being free to use, Grammarly also helps students improve their writing style and make their writing more effective and interesting. Not just fixing spelling and grammar, Grammarly can also fix punctuation errors such as commas and capital letters. Ghufron (2019) claims that Grammarly an important role in assessing writing errors. Grammarly also provides a free plagiarism check feature, which can detect online-based data similarities. In the context of learning to write, Grammarly software is a relevant application (Bailey & Lee, 2020). For students or anyone who wants to be effective in writing English texts, writing on social networks is also possible. Qassemzadeh & Soleimani (2016) also said that this application controls writing properly so that there are no errors. Grammarly is one of the applications developed from Automatic Writing Evaluation (AWE). The program AWE makes students feel helped in checking grammatical errors and improving their quality of writing (Mozgovoy, 2011). Besides Grammarly, there are many software to assist with writing activities, such as Pro Writing Aid, Ginger, Whitesmoke, and Reverse. According to Grammarly Inc. (2022), 30 million people improve (...truncated)