Proceedings of the International Seminar on Language, Education, and Culture (ISoLEC 2021)

The Effectiveness of Using Grammarly in Teaching Writing Among Indonesian Undergraduate EFL Students

Authors
Delsa Miranty1, *, Utami Widiati1, Bambang Yudi Cahyono1, Tengku Intan Suzila Tengku Sharif2
1Universitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia
2Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
*Corresponding Author. Email: delsa.miranty.1902219@students.um.ac.id
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Delsa Miranty
Available Online 14 December 2021.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211212.008How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Grammarly; Indonesian Undergraduate EFL Students; Teaching Writing
Abstract

In light of the current controversies and concerns surrounding Grammarly, this article discusses one specific way in which Grammarly can be used effectively in teaching L2 writing. This study used a switching replication design under the experimental design and involved eighty first-year students of English Education Department from a public university in Banten Province, Indonesia, taking a writing course. They were divided into two groups, experimental and control. Pre-tests and post-tests were administered to the students, followed by distributing open-ended online questionnaires to them at the end of the course. An interview was conducted with the writing teacher. Related to the interview, the experiences of the teacher were retrieved and discussed. The results showed that although the writing scores of the students from the experimental group improved significantly from the pre-tests to post-tests, there was no significant difference compared to the writing scores of the students from the control group. Further, the Gain Scores of both groups indicated that the use of Grammarly was not more effective enough than the teacher corrective feedback to teach writing in an EFL class. The students further perceived that Grammarly was a beneficial learning tool. The teacher admitted that using Grammarly could save the time spent evaluating the works of the students. A recommendation for future research is also mentioned.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Seminar on Language, Education, and Culture (ISoLEC 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
14 December 2021
ISBN
10.2991/assehr.k.211212.008
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211212.008How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
Open Access
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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AU  - Utami Widiati
AU  - Bambang Yudi Cahyono
AU  - Tengku Intan Suzila Tengku Sharif
PY  - 2021
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PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 41
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SN  - 2352-5398
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