Abstract:
ABSTRACT
The present study examined the effectiveness of using Grammarly to improve
students’ grammatical skill in writing recount text to students of a vocational high
school in Ciamis regency, West Java, Indonesia. To analyze the study, writer used
mixed method research design, where both quantitative and qualitative research
design were used in a single research. The data were obtained by pretest-posttest
and questionnaire. This present study were analyzed by using t-test for two
different groups from pretest and posttest data. Meanwhile, the writer described
and interpreted the data from questionnaire. The finding revealed that t-observed
was 12. 268 and t-table was 2.048 at the level of significance 0.05 and degree of
freedom 28. It can be seen that t-observed was higher than t-table. It means that
there is a significant improvement between the students who are taught by using
Grammarly and who are not. Moreover, the data from questionnaire showed that
the students were very enthusiastic when teacher were delivering writing recount
text material with grammatical skill by using Grammarly. In conclusion, the use
of Grammarly can give positive effect in learning grammar. Thus, teachers are
suggested to use Grammarly as a new alternative tool in teaching and learning
grammar in terms ofwriting recount text material.
