An Analysis of The Students' Perception on The "Grammarly Application" in The Thesis Writing

Grammarly is among the best English grammar-checking tools used by over a billion people worldwide. For students still writing their thesis, the Grammarly application is very useful for correcting grammatical errors and making the writing more academic. Therefore, a mixed-method design was utilized in this study to explore students’ perceptions of the use of Grammarly application in the thesis writing process. In this approach, the quantitative data was collected through a closed-ended questionnaire administered to 42 students of the English Department batch 2018, while the qualitative data was collected through semi-structured interviews with nine students. The participant was selected using purposive sampling with the characteristic of having finished the Research Methodology class and ever using Grammarly software to correct a grammatical error. The findings of this study showed that Grammarly is a beneficial application for writing a thesis, save time in checking grammar error, and can improve writing skills. The researcher found that several suggestions have been provided by the students, such as adding a paraphrasing tool, a camera lens tool to check grammar through the scan, adding more language to enrich the vocabulary, allowing the Grammarly application runs without the internet, checking grammar errors in the form of video, and connect Grammarly to Google Docs and Microsoft Word.