Student’s Perception Towards the Use of Grammarly’s Free Version on Students’ Writing

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the student's perception towards using Grammarly's free version as a medium for learning writing. It examined whether they have a positive or negative perception, and the perceived advantages and challenges of this media. In this study, the population was the students in the second academic year enrolling in Writing III class at the English Study Program. This study applied a quantitative survey design. The findings revealed that most of the students rate Grammarly's free version positively based on perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, and user acceptance. In terms of ease of use, it helps or makes students easier to learn writing. In terms of usefulness, it allowed them to learn writing effectively and enjoyably, for it is easy to use and explain all students' writing mistakes. Concerning the acceptance, the students perceived it positively as they learn how to do grammatically-correct writing. Moreover, the results of the open-ended questionnaire indicated that perceived advantages of Grammarly’s free version are: (a) it shows, explains, and corrects grammatical mistakes; (b) it is fun, easy to use, and understandable; (c) it increases students writing skill; (d) it gives suggestions for the mistakes in writing. Despite this, the internet connection has been an issue for the students while using Grammarly's free version.