The Perceptions of EFL students on using Grammarly and QuillBot in Academic Writing Enhancement
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Abstract— There are many online platforms that can help students to assist their academic writing, especially in writing a thesis. To proofread their writing, students usually use online grammar checkers such as Grammarly and to paraphrase, students usually use QuillBot to improve their academic writing for the better. This study was conducted to investigate EFL university students' perceptions of using Grammarly and QuillBot to improve academic writing. The descriptive qualitative method was used throughout this study. Questionnaires and interviews were used to gather the data for this research. By conducting this study, the researcher hopes that students can have an overview of Grammarly and QuillBot as useful tools to help improve the quality of their thesis writing. The results of this study show that Grammarly and QuillBot provide benefits for students. Grammarly greatly helps students in correcting their writing, and QuillBot helps students in paraphrasing sentences and avoiding plagiarism. However, Grammarly and QuillBot still have some drawbacks, such as incorrect proofreading and features limitation for the free version, but students agree that Grammarly and QuillBot help them a lot.
Abstrak— Ada banyak platform online yang dapat membantu siswa untuk membantu penulisan akademik mereka, terutama dalam menulis tesis. Untuk mengoreksi tulisan mereka, mahasiswa biasanya menggunakan pemeriksa tata bahasa online seperti Grammarly dan untuk memparafrase kalimat, mahasiswa biasanya menggunakan QuillBot untuk meningkatkan tulisan akademis mereka menjadi lebih baik. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui persepsi mahasiswa EFL dalam menggunakan Grammarly dan QuillBot untuk meningkatkan tulisan akademis. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan metode kualitatif deskriptif. Data untuk penelitian ini dikumpulkan melalui kuesioner dan wawancara. Dengan melakukan penelitian ini, peneliti berharap agar mahasiswa dapat memiliki gambaran mengenai Grammarly dan QuillBot sebagai alat yang berguna untuk membantu meningkatkan kualitas penulisan tesis mereka. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa Grammarly dan QuillBot memberikan manfaat bagi mahasiswa. Grammarly sangat membantu mahasiswa dalam mengoreksi tulisan mereka, dan QuillBot membantu mahasiswa dalam memparafrasekan kalimat dan menghindari plagiarisme. Namun, Grammarly dan QuillBot masih memiliki beberapa kekurangan, seperti pengoreksian yang tidak tepat dan fitur yang terbatas untuk versi gratis, tetapi para siswa setuju bahwa Grammarly dan QuillBot sangat membantu mereka.
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