Persepsi Mahasiswa terhadap Penggunaan Grammarly Checker untuk Keakurasian Penulisan di Jurusan Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris UIN Sjech M. Djamil Djambek Bukittinggi
ABSTRACT Febby Aprilla, 2316.042. The title Students’ Perception Towards The Use of Grammarly Checker for The Writing Accuracy at English Education Department of UIN Sjech M. Djamil Djambek Bukittinggi Academic Year 2019/2020. A Thesis, English Education Department, State Islamic University of Bukittinggi, 2022/2023. Writing skills cannot be mastered easily. This skill must go through a series of continuous practice and habituation. In fact, writing skills are not only limited to the ability to arrange words into a sentence, but also have to pay attention to grammar, context, preposition, and other aspects. This research was conducted to discover students’ perception towards the use of Grammarly checker for the writing accuracy at English Study Program. This research is due to some problems relate to writing accuracy. The first problem is the students’ possess limited vocabulary. Second, the student has a poor understanding of grammar. Third, the students also lack of ideas and lack writing exercises. A few students looked humiliated, weird, and not sure about writing in English. The research is aimed to describe students’ perception towards the function and practicality of Grammarly Checker for the writing accuracy. This research used survey method. The researcher were collected the data by using questionnaire. The population of this research was the sixth semester at English Education Department students. The researcher used random sampling technique to determine the sample. The sample was 33 students in academic year 2019/2020. To analyze the data, the researcher calculated the percentage of each statement given by the students, found out the mean of each sub variable and made conclusion with level rating quality. The results of the research showed that the mean score on correcting word usage was 82,25% which was on the level very good quality.The mean score on correcting sentence structure was 76,36% which was on the level good quality. The mean score on correcting punctuation and spelling usage was 78,82% which was on good quality. The mean score on procedure of using the tool was 80% which was on the level good quality. The mean score on the time usage was 83,63% which was on the level very good quality. So, the average mean of students’ perception towards the use of Grammarly checker for the writing accuracy at sixth semester of English Education Department UIN Sjech M. Djamil Djambek Bukittinggi was 80,81 % which was on the level very good quality based on the interpretation table 80% - 100%. It can be concluded that students at sixth semester of English Education Department UIN Sjech M. Djamil Djambek Bukittinggi felt good with the use of Grammarly checker for the writing accuracy at sixth semester of English Study Program. Keywords: Students’ Perception, Grammarly Checker, Writing Accuracy