Effectiveness of online Grammarly application in improving academic writing: review of experts experience

Indra Perdana; Sardjana Orba Manullang; Fina Amalia Masri

doi:10.31295/ijss.v4n1.1444

Authors

Indra Perdana Universitas Palangka Raya, Indonesia
Sardjana Orba Manullang
somanullang@unkris.ac.id
Universitas Krisnadwipayana, Indonesia
Fina Amalia Masri Universitas Halu Oleo, Indonesia

Keywords:

academic writing, authorship support, grammarly application, qualitative review

Abstract

This study aims to discuss the effectiveness of the Grammarly online application in improving academic writing through the experience of reviewing published papers. For that, we have reviewed a variety of literature and listened to the experiences of other academics published in various international journals. We chose descriptive qualitative content analysis. For example, it involves an in-depth analysis of each expert's experience with an exploratory phenomenological approach. To do this, we involve a coding analysis system, critically evaluate the content and ensure the results are valid and reliable. As for literature sources, we do with the help of the Google Doc application, Eric Publications, Google scholars, and other online literature sources. We do this considering that we did this study in a dynamic era and responded to the pandemic protocol and public restriction in Indonesia. We follow the guidelines of descriptive qualitative studies experts in academic writing and application technology. The result is that most academics say that the Grammarly online application is very suitable for use by writers because its usefulness is beneficial in tracking writing errors.

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