THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING GRAMMARLY APPLICATION IN IMPROVING THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ ABILITY TO WRITE NARRATIVE TEXT AT SMA N 9 PEKANBARU

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ABSTRAK This research aimed at finding and describing the effectiveness of using grammarly application in improving the tenth grade students’ ability to write narrative text at SMA N 9 Pekanbaru in academic year 2022/2023. This research was conducted from May 15 to June 16 2023. This research is classified as quasi-experimental research. It involved 60 students, 30 students in the experimental group and 30 students in the control group. The students in the experimental group were taught using the Grammarly Application while those in the control group were taught using conventional techniques. The results of the study showed that there was a significant difference in writing ability between students who were taught using the Grammarly Application and those who were not taught using the Grammarly Application. This can be seen in the results of hypothesis testing through SPSS 22. The value of to observe for both the differences between the result of the t-test for post-test of the experiment class and post test of the control class, and the t-test for the increase of scores of the experiment class and control class are smaller than the value of the t-table at α 0,05, and degree of freedom n-2 (0.00 < 0.05). Kata kunci : effectiveness, Grammarly application, writing, narrative text