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Grammarly's Impact on Improving the Academic Writing Skills

of Grade 12 ICT Students of Arellano University – Juan Sumulong Campus

S.Y 2021-2022

In Partial Fulfillment

of the Requirements for the

Practical Research 2

Submitted by:

Otivar, Irish G. Eslaw, Jenelyn

Guerrero, Marc Shanen M. Clavecillas, John Vincent R.

Encinares, Nicos S. Pioquinto, Jaypee R

Salino, Jade R. Mendoza, Rossjohn E.

Aguilar, Michael Jien T. Manojo, Jude Thaddeus M.

12-ICT-2

Mary Grace Ann L. Estrada

Research Project Adviser

CHAPTER I

THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

Introduction

Academic writing is a complicated task for the reason that it requires

summarizing, quoting and paraphrasing existing or prior ideas of other authors.

Summarizing entails shortening the length of text and still retaining the main and

important points, quoting involves using a selection of another person’s words

precisely however paraphrasing is using an authors’ own words in order to

introduce the thoughts of other authors' without changing the meaning (Bailey,

2011).

Writing is a difficult skill (Maharani, 2018). Moreover, it is claimed that Thai

University educators are struggling in vocabulary, grammar, discourse

organization, citation, making reference classified as discursive challenges while

in non-discursive challenges are namely plagiarism, motivation, emotional and

psychological factors, and others (Phothongsunan, 2016).

Under the K to 12 Curriculum in Philippines, academic writing is a medium of

assessment mostly within academic courses of Senior High School. In which,

senior high school students are required to give write-ups of scientific inquiry

process, business concepts, draft experiments, marketing ideas, essay, project

plans, critique papers, livelihood projects and other summative assessments

(Paurillo, 2019).
However, academic writing has been a challenge for students. The issue of

plagiarism, spelling mistakes, readability, and grammatical errors is a major

problem not only during the traditional face-to-face setup but also in today’s online

class setting. Students have difficulties in all areas in writing academic essays. The

prevalent difficulty is variety of ideas, connectives, word usage and sentence

structure. On the other hand, evident use of first and second person pronouns is

common mistake of students when it comes to formality and objectivity and for

referencing is the lack of citations (Pablo & Lasaten, 2018).

One of the software tools that students use in assessing and evaluating their

academic writing is Grammarly. Grammarly is an online writing assistant that was

developed by Max Lytvyn, Alex Shevchenko, and Dmytro Lider in 2009 with the

goal of helping people communicate more effectively. It has a plagiarism

percentage or similarity index, and checks spelling mistakes, readability issues,

grammatical errors, and plagiarism problems (Lytvyn, 2021).

The purpose of this research is to determine the impact of using Grammarly

on the improvement of Grade 12 ICT students' academic writing skills in in Arellano

University Juan Sumulong Campus. Moreover, this research aims to provide for a

solution or suggestive measures that will cater the problem of students when it

comes to academic writing.

Since most of students are having difficulties when it comes on writing

essays, research paper, book report, reaction paper or other types of academic

writing, especially it requires sophisticated vocabulary. That is why, the

researchers led on making this very timely topic to assess whether the used of

Grammarly could improve the students' quality of writing.

Background of the Study

Students are required to formally communicate and share their ideas either

orally but more often, in writing as a part of assessment. However, academic

writing is different from other types of writing because it should be structured,

formal, precise, and objective. These includes essays, research paper or thesis,

reports and so on (Smith, 2021).

Emerging technologies are advancing at a rapid pace which also led to the

creation of Artificial Technology (AI). Artificial intelligence is the ability of machines

to imitate human intelligence. In which, computer or computer-controlled robot

have the skill to do tasks like an intelligent being. Specific applications of AI include

expert systems, natural language processing, speech recognition and machine

vision (Burns, Laskowski & Tucci 2021).

One of the software tools run by Artificial Intelligence (AI) is Grammarly an

online writing instrument that can detect grammatical, spelling, and punctuation

mistakes also plagiarism issues. It is an online proofreader that students, non-

native speakers and even professionals make use of (Dambrauskaite, 2021).

Grammar Checking is under Artificial Intelligence in the field of Natural

Language Processing in Computing. The first grammar checkers began in the

1970s namely Writer’s Workbench’s grammar modules, it was a set of writing tools

included with Unix systems. The first automated spell checker shipped with an
early version of WordPerfect in 1983, and the first computerized grammar

checkers soon followed in both WordPerfect and Microsoft Word (Roos, 2017).

Grammar checkers were mainly aimed at K-12 and postsecondary education

by the late 1990s along with the products namely ETS’s Criterion, Pearson Writer,

and Measurement Incorporated’s Project Essay Grade (Perelman, 2016).

At present day, there are ten of available for purchase or integrated into the

software as plugins such as grammar checker software such as Reverso, Ginger

Software, WhiteSmoke, and LanguageTool. Grammarly was chosen being

perceived by the institution as the leading grammar checker application under the

list of software. It is a web application that automatically detects issues in text and

suggest possible corrections for errors. It also has a plagiarism checker for

premium accounts. Grammarly was patented last 2015 (Hoover, Lytvyn, &

Shevchenko, 2015).

Statement of the Problem

This study aims to assess the impacts of Grammarly on improving academic

writing skills of ICT Students.

Specifically, this research also aims to answer the following:

[Link] often do the Grade 12 ICT students in Arellano University Juan Sumulong

Campus use Grammarly?

1.1 Proofreading

1.2 Plagiarism Checking

2. How did the Grade 12 ICT students improve the academic writing skills?

2.1 Essay

2.2 Research paper

3. What is the impact of Grammarly in the improvement of academic writing skills

of Grade 12 ICT students at Arellano University Juan Sumulong Campus?

4. Is there a significant relationship between Grammarly and Academic writing

skills of ICT Students at Arellano University Juan Sumulong Campus?

Hypothesis

H0: There is no significant relationship between Grammarly and Academic writing

skills of Grade 12 ICT Students at Arellano University Juan Sumulong Campus

HA: There is a significant relationship between Grammarly and Academic writing

skills of Grade 12 ICT Students at Arellano University Juan Sumulong Campus

Theoretical Framework

Andragogy Theory

The Andragogy Theory by American educator Malcolm S. Knowles states

that adults learn differently from kids. It was introduced in the year 1980, when he

was trying to teach young adults in vocational skills and observe that there was a

particular difference in educating between adults and children. Knowles asserts

that the key aspect of learning is self-directed instead of managed by others.

Moreover, the learner come close to increase self-directedness, and the teacher’s
role is to encourage this increasing self-directedness. Increasing source for

learning is due to the learner's experience (What is Adult Learning Theory?, 2021).

According to the theory of Knowles it is where learners are self-directed and

wide experiences of an adult can be a source of knowledge, the learner is at a

certain point in life where he/she is set to learn, adult learning is problem-centered,

also the adult is internally motivated. In addition, Knowles proposed a series of

assumptions about the characteristics of adult learner namely: self-concept, adult

learning experience, readiness to learn, and orientation to learning and motivation

to learn at the same time he suggested 4 principles that are applied to adult

learning. Moreover, he gave an example of applying andragogy principles to the

design of personal computer training which states that things must be explain why

it needs to be taught, instruction should not be memorization but task oriented also

learning materials or activities must permit for different levels of previous

experience with computers. Furthermore, since it is self-directed students should

be allowed to gain knowledge by themselves at the same time guidance and help

from other people must be offered when mistakes are made (Pappas, 2013).

Regarding language instructions, specifically in teaching the second

language where the use of technology have a great influence in education. Due to

the ready availability of Information and Technology (ICT) enabled tools it is

possible for learners to take responsibility for choosing the learning goal,

determining the learning strategies and monitoring the learning progress. This idea

of self-directed learning in the IT learning environment is included with the use of

online writing assistant as well. This environment is where students can learn the
process of writing, but with the presence of writing application and it promotes self-

directed learning where the students will be the independent learners and teachers

will become facilitators. For instance, when the students are using the software

tool, ‘Grammarly,’ their task is to remedy their grammatical, spelling and

punctuations errors as well as plagiarism issues through the guide and feedback

from the Grammarly application to which they have to respond onto their essays

and research papers. Once the errors are underlined and marked in the system,

this is where the learning begins. When students read the explanation presented

in the comments, they learn why such mistakes occurred and other alternatives

could be used to replace the errors. They can do this in own pace and even in

different locations. Since online writing assistant can be accessed anywhere, even

at home, they can revise and read more about aspects of writing. Only when the

explanation is difficult to understand, the learners could then ask teachers who act

as facilitators and guides over their learning of writing.

Digital tools that are powered by technology can support students to be a

self-directed learner. It can enhance the creation of knowledge at the same time

develop new competencies (Scardamalia & Bereiter, 2015). For instance, an

individual who wants to learn how to write a good essay because of being inspired

by other people. The learner starts to seek information on Google to learn how to

compose an essay. Then, use Grammarly in order to help him or her proofread or

check the task. That person consumes a lot of time practicing on writing and

working with the use of Grammarly and download it which may help with the
learning process as well. As an ongoing process, the self-directed learner is

constantly evaluating her own learning.

Conceptual Framework
INDEPENDENT AND DEPENDENT VARIABLES

Table A. Grammarly Table B. Academic Writing Skills

FIGURE 1: Independent and Dependent Variable

Table A shows the Independent Variable of the study which is the Grammarly,

a software tool that checks grammar, punctuations, spelling, sentence structure

also detects plagiarism as well as provide citation and vocabulary enhancement

suggestions. The researchers are going to measure the effectiveness of utilizing

this online writing assistant for academic writing of Grade 12 ICT students.

Through the use of this writing application, it could affect the improvement of

students' academic writing skills.

Table B shows the Dependent Variable of the study which is the Academic

Writing Skills, a skill in which formal kind of writing of that follows a well-structured

and concise format. Essay and research paper are example of academic writing
wherein it must be supported by evidences from credible or reliable sources. The

researchers are going to determine the impact on Grade 12 ICT students'

academic writing skills of using Grammarly. Grammarly could be an effective tool

in enhancing the academic writing skills of students.

Scope and Delimitation

This study focuses on the impact of utilizing Grammarly to the improvement

of students' academic writing skills. The researchers chose fifty (50) students from

Grade 12 Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Strand at Arellano

University Juan Sumulong Campus to be the respondents or key informants of this

research.

This study is delimited to the enhancement of ICT students' academic writing

skills by using Grammarly. Additionally, on how ICT students used Grammarly for

making essay and research paper purposes and how the said application help

them in improving their academic writing skills. This study will not cover the other

functions of Grammarly as a writing assistant and only for essay and research

paper purposes will be included. Additional ramifications and areas of concern are

unrelated and outside the scope of this study. Moreover, this study does not serve

as a view for the entire students of Arellano University and considering only small

group of people as a respondent.

Significance of the Study

This study focused on Grammarly's impact on improving academic writing

skills of Grade 12 ICT students at Arellano University Juan Sumulong Campus.

Specifically, the study will be beneficial to the following:

THE STUDENTS:

For students, this may bring deep impact and better understanding regarding

the application while those who are struggling when it comes to writing academic

papers this may help them to fix errors such as spelling, punctuations, grammar,

word choice and style. More importantly, it will serve as a way to boost their

confidence in writing through using the software.

THE TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS:

Particularly the teachers of Arellano University Juan Sumulong Campus, this

will help them to fully understand the students and what is convenient thing to do

for those who are having difficulties. This research may also give them ideas on

how to easily check students' written works and provide what is appropriate for

them.

THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS:

For schools and educational institutions, such as Arellano University, this

research will serve as an enlightenment as a timely concern that need to be

addressed. Feasible solution from government agencies like Department of

Education (DepEd) and Commission on Higher Education (CHED) may cater this

issue, such as providing assistance for students who are struggling in writing

academic papers in order to avoid plagiarism issues and improve quality of writing.

THE PARENTS:
For parents, this will be an eye-opener for them to realize that their child is

experiencing difficulty when it comes to academic writing. Also, in order to provide

support and encouragement for their child’s need.

THE FUTURE RESEARCHERS:

For future researches and studies, this paper will be an essential help for

them it may serve as guide and reference if their chosen topic is related to this

study. The findings of this research can be an instrument to better interpret and

somehow a way to improve schools' existing strategy and plan on the written

works.

Definition of Terms

Academic Writing – is a formal type of writing frequently used as a form of

assessment in Arellano University Juan Sumulong Campus.

Academic Writing Skills – skills that you need to have to be able to write scholarly

papers like essay and research paper.

Artificial Intelligence – is the ability of machine to simulate and perform as an

intelligent being. Grammarly is controlled by this emerging technology.

Grammarly – is a software tool where students, teachers and other professionals

used as digital writing assistant.

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) – are Grade 12 students

enrolled at Arellano University Juan Sumulong Campus. They are the respondents

or key informants of this study.

Chapter II

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

This chapter thematically illustrates numerous publications and reviews

related to research topic. This also present the synthesis of the art, theoretical and

conceptual framework to fully understand the research to be done.

Local Literature

Academic writing is a formal style of writing and usually used as a medium of

assessment in graduate studies. It requires one’s ability to think critically and

convey complex ideas in an organized, logical and concise way. It has four main

types and each of them have specific language features and purposes namely

descriptive, persuasive, analytical and critical (Tumapon, 2019).

Based on results of the British Council’s International English Language

Testing System (IELTS), Filipinos are having difficulties in writing test. Specifically,

in cohesion or the organization of one’s idea and coherence which deals with

consistency of ideas that makes sense as a whole (Juego, 2018).

Local Study

Grammarly helps in enhancing writing skills and respondent's confidence

level in writing. Based on the findings, most of respondents admit that Grammarly

software is usable. However, there are still weaknesses of this software that needs

advancement however the highlight features of Grammarly such as grammar,

spelling, and punctuation checker are highly useful in improving the quality of

written outputs (Ventayen & Orlanda-Ventayen, 2018).

In reducing the occurrence of grammatical errors by 40 percent, it was twice

measured by Grammarly software. The result shows that when it comes in

measuring grammatical errors Grammarly is an effective tool. Also, there is a

significant relationship between the occurrence of grammatical score and

plagiarism. Moreover, the use of plagiarism and grammar software in helping

teachers assist the students in reducing errors and increasing quality of academic

writing (Japos, 2013).

Foreign Literature

Grammarly is an online writing tool that has various features used for

checking spelling and punctuation mistakes, readability issues, grammatical

errors, and plagiarism problems also it enhances vocabulary usage, and suggests

citations (Karishma, 2021).

Lexical difficulties, grammar and punctuation, text structure as well as

plagiarism are some academic writing problems faced by students nowadays.

("Academic Writing Problems Faced by Today's Students", 2016).

Advancement in technology led to the creation of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

which plays a vital role in education nowadays. Grammarly, is one of a software

that is run by AI and performs various tasks such as machine translation, sentiment

analysis, essay scoring, as well as writing enhancement (Grammarly, 2019).

Foreign Study

The work of students that are evaluated using Grammarly have a positive

contribution in reducing errors made by the students in terms of language use,

vocabulary use, and mechanics. Overall, those works of students that were

evaluated by Grammarly have better EFL writing skill since the software can help

them to minimize the mistakes they made. However, it is less effective to improve

the content and organization of students’ EFL writing and some are not skillful

enough in using Grammarly software accurately (Ghufron & Rosyida, 2018).

Students find Grammarly useful as well as easy to use also it improved their

writing and understanding of grammar rules. Findings suggest that students can

benefit from Grammarly's individual instruction and the self-access nature of the

tool (Cavaleri and Dianati, 2016).

Digital tool that are powered by technology can support students to be a self-

directed learner. It can enhance the creation of knowledge at the same time

develop new competencies (Scardamalia & Bereiter, 2015).

This study indicates that 88.6% of respondents are utilizing for writing a

research paper, 53% of respondents are using it for writing reports and 45.5% of

users using Grammarly for mailing purpose. Furthermore, the software is being

used for writing dissertations, theses, books, blog and presentations. Also, it

reveals the advantage of using Grammarly particularly in improving the writing skill,

catch contextual spelling and grammar mistakes, integrate with Microsoft Office.
Most respondents who participated in the study revealed that they would like to

recommend Grammarly for others. (Rao, Gain & Bhat, 2019).

The use of Grammarly as the teaching tool was very helpful. Based on the

result of the study, in 40 students there are 32 or 82% of students this shows that

students passed the passing mark when the software is utilized in teaching

descriptive Moreover, it is an appropriate tool to minimize errors and improve

students’ writing quality (Karyuatry, Rizqan & Darayani, 2018).

Chapter III

METHOD AND PROCEDURE

This chapter presents the method and procedure used from the research

design, research method, respondents or key informants, sampling technique,

research instrument and data gathering procedure.

Research Design

The correlational research design and descriptive are the design that the

researchers used in this research. Correlational measures relationship between

two or more variables. The purpose of correlational research is to investigate the

existence of a relationship or associations between variables without implying

causation (Bhandari, 2021). Descriptive is a type of research known for describing

the characteristics, correlations, trends, categories and frequencies. The goal of

this is to systematically and accurately describe a situation, phenomenon or

population and answer the focuses on answering the where, when, what, and how

questions (McCombes, 2019).

Since the goal of this research is to know the impact of using Grammarly on

the improvement of academic writing skills of ICT students, this research design is

appropriate because it allows the researchers to study the relationship between

Grammarly and academic writing skills and accurately describes the two. It is to

measure and find out if there is a relationship exists between the Grammarly

application and academic writing skills of ICT students and answer accurately the

questions how and what.

The researchers applied the correlational and descriptive research design

through identifying the two variables which is Grammarly, the dependent while

academic writing skills as an independent variable and describing the existence of

relationship between the two. Moreover, this type of research design is suitable for

the main purpose of this study which is to find out if there is a significant

relationship between the Grammarly and academic writing skills of ICT students

and describing those.

Research Method

Survey method is under the correlational research design define as a method

of collecting information by asking questions. It involves the use of questionnaires

or interviews that measures peoples’ thoughts, behaviors, preferences, or factual

information. The purpose of this is to gather large amount of data without

consuming a long period of time (Ponto, 2015).

The researchers chose survey method in their study because it is convenient

enough for them to use since they need to collect a huge amount of data in a short

period of time. Additionally, it is a flexible method to gather information for the

reason that it can be distributed to various social media platforms easily and fast.

It is also cheap due to the fact that it is given online so using of papers are not

needed that makes it cost-efficient.

Survey method was used in this research by means of utilizing online

questionnaires. Wherein, there are set of statements that the researchers made

about the impact of Grammarly on enhancing the academic writing skills of ICT
students that are needed to be answered. The researchers used a scale

particularly designed for the research and the responses of the respondents that

will be gathered will serve as an overall view of informants.

Respondents

The researchers chose the fifty (50) Grade 12 Information and

Communication Technology (ICT) students from Arellano University Juan

Sumulong Campus to be the respondents or key informants of this research.

They are preferred by the researchers because the researchers are also ICT

majors and it is convenient enough for them to be their subject of investigation.

Since the ICT strand has a core subject that give written tasks and there are

students who are struggling in writing academic papers. This gave an idea to the

researchers to conduct a study regarding the impact of using Grammarly on the

improvement of ICT students’ academic writing skills.

Sampling Technique

Purposive sampling is the type of non-probability sampling also called as

judgmental sampling in which the researcher selects the respondents based on a

particular characteristic that fit the purpose of a study. It is also referred as

selecting of participant to suit a specific intention (Crossman, 2019).

The goal of purposive sampling is to focus on people with a specific quality

who will better be able to assist with the relevant research. It is the deliberate

choice of a subject because the qualities he or she possesses (Etikan, 2016).

The researchers used purposive sampling to get right of entry to a specific

subset of people, as all participants of a survey are picked due to the fact that they

fit in selected profile of the study. Also, this method requires researchers to have

advantages in choosing eligible respondents and it will be easier to generalized

the data due to possible answer from participant will be appropriate in connection

with the study.

The researchers applied purposive sampling technique in a total of 50

respondents from Grade 12 ICT students in Arellano University Juan Sumulong

Campus. The 50 students were intentionally picked as a key informant since they

have prior knowledge regarding the Grammarly application and its uses for writing

scholarly papers.

Research Instrument

The researchers chose online survey as research instrument. It is an

organized questionnaire that the respondents will answer over the internet by filling

out the questions. Likert scale in the online survey form was used by researchers.

It is a rating scale that measures intensity of opinions by different degrees (Bose,

2020). The purpose of online survey is to collect data in actual time and at little to

no cost through a digital platform (Sutherland, 2019).

The researchers first made the survey questionnaires in relation to the

statement of the problem. After that is the checking of survey paper by the research

adviser. Next, the researchers created a validation letter for the checking of

grammar and accuracy of the contents to be checked by subject teacher. Then,

the researchers transferred the survey questionnaires to an online survey software

known as Google Forms.

The researchers selected those Grade 12 ICT students who are using the

Grammarly as respondents. The survey form was distributed through a messaging

application. The researchers equally disseminate the task among themselves and

give the survey form to the respondents. At last, researchers gathered the data

from database of the google forms that they created.

Data Gathering Procedure

The researchers began collecting data that are necessary for the study. The

information that they need to gather are the following: how often do the Grade 12

ICT students use Grammarly in terms of proofreading and plagiarism checking,

how did the Grade 12 ICT students improve the academic writing skills in terms of

making essay and research paper also what is the impact of Grammarly in the

improvement of academic writing skills of Grade 12 ICT students. The timeframe

of distributing the online survey questionnaires started on November 15, 2021 until

November 20, 2021. The researchers tasked themselves and equally divided to

each of them the number of respondents they need that they need to give the

online survey. Then, researchers waited the respondents up until November 21,

2021 and all responses are recorded via phone and laptop, and their answers will

serve as the foundation of the findings of this study.

Survey method is the research method used in this study. It is conducted

online by means of Google Forms. The researchers used online survey

questionnaire as the research method because it is a flexible way to gather

information for the reason that it can be disseminate to fast and easy by online

platforms. Respondents virtually answered the survey questionnaires given by the

researchers since there are still restrictions due to the pandemic. Therefore, the

most preferable way in conducting the data gathering procedure is through online.

Treatment of Data

Mean is pertained as an average; it is the total of all values in a set of data.

This can be computed through adding all the values and then dividing the number

of data there is. However, it can be easily affected by little or extreme values in

data set (Rumsey, n.d.).

For the analysis of data, the Pearson’s correlational coefficient was used.

This measures the relationship between two continuous variables. It can be

assessed through scatter plot and two variables should have linearity to be

calculated for the coefficient. The bigger its strength of association also the nearer

the resemblance towards the scatter plot’s straight line. Pearson correlation

coefficient is ranging from +1 to -1 wherein +1 represents positive relationship

between the variables, -1 indicates negative relationship while 0 signifies no

relationship. This also gives the direction of the relationship of variables and shows

correlation rather than causation (Kenton, 2021).

Chapter IV

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

TABLE A. Frequency of Using Grammarly

STATEMENT MEAN VERBAL

INTERPRETATION
1 4.02 Frequently

2 4.06 Frequently

3 3.98 Frequently

4 4.04 Frequently

5 4.20 Frequently

TOTAL 4.06 Frequently

FIGURE 1. Proofreading

In Table A Figure 1, it is stated that in statement 1 the mean is 4.02 with a

verbal interpretation of frequently. However, in statement 2 it has a mean of 4.06

with a verbal interpretation of frequently. Moreover, in statement 3 the mean is

3.98 also has a verbal interpretation of frequently. Additionally, in statement 4 it

has a mean of 4.04 with a verbal interpretation of frequently as well. In statement

5 the mean is 4.20 and still has a verbal interpretation of frequently. The total mean

is 4.06 with a verbal interpretation of frequently.

Most of the students are using Grammarly in the process of writing since it

can be downloaded on their gadget or used in website anytime. The findings shows

that students are frequently uses Grammarly for proofreading a text or doing
assignment when they are unsure of spelling, grammar or punctuation in steps of

writing (Pratama, 2020).

STATEMENT MEAN VERBAL

INTERPRETATION
1 4.26 Very Frequently

2 4.22 Very Frequently

3 4.02 Frequently

4 4.00 Frequently

5 4.06 Frequently

TOTAL 4.112 Frequently

FIGURE 2. Plagiarism Checking

In Table A Figure 2, it is stated that in statement 1 the mean is 4.26 with a

verbal interpretation of very frequently. Moreover, in statement 2 the mean is 4.22

and the verbal interpretation is also very frequently. While in statement 3, it has a

mean of 4.02 with a verbal interpretation of frequently whereas in statement 4 the

mean is 4.00 and has a verbal interpretation of frequently as well. However, in

statement 5 it has a mean of 4.06 with a verbal interpretation of frequently. The

total mean in Table A Figure 1 is 4.112 and its verbal interpretation is frequently.

The findings of the study shows that students are using Grammarly for

plagiarism checking constantly. For the reason that, it helps them in writing sources

because the said application notices plagiarism and give feedback through that

they can avoid plagiarizing and paraphrase that part (Lazic, Thompson, Pritchard,

& Tsuji, 2020).

TABLE B. Enhancement in Essay and Research Paper Writing

STATEMENT MEAN VERBAL

INTERPRETATION
1 4.20 Agree

2 4.20 Agree

3 4.26 Strongly Agree

4 4.36 Strongly Agree

5 4.30 Strongly Agree

TOTAL 4.264 Strongly Agree

FIGURE 1. Essay

In Table B Figure 1, it is stated that in statement 1 and 2 the mean is 4.20

with a verbal interpretation of agree. However, in statement 3 it has a mean of 4.26

and the verbal interpretation is strongly agree. Furthermore, in statement 4 the

mean is 4.36 also has a verbal interpretation of strongly agree. Additionally, in

statement 5 it has a mean of 4.30 with a verbal interpretation of strongly agree as

well. The total mean is 4.264 and has a verbal interpretation of strongly agree.

The study was conducted to determine if Grammarly can boost the students’

writing skill through composing a text. The result of the study shows that there is

an improvement on students writing scores before and after using Grammarly tools

in writing class. Students strongly agree that the said application is an effective

way to help them on minimizing errors as well as enhancing their confidence in

writing (Fitriani, 2020).

STATEMENT MEAN VERBAL
INTERPRETATION
1 4.14 Agree

2 4.24 Strongly Agree

3 4.08 Agree

4 4.22 Strongly Agree

5 4.38 Strongly Agree

TOTAL 4.212 Strongly Agree

FIGURE 2. Research Paper

In Table B Figure 2, it is stated that in statement 1 the mean is 4.14 with a

verbal interpretation of agree. However, in statement 2 the verbal interpretation is

strongly agree with a mean of 4.24. Moreover, in statement 3 it has a mean of 4.08

and the verbal interpretation is agree. Additionally, the mean of statement 4 and 5

is strongly agree which has a mean of 4.22 and 4.38. The total mean in Table B

Figure 2 is 4.212 with a verbal interpretation of strongly agree.

The study was conducted to find out how effective Grammarly in writing

research abstract. The results revealed that the said application is effective in

improving the students’ quality of writing abstract English texts. Nursing students

strongly agree that Grammarly helps them through correcting grammar,

punctuations, spelling, word choice and sentence structure errors as well as

identifying location errors by giving comprehensive feedbacks (Fadhilah, Lizawati,

& Saribu, 2019).

TABLE C. Impact of Grammarly on the Improvement of Academic Writing Skills

STATEMENT MEAN VERBAL

INTERPRETATION
1 4.34 Strongly Agree

2 4.20 Agree

3 4.40 Strongly Agree

4 4.34 Strongly Agree

5 4.40 Strongly Agree

TOTAL 4.336 Strongly Agree

FIGURE 1. Impact of Grammarly on the Improvement of Academic Writing Skills

In Table C Figure 1, it is stated that in statement 1 the mean is 4.34 with a

verbal interpretation of strongly agree. While in statement 2, it has a verbal

interpretation of agree with the mean of 4.20. Moreover, in statement 3 and 4 the

mean is 4.40 with a verbal interpretation of strongly agree. However, in statement

4 the verbal interpretation is also strongly agree and has a mean of 4.34. The total

mean is 4.336 with a verbal interpretation of strongly agree.

The results revealed a relatively alike outcome from a study wherein by using

Grammarly the students reduce writing mistakes and improve their ability in writing.

Findings shows that Grammarly can enhance student’s writing skills by fixing their

mistakes in grammar, punctuation, spelling and improves vocabulary usage as well

as express their thoughts (Fahmi & Rachmijati, 2021).

TABLE D. Correlation between Grammarly and Academic Writing Skills

VARIABLE MEAN Df Alpha CV r DECISION Interpretation

There is a
significant
Grammarly 4.254
relationship
48 0.05 ± 0.235 0.815 between
Accepted
Grammarly
HA
and Academic
Writing Skills of
Academic Rejected
HO Grade 12 ICT
Writing 4.244
Students at
Skills Arellano
University Juan
Sumulong
Campus
FIGURE 1. Correlation between Grammarly and Academic Writing Skills

Table D Figure 1 shows the correlation between Grammarly and Academic

Writing Skills. Behind the mean 4.254 obtained by Grammarly is explained by

combining Table A into mean; the same technique is used for the mean 4.244

acquired by academic writing skills. However, this was obtained by means of

computation that Table B undertook. Both of these variables have 48 df, 0.05

alpha, +/-0.235 CV and 0.815 r, owning an accepted alternative hypothesis and

rejected null hypothesis. Hence, proving that there is a significant relationship

between Grammarly and Academic Writing Skills of Grade 12 ICT Students at

Arellano University Juan Sumulong Campus.

These results revealed a relatively similar findings from a study which reveals

and explains how Grammarly significantly increased the students’ writing

performance. Moreover, utilizing Grammarly in writing classes could be an

effective tool for students in order to enhance their writing skills (Huang, Li, &

Taylor, 2020).
Chapter V

SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

This chapter contains the research findings, conclusions and

recommendations. The findings of the study are detailed on summary, the

generalizations and other details would be seen on the conclusion, and

recommendation is detailed by stating the beneficiaries of this study.

Summary

After the all the data have been gathered and interpreted the findings summarized

are,

1. The collected and interpreted data showed that the frequency of using

Grammarly in terms of proofreading has a rating of four point zero six out of

five. This scores of all the statements regarding proofreading resulted into

frequently. This implies that respondents frequently use Grammarly when it

comes on proofreading assignments, essays and research paper. It can be

interpreted that Grammarly is easy to use and a good online proofreader.

2. The data gathered concerning the frequency of using Grammarly in terms

of plagiarism checking resulted to an overall mean of four point one hundred

twelve. With all the statements being interpreted as frequently and very

frequently, it can be interpreted that Grammarly is indeed great plagiarism

checker.
3. The enhancement in essay writing had an overall mean of four point two

hundred sixty-four which interprets as strongly agree. The score of 3

statements resulted to a strongly agree which is good and this can be

interpreted that there is an improvement in terms of essay writing.

4. The data collected regarding the enhancement in research paper writing

resulted to a positive value of having an overall mean of four point two

hundred twelve. With all the statements being interpreted as agree and

strongly agree, it can be garnered that there is an improvement in terms of

writing research paper.

5. The impact of Grammarly on the improvement of academic writing skills

resulted to an overall mean of four point three hundred thirty-six. The

interpretation came as strongly agree, this just means that the Grammarly

application can be considered as an effective writing assistant.

6. The Pearson (r) coefficient resulted to zero point eight hundred fifteen

which is within the acceptance region for the alternative hypothesis. This just

means that there is a significant relationship between Grammarly and

academic writing skills of Grade 12 ICT Students. The results mainly shows

that Grammarly helps improve the academic writing skills of the respondents.

Conclusion

Base on the result, the following conclusions on Grammarly's Impact on improving

the Academic Writing Skills were drawn:

1. The respondents frequently use Grammarly for proofreading. Hence, the

researchers have concluded that the Grammarly is an online writing assistant

in which students uses regularly for the reason that it is easy to use for

ensuring the accuracy as well as the consistency in punctuations, grammar,

and spelling.

2. The respondents frequently use Grammarly for plagiarism checking.

Hence, the researchers have concluded that the Grammarly is an online

writing assistant in which students utilize constantly because of its ability to

quickly identifies plagiarized sentences through giving percentage of

plagiarism in their work.

3. The respondents strongly agreed on finding Grammarly as an application

which enhances their way writing an essay. Hence, the researchers have

concluded that Grammarly aided them due to its advanced feedback when it

comes to writing mechanics.

4. The respondents strongly agreed on finding Grammarly as an application

which enhances their way of writing research paper. Hence, the researchers

have concluded that Grammarly has a capability to locate and check errors

which assist them in making research paper

5. The respondents strongly agreed on finding Grammarly as an application

which improves their academic writing skills. Hence, the researchers have

concluded that the Grammarly allows them to learn from their mistakes at the

same time increases the quality of writing.

6. The respondents agreed on Grammarly having a significant relationship

between academic writing skills. Hence, the researchers have concluded that

Grammarly helps Grade 12 ICT Students to enhance their academic writing

skills by means of creating a good essay and research paper.

Recommendations

1. For students, this study may give them knowledge regarding the

application while those who are having difficulties in writing academic papers

it may help them to fix those mistakes in grammar or content of their work.

Moreover, the application will help them to feel more confident in expressing

ideas.

2. For teachers and educators, especially the teachers of Arellano University

Juan Sumulong Campus, this will help them to fully understand the students

and what is convenient thing to do for those who are struggling in writing at

the same time find an easy way to check students’ academic papers. In

addition, teachers should give students words of encouragement. They

should provide and must listen actively also respond thoughtfully to them.

3. For the school administrator, they must create facilities for ICT students

that is good for their environment. Also, provide assistance for students who

are struggling in writing academic papers in order to avoid plagiarism issues

and improve quality of academic writing.

4. For parents, they must be needed to guide their children and give some

advice to them who are experiencing difficulty when it comes to academic

writing. Moreover, they should monitor and tell their child that technology

should be used properly.

5.. For future researches and studies, this paper will be a significant help for

researchers in the future for it can be a reference if their desired research is

related to this study. The findings of this research can be a tool to better

understand this worldwide school problem, and may somehow provide a

concrete solution to improve the skills of students in writing scholarly papers.

The researchers must be patient and hard working in finding information

about their research proposal.

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