THE EFFECT OF THE STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION IN USING GRAMMARLY APPLICATION AND WRITING MOTIVATION TOWARD STUDENTS’ WRITING ABILITY ON VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL 1 RIMBA MELINTANG ROKAN HILIR

This study aims to analyze the effect of the students’ perception using Grammarly application and writing motivation toward students’ writing ability on vocational High School 1 Rimba Melintang Rokan Hilir. This type of research is quantitative. The sample used was 125 students. Data collection techniques with questionnaires. Data analysis techniques with regression and multiple regression. The results of the study Grammarly application has a significant effect on student writing ability at SMKN 1 Rimba Melintang. This is based on the results of the t-test, the calculated t value is 2.274 with a sig. value of 0.011. This value is greater when compared to the t-table value at df = 125-3, which is 122 with a significance value of 5% of 1.980. Writing motivation partially does not have a significant effect on student writing ability at SMKN 1 Rimba Melintang. This is based on data analysis obtained with a t-count value of 0.544 with a sig. value of 0.588. This value is smaller when compared to the t-table value at df = 125-3 which is 122 with a significant value of 5% worth 1,980. Simultaneously or together, grammar application and writing motivation have a significant effect on student writing ability at SMKN 1 Rimba Melintang. This is based on the results of the F test which shows the calculated F in the ANOVA table, the calculated F value in the ANOVA table is 4.969 and at a significance level of 0.032 Keywords: Grammarly application, writing motivation, writing ability, SMKN 1 Rimba Melintang