THE IMPACT OF DIGITAL CONTENT ON STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL

Abstract

This research aimed to find out the impact of digital content on students’ writing skills in terms of language use. This research used pre-experimental quantitative method. The researcher used digital content which were Grammarly Keyboard and Blogger as the learning media. Kind of writing in this research was descriptive paragraph. To collect the data, the researcher used pre-test and post-test with six meetings treatment. The sample was 28 students at eleventh grade of SMA Negeri 14 Makassar. The data analysed by using formulas from Gay which scoring the writing, mean score, improvement percentage, and t-test value.This research found that in pre-test, the students’ mean score in terms of language use was 57. In post-test, the students’ mean score in terms of language use was 68. The improvement was 19%. T-test value was 3.14 was higher than t-table value was 1.7033. Therefore hypothesis alternative (H1) was accepted. It means that there are positive impacts and score improvements using digital content (Grammarly Keyboard and Blogger) as the learning media on students’ writing skill in terms of language use.