Using Online Tools As Media in Improving the Efl Students’ Writing Skill
Year: 2026
Type: article
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: This research aims to find out the effectiveness of using online translation tool (Google Translate) as a learning medium to improve the writing skills of EFL (English as a Foreign Language) students. The research employed a quantitative method with a pre-experimental design, specifically the one-group pre-test post- test type. The participants were 25 eighth-grade junior high school students in Bone, South Sulawesi, selected through cluster sampling. The research instrument was a narrative text writing test, assessed based on content, vocabulary, organization, language use, and mechanics. The results showed a significant improvement in students‟ writing scores after the treatment. The average pre-test score was in the fair category, while the post-test increased to good and very good categories. A paired sample t-test indicated a significance value of 0.000 < 0.05, meaning that H₁ was accepted. These findings suggest that online translation tools can help students enrich vocabulary, improve sentence structure, and enhance grammatical accuracy, although teacher guidance is necessary to prevent overreliance and mistranslation
Institution: Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bone
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7223043838