THE EXPOSURE OF TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE WRITING: CASE STUDY OF SOPHOMORE OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF MUHAMMADIYAH PURWOREJO UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The  emergence  of  technology  in  the  twentieth  century  has  brought  about  different

approaches to learn the English language. Myriad study shows that ubiquitous technology is prevalent and utilized in the classroom activity. This study is aimed to investigate the types of technology used by the students in the academic writing of sophomore Muhammadiyah Purworejo University, its implementation, problems, and solutions. A case study was utilized to portray the unique phenomenon of technology exposure. 50 students were involved in this study and to collect the data, the researcher used documentation, observation, questioners, and interviews. The study reveals that there are six technologies that are most frequently used to improve student writing ability, namely Bird Story, Grammarly, Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp,  and  Instagram.  Those  applications  are  effective  to  develop  their  writing, encourage the students to be more active in writing, motivate them to write and make them easy to put their ideas into writing. In addition, those applications are more collaborative, beyond time and place. Meanwhile, the technology also brings issues such as difficult to reach, financial constraint, difficult signal, pre-paid requirement and has bullying among the students. The prominent applications have a positive influence on the students so it is better for the stakeholders to involve the technology into the curriculum, design, and learning process. Energizing autonomous learners to use those applications to be more independent learners to develop their writing is necessary. The specific technique should be done by the lecturers or students to avoid any bullying such as a close-class group.

Keywords: Technology, sophomore, case study, applications.