Assessing Student’ Product of The Use of The Google Translate Application In EFL Writing Classroom (A Case in One of the English Education Program in Garut)

Abstract

As a product of technological developments, Google translate is widely used by students as one of the supports in the learning process. Therefore, this study aims to assess student product in using Google Translate in EFL writing classroom. This research employed a case study design by using document analysis. This research took place at a university in Garut with eight purposive English education students as the research participants. The instrument used in this study was students' writing documents. The obtained data were analyzed with reference to the genre move theory of the thesis abstract. The findings show that Google translate only is not sufficient to use in translating since there are some elements to consider such as the aspects of cohesion and coherence of the text.