THE USE OF CHATGPT FOR PARAPHRASING IN THESIS WRITING CLASS AT ENGLISH PROGRAM 2023

This research investigated the use of ChatGPT for paraphrasing in the scope of thesis writing class at English study program. The informants for this research are six students in thesis writing class who used ChatGPT as their paraphrasing tool. The researcher used descriptive qualitative research design. To collect the data, the researcher uses semi-structured interviews and documentations. Interview were conducted in 6 students who take thesis writing class in semester 6 at University of Muhammadiyah Malang and continued with the screenshots documentation to obtain further data. Based on the findings, ChatGPT is utilized in three phases namely pre-using while-using and post-using. In the pre-using stage, the comparison between ChatGPT and student’s previous paraphrasing tools show that ChatGPT is dominant. In the while-using stage, it is indicated the implementation, strategy, the accuracy and fluency. In the post-using stage, ChatGPT can change student’s habit while it’s challenge. As it benefits, ChatGPT can serve as an option tool. ChatGPT Overall, with it’s ability ChatGPT has the potential to assist students in their study especially in paraphrasing.