Applying Grammarly Software to Correct Mistakes Committed by Master Two Students in Writing Dissertations

Abstract

The development of Computer Assisted Language Learning has been rapidly increasing, especially in the field of language evaluation in which students’ performance in the writing skill could be improved. Master two students are required to submit a dissertation in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Master’s degree. Hence, it is assumed that the use of some computer software can be considered as a sophisticated language tool to assist students’ problems in writing their dissertations. During my experience as a supervisor and examiner of master dissertations, I have noticed that students commit some grammar, vocabulary, spelling and punctuation mistakes which would lead the examiner to focus on those mistakes rather than focusing on the content of the dissertation. For instance, Grammarly software is a tool that can be used to scan dissertations to check the grammatical errors by providing the use of correct grammatical rules. This software helps students to select the proper words and vocabulary usage based on the content. It also provides the suggestions, corrections, as well as explanations are presented, so students can easily know and understand the errors of their writing through the automated feedback. Hence, this study will focus and limit the problem to the implementation of Grammarly tool to boost students’ writing skill, thus growing students’ writing enthusiasm and writing quality in dissertations. Finally, teachers are recommended to know how to implement computer technology in the process of writing dissertations to achieve the desirable results