Grammar checkers: the benefits and drawbacks in English learning under students’ viewpoints

Abstract

This study investigates the benefits and drawbacks of Grammar Checkers (GMs), great resources for language learning and grammar correction with side effects if over-reliance, from the perspectives of the TDMU English majors. The illumination of students’ viewpoints through a survey replied by 104 English major students and 16 participants in an interview, indicated that students were aware of the gains and loss in depending too much on AI or technology.