The Use of Part-of-Speech Tagging on E-Newspaper in Improving Grammar Teaching Pedagogy

Abstract

One of the components of learning English is Grammar, and the intrinsic part of it is Parts of Speech (PoS), where the majority of Malaysian students in higher institutions are still grappling to understand its use in sentences. This study aims to compare conventional method to e-learning method on its effectiveness in the teaching and learning of PoS. The application of Stanford PoS tagging has been used to analyze the PoS in every single word of the sentences extracted from the articles in The New Straits Times Online (NST Online). This quantitative research study adopted a comparative analysis in analyzing its findings. The results were statistically analyzed using The Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) for statistical analysis. These findings of the research reveal a significance difference between the score from students using E-paper and the score from students not using E-paper in learning Grammar. Independent t-test was carried out to compare mean between the two groups. The result shows a significance difference (p-value = 0.007, t = -2.774) between the two groups of students’ score. The mean performance of the students using E-paper shows a higher percentage compared to those not using E-paper. As students nowadays spend most of their time with electronic gadgets, this is an innovative way to capture their interest to spend more time on quality reading materials via electronic newspaper, simultaneously learning Grammar by going to the crux of its core by identifying the PoS of each word in sentences using new pedagogical strategy of PoS tagging.

Towards the Sustainability of English Language Teachers Professionalism via Professional Development Programs: Extrinsic and Intrinsic Satisfactions

“…Educators need to upgrade their knowledge and skill in technology by attending courses and getting involved in PD to enhance their teaching, besides preparing themselves to be more technologically skilful lecturers. With the help of computers and Internet, e-learning brings changes to pedagogical strategies and ultimately improves the efficiency of teaching and learning (Omar et al, 2018 ).…”

“…The organizer of any PDP needs to look into the technological aspects to improve the content of the program as a way to ensure its relevance in catering to the current suitability and practicality to students since there is a rise in online teaching and learning during the current pandemic situation. The universal need for digital technologies requires educators to build on their existing skills where the sophisticated use of technology has taken on greater importance (Omar et al, 2018 ).…”