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Utilizing Natural Language Processing for Assisting in Writing English Sentences

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Portland, Oregon

Publication Date

June 23, 2024

Start Date

June 23, 2024

End Date

July 12, 2024

Conference Session

Spotlight on Diverse Learners

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

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Sung Je Bang Texas A&M University

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Sung Je Bang is a PhD student in the Department of Multidisciplinary Engineering at Texas A&M University. He holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Computer Engineering from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University. During his studies, Sung Je gained industry experience as a software engineering intern. Currently, he serves as a Graduate Research Assistant in the Department of Multidisciplinary Engineering. His research interests include large language models, identity theory, and engineering education.

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Saira Anwar Texas A and M University Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0001-6947-3226

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Saira Anwar is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Multidisciplinary Engineering, Texas A and M University, College Station. She received her Ph.D. in Engineering Education from the School of Engineering Education, Purdue University, USA. The Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, and industry sponsors fund her research. Her research potential and the implication of her work are recognized through national and international awards, including the 2023 NSTA/NARST Research Worth Reading award for her publication in the Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2023 New Faculty Fellow award by IEEE ASEE Frontiers in Education Conference, 2022 Apprentice Faculty Grant award by the ERM Division, ASEE, and 2020 outstanding researcher award by the School of Engineering Education, Purdue University. Dr. Anwar has over 20 years of teaching experience at various national and international universities, including the Texas A and M University - USA, University of Florida - USA, and Forman Christian College University - Pakistan. She also received outstanding teacher awards in 2013 and 2006. Also, she received the "President of Pakistan Merit and Talent Scholarship" for her undergraduate studies.

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Abstract

Many non-English speaking international students come to the United States to pursue undergraduate engineering programs. However, most of them struggle to learn and use English proficiently. This struggle to learn and use English poses various challenges. For example, such students struggle to describe their plans and thoughts to their college peers and colleagues at work. Also, it is mostly harder for such students to make their place in academic or industry careers. Some of these difficulties arise because students cannot identify sentence structures or differences between various types of sentences in English. Writing in complete sentences is one way to convey ideas effectively in English, and this paper presents the model and its accuracy results for the different types of English language sentences. These types include declarative, imperative, interrogative, exclamative, or invalid. We hypothesize that this model will help students classify written sentences as declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamative, or invalid. We also discuss the future applications of this model and believe that it can help engineering students correct sentence structure errors according to sentence types. We considered 100 sentences of each sentence type for accuracy and calculated various measures, including precision, F1 score, and recall. Out of 100 declarative sentences, 92 were properly identified as declarative sentences, scoring a high accuracy score of 92%, a precision of 95.8%, a recall of 92%, and an F1 score of 93.9%. Out of 100 interrogative sentences, 77 were correctly classified as interrogative sentences, scoring a moderately high accuracy score of 77%, a precision of 95%, a recall of 92%, and an F1 score of 95.5%. Out of 100 imperative sentences, 55 were correctly classified as imperative sentences, scoring a lackluster accuracy of 55%, a precision of 98.2%, a recall of 55%, and an F1 score of 70.5%. Lastly, out of 100 invalid sentences, 81 were properly determined as invalid, scoring a moderately high accuracy score of 81%, a precision of 50.6%, a recall of 81%, and an F1 score of 62.3%.

Bang, S. J., & Anwar, S. (2024, June), Utilizing Natural Language Processing for Assisting in Writing English Sentences Paper presented at 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon. https://peer.asee.org/48249

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