Exploring the Role of Grammarly in Enhancing Punctuation Accuracy among EFL Learners at Intermediate Level

Abstract

This study aims at exploring the use of Grammarly in enhancing punctuation accuracy among intermediate students of Steps College at Rawalpindi District Pakistan. With significant increase in use of Al powered tools in second language (L2) writing context, Grammarly has emerged as one of the most widely used and effective AI-based writing assistant, utilized by over 30 million users worldwide. To investigate the impact of Grammarly this study follows a quantitative design. Data were collected from 45 students of eleventh grade, selected using a purposive sampling. The design of study is pre-experimental research comprising of a pretest and a posttest after using Grammarly as practice tool. Findings suggest that Grammarly has a significant effect on students' Punctuation accuracy in eleventh grade at Steps College Rawalpindi. Finding also reveal that improvement has not limited to one or two students but has observed across all five participants, suggesting that the tool has broad applicability and effectiveness. Results also indicate the magnitude of improvement varies among students, with some achieving excellent performance while others have reached good or average levels, indicating that while Grammarly is effective, individual learning capacity and engagement also play important roles. The findings have important implications for educators seeking effective methods to improve student writing mechanics and suggest that Grammarly and similar tools should be incorporated into regular classroom instruction to support students who face challenges with punctuation and other aspects of writing mechanism.