Bilaga 1: Project plan CrossCheck – a grammar checker for second language writers of Swedish

Language technology has a potential to play a major role in the process of learning a language. Until recently, the use of language technology in systems for language learning has been nearly nonexistent. However, this has not been the case with grammar checkers for second language learners learning English (see e.g. [4, 12, 30, 36]). The question if grammar checkers actually improve second language learners’ language is still a question of debate [12, 33]. In spite of this, we see the adaptation of grammar checking for Swedish to second language learners as a first step to put language technology in computer assisted language learning environments. Designing and developing a grammar checker for second language learners sets new demands on the tools for text analysis. Second language learners are a very heterogeneous group of writers, with different language background, competence and performance. Using exactly the same methods and tools as for a native speaker grammar checking is not a fruitful way to proceed. The error types are too many and too unpredictable [23] and therefore we believe in refinement of current methods and development of new ones.