Computer-Based Software for Grammar Test : What Students Think about It ?

A test is conducted to know the students’ competencies toward the material that they have been learned. Making the test is not easy because the lecturers have to consider the material or skill which will be tested, in this case is grammar. The lecturers also must use the test media which is appropriate and interesting. Nowadays, the utilizing of technology in education context has increased, especially in conducting the test. The aim of this research is to show the students’ perception toward computer-based software for grammar test. This research used mixed method with descriptive analysis design. It was used individual interview technique and distributed questionnaire. For the interview, it was used qualitative data. For the questionnaire, it was used quantitative data. Thus, the qualitative and quantitative data were supported each other. The participants were from 40 English department students in one of university in Serang. The data were collected from questionnaire and interview with some students. The result shows that almost all students give positive response and perception toward computer-based software for grammar test. The students become more interesting to do the grammar test with the computer-based software and they are facilitated in conducting the test because they get benefits from it.


Introduction
Grammar is one of the important aspects which have to be learned by the students while learning English in Indonesia.Every student in each level learns grammar in order to master English structure.Lock (1995) stated that grammar is a set of rules which include the grammatical structures of language and they are two aspects which have to be considered; the internal structure of the word and the arrangement of words.Thus, grammar is the core of English because it is the structures of language.
The indicators of grammar which must be considered when reading, writing, speaking, and listening are the meaning, the rule, the form, and the pattern.Those indicators should be delivered well by the teachers because it will make the students master English well.
Learning grammar is a must when students are expected to acquire a language (Saraswati, 2015).Grammar becomes one of the crucial subjects which must be mastered in learning English because grammar is a core of English and its structure.
Grammar is a dominant subject in school and university in English department because there are four semesters of learning grammar.It shows that grammar is important to be learned by the students but they always assume it as one of the difficult subjects because of the differences between Indonesian and English grammar.In reality, teaching English grammar is basically just the same as any other subjects.The problems might come from the lack of motivation of the students and teaching process delivered by the lecturer while teaching grammar.The other cause of this problem might come from the absence of media to fulfill the teaching and learning needs of the lecturer and the learners especially in grammar subject.
Grammar test is important to be conducted in order to know the students' achievement in grammar ability.Testing of grammar is one of the major components of language testing.The ability in mastering the language can be seen in how the students master the grammar ability because it is the basic knowledge of language.Madsen (1983) said that grammar test is designed to measure students' proficiency.
Grammar is related to syntax and it involves the relationship of words in a sentence, such as word order, the using of connectives, negative and question forms.Madsen also stated that there are two basic ways in measuring grammar ability; individual testing and group testing.Individual testing is the best way to know every student's achievement in grammar ability individually.Besides, group testing is the best way to make the students more unified and do the test collaboratively.
Moreover, there are some basic types of tests which are usually used by the teacher in testing grammar to measure the students' achievement in grammar ability.The researchers investigate the use of computer-assisted English grammar test which is similar to those previous study.The researchers found that the use of media is effective in teaching and learning process and can improve students' grammar achievement.The previous study is about implementing computer and internet based in language learning in the school but the researchers of this research will try to find in the university level.The researchers believe that it will be more effective to use computer-assisted English grammar test software as a media in grammar test process because the students in the university level understand computer and technology.
The grammar test software is made by the researchers and it is a new media for grammar test which can be implemented in the classroom.Besides, the researchers try to find and show the students' perception toward computer-based software for grammar test.

Method
This research used mixed method with descriptive analysis design.It was used individual interview technique and distributed questionnaire.For the interview, it was used qualitative data.For the questionnaire, it was used quantitative data.Thus, the qualitative and quantitative data were supported each other.The formula for quantitative is as follows: Explanation: The researchers used purposive sampling for conducting the research.Participants of this research are 40 English department students of Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa University.This research was conducted in the language laboratory of Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa University.The questionnaire was distributed to all participants and the interview was conducted to the six English department students who have different ability (high, medium, and low).The interview was done to gain more information about students' perception toward computer-based software for grammar test.In the beginning, the researchers introduced how to use CBT to the students and gave the instructions.Then, the students were asked to do the grammar test on the computer software.After finished the test, the students were distributed the questionnaire to be filled to know their responses toward computer-based software for grammar test.
At last, the researchers interviewed some students and distributed questionnaire to gain their perceptions toward the grammar test which used computer software.The researchers analyzed the data from questionnaire and interview, and then she concluded it.

Findings
The findings of this research show the students' perception toward computerbased software for grammar test.The grammar test was made by the lecturer and the sources adopt from TOEFL book.The grammar test was also made based on the lesson plan of a semester (RPS) from the lecturer.The grammar test was conducted to achieve the students' learning objectives.The materials of the grammar test can be described below on the table: Verb phrase structure Students can make sentences using verb phrase structure.
Adjective phrase structure Students can make sentences using adjective phrase structure.

Past continuous tense
Students can make past continuous sentences.
Adverb phrase structure Students can make sentences using adverb phrase structure.
Prepositional phrase structure Students can make sentences using prepositional phrase structure.
Past future tense Students can make past future tense sentences.
Present perfect continuous tense Students can make present perfect continuous sentences.

Passive voice
Students can make passive voice sentences.

Present perfect tense
Students can make present perfect sentences.

Declarative
Students can make sentence types sentences.

Exclamative or exclamation
Students can make sentences using exclamative.
Interrogative for questions Students can make sentences using interrogative.
From the description of the lesson plan for a semester, the students must able to make sentences using noun, verb, adjective, adverb, and prepositional phrases.
The students must comprehend past continuous tense, past future tense, present perfect continuous tense, present perfect tense, and also passive voice.The students also must able to make declarative, exclamative, interrogative sentences.
The examples of questions of each material are presented below: The students give positive response toward computer-based software for grammar test.The students feel more interesting to do the grammar test with computer-based software.CBT can help them in conducting the grammar test.The students can also operate the computer-based software for grammar test easily.It can be seen from the results of the questionnaire.There is music player when doing the test.40 100 The software can save the test result automatically.40 100 The software can show the feedback or note from the lecturer.40 100 The software is useful for accessing the saving test result.40 100 The software is useful for facilitating the students in conducting test.40 100 The software is useful for showing the test score directly.40 100 The software is useful for reviewing the test result, so the students can identify their weaknesses and difficulties in grammar.

100
The software is useful for printing the test result.40 100 From the result of the questionnaire, it can be seen that all items regarding the computer-based software for grammar test got 97% -100%.It can be concluded that mostly students agree with the statements.There is only one student who stated "no" toward the statements in the questionnaire.A student who stated "no" toward the statements in the questionnaire did not fill the the statements: (1) The instruction of the test is clear.It may happen because he or she did not understand well about the instruction of the test.(2) Quality of the questions is good.It may happen because he or she feels that the quality of the questions is not good enough.
(3) Kind of font is good and can be read.It may happen because he or she cannot read it well and he or she feels that the kind of font is not interesting.( 4) Size of font is good and can be read.It may happen because he or she feels that the size of font is small so he or she cannot read it well.( 5) Software coloring background is good.It may happen because he or she feels that the color of software background is not good so he or she is not comfortable to see the screen.
From this result furthermore, it can be said that computer-based software for grammar test is interesting and very useful for the students.The students also can know their score and test result directly after they finished the test.They can listen to the music during the test, so they can feel more enjoyable.They can manage their time in doing the test because there is time countdown on the software.They can see their saving test result to know their grammar ability and get the feedback or note from the lecturer.So, if they have weakness in grammar ability, they can overcome it sooner.The questions of the test are also suitable with the students who have learned all materials on the test, so the students can achieve their learning objectives.
Moreover, the result of the questionnaire itself should be supported by the result of the interview to make the data stronger and easier to conclude the students' response toward the computer-based software for grammar test.

Students' Correct Answer
There will be checklist sign if the students choose the correct answer.

Picture 3.1.4 Students' Wrong Answer
There will be cross sign if the students choose the wrong answer and there will be the right answer of the question that should be chosen by the students.
other and they are not left behind in this technological era.Moreover it can facilitate students in conducting the grammaar test.
The students feel more interesting to do the grammar test with computer-based software because the software coloring background is good, the icon menu design is interesting, and size and kind of font can be read.The students' account security is also good, so they can save their test result safely.Moreover the software is easily to be operated.Besides, the students get many benefits while the grammar test with computer-based software.They can know their test result and score directly, they can save their test result on the software, they can get feedbcak or note from the lecturer directly, they can print out their test result if they need it, and they can review the test result so the students can identify their weaknesses and difficulties in grammar.The learners who receive computer-based lessons outperform those who use paper-based materials (Pardo, 2014).

Conclusion
The conclusion which can be described of this research is the students' perception toward the computer-based software for grammar test.Almost all students give positive response toward the computer-based software for grammar test.The students feel more interesting to do the grammar test because it is using the computerbased software.It brings a new experience for students during the grammar test process because it may motivate the students to do the test and make them enthusiastic in following the test.The students also get some benefits by using the grammar test software.First, the students can do more practice about grammar because there are three questions in each number.Second, the students can know their grammar ability by identifying their test results, so they can overcome their weaknesses later.Third, the students can organize their time while doing the test because there is time countdown in the software.Fourth, the students can turn on or off music player in the software, so they can feel enjoy during the test.Fifth, the students can know their score directly.Sixth, the students can know the feedback from the lecturer after the test.Seventh, the students can save their test result and open it again if they need it.Eighth, the students can print out their test results.Thus, utilizing computer-based software for grammar test can get positive responses and perceptions from the students.

are presented: ( 1 )
Consider the various beliefs and assumptions of stakeholders toward CBT; (2) Consider the whole system; (3) Consider the students' need; (4) Consider for bringing the expert of computer; (5) Consider for making the policies in utilizing CBT; (6) Consider the tracking of using CBT accessibility features; (7) Consider the CBT has been feasible to be used; (8) Consider the students who have disabilities; (9) Consider for training the students and teachers about CBT.CBT also gives many advantages for teachers and students.The teachers can take up less effort and time, can save all data in the computer, can monitor the students while doing the test, and can minimize human errors in scoring and grading.The students can get score and feedback directly, can do the test wherever if the test is internet-based, and can minimize their bad habit on cheating.Pardo (2014) reported his study about analyzing the education of students'acquisition in the secondary level of English grammar by using two different methods (computer-based instruction and paper-based instruction).This study aimed to explore and compare the effectiveness of these two methods and students' opinions on using paper-based materials and online materials.The result of questionnaires showed that using online materials makes the students more motivated than paperbased materials.The results also opened new paths of research about the using of ICTs for academic purposes.

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the interview, it can be seen that the students also give positive response toward computer-based software for grammar test.The students said the similar answer with the questionnaire.Thus, it can be concluded from the questionnaire and interview data that almost all students give positive response toward computer-based grammar test software.The pictures below are the screenshot of grammar test computer-based software: Picture 3.1.1Main Menu In the main menu, there are some menu which can be chosen by the students.The join available English test menu is used for joining the test that will be done by the students.The view result menu is used for seeing all students' test result that have been done and they can also review it to know their grammar ability.The login option menu is used for change the old password becomes new password.The user profile option is used for change the students' identity if there is something wrong.Picture 3.1.2Students' Test Sheet In the students' test sheet, there are students' identity which involve student's number, name, class, and program study.The questions and answer choice are placed in the middle.To choose the numbers of questions, there is at right side.There is also time countdown at the top right side.Besides, the students can increase and reduce the font size.Picture 3.1.

Table 3 .
1.1 Description of the lesson plan for a semester