Application of Natural Language Processing in Education: Methodology

NIT6130 INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH
ASSIGNMENT 3 – METHODOLOGY
by
Rachid Hamadi
Student ID: 30099999

Table of Contents
Table of Contents.................................................................................................................................ii
List of Figures.....................................................................................................................................iii
List of Tables.......................................................................................................................................iv
Chapter 1 Methodology........................................................................................................................1
1.1 Research Problem and Reorganized Collected Literature..........................................................2
1.1.1 Research Problem Statement...............................................................................................2
1.1.2 Reorganized Collected Literature........................................................................................4
1.2 Types of Methodology...............................................................................................................6
1.2.1 Qualitative and Quantitative Methodologies.......................................................................6
1.2.2 Type of Chosen Methodology.............................................................................................6
1.3 Review of the Existing Methodologies......................................................................................7
1.3.1 Selected Sub-Problem.........................................................................................................7
1.3.2 Analysis of the Selected Methodologies.............................................................................7
1.3.3 Relevance of the Research Problem....................................................................................8
1.3.4 Summary of the Reviewed Methodologies.........................................................................8
1.4 Proposed Methodology...............................................................................................................9
1.4.1 Identification and Justification............................................................................................9
1.4.2 Benefits and Limitations.....................................................................................................9
1.4.3 Framework and Explanation.............................................................................................10
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Chapter 1
Methodology
The main objective of this paper is to identify the different methodologies and the way of
application of these methodologies for the research purpose so that the individuals can select
and apply the methodologies for their own research papers (Rehman and Kifor 2015). In this
context the discussion regarding the methodology is associated with the application of the
natural language processing in the education. The selection and the discussion of the
methodology are followed by the literature review and the analysis of the problem.
The methodology refers to the way of the development of the research. The methodology is
focused on the aims and the objective of the research the selection of the methodology is
dependent on the type of the method so that the methodology can help to draw the conclusion
that reflects the aims and the objectives of the research.
This document follows a specific structure where problems and the sub problems are
researched and the review of the literature is done. This task is followed by the discussion of the
characteristics of the different methodologies and the selection of the methodologies based on
the type of the research. The third task is regarding the analysis and the summarization of the
findings from the research. The final task is to develop or select the appropriate methodology
for the research purpose and state the advantage and the limitation of the methodology along
with the justification for the selecting the methodology.
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1.1 Research Problem and Reorganized Collected Literature
1.1.1 Research Problem Statement
The topic discussed in this context is the “Application of the natural language processing in
education”. The natural language processing is an emerging technique which has been used in
various technologies. The application of the natural language processing the education can be
helpful to make the positive change in the learning system. Natural language processing is an
scientific way that provides to develop the technology which can be beneficial for the scientific
learning. In some cases, the application of the natural language processing can be beneficial for
automation of the checking grammar in the selected text or identifying the happening of the
events from a large paragraph and arrange it in timely order. All these applications can be used
as the part of any emerging technology (Carrell et al.2015). Apart from that the application of
the natural language processing can be helpful for e-learning and the learning of the new
languages.
The research topic has itself raised some questions regarding the application and the
implementation of the natural language processing. It can be said that the natural language
processing can be applicable for making the application which can be beneficial for assisting
different aspects in the educational background. However, the application of the natural
language processing is dependent on the structure of the language (Lui et al.2018). Different
languages have different structure. In this context the implementation of the software based on
the natural language processing needs different structures for different language. In this case,
the collaboration with the system developer is needed with the persons who knows the
structure of that particular language in a proper way.
The education system is getting more innovative and the process of the learning needs more
teacher student interaction. In this case, the process of the e-learning and the application of the
automation in the teaching process and the error detection process are gaining popularity. In
this situation the application of the natural language processing is going to be used widely. The
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