Measuring Student's Accuracy in Drawing Syntactic Tree Diagram Using Syntax Tree Generator

The ability to draw syntactic tree diagrams shows students’ knowledge of sentence structures. This study aims to measure the students’ accuracy in drawing tree diagrams using a computer program and their opinions regarding the use of a computer tree generator. The participants were 30 English department students who had been learning English syntax. They were instructed to draw tree diagrams using a program called Syntax Tree Generator. The findings show that 84.56% of students can draw syntactic tree diagrams accurately using the program indicating their good knowledge of English sentence structure. However, they admit that using a computer program to draw tree diagrams is annoying and complicated. The results revealed that the computer tree generator helps produce neat and accurate tree diagrams, but the program should be made more accessible for the learners.