Malay Language Sentence Checker

In the era of advanced technology, students are exposed to new gadgets such as hand phones and computer. Text messaging has brought a great deal of convenience and quickness to our daily communication. However, several problems have risen from the development and the used of the technology where many people tend to ignore the importance of grammar, spelling, syntax abbreviation and punctuation in their daily usage of texting, emailing and chatting. This has indirectly affects the students' ability when it comes to formal writings such as essay writing and report writing. This paper present the development of a Malay Language Sentence Checker, which translates short form texting language to its complete and correct forms, checks whether the sentences have any grammatical and structural errors and suggests the type of correction to the sentences. From the functional testing all the system components work as required. The user testing is also conducted and it is found that the system is more suitable to be used by students from lower secondary and primary schools.