Grammarly Application a Case of Economic and Sociopolitical Hegemonies

With the help of technology and the internet, EFL students can learn foreign language more convenientlythan ever before. Meanwhile, increasing attention is being paid to Computer Assisted Language Learning(CALL). The current study aimed at scrutinizing the implementation of Grammarly software in CALL andits restrictions for the Iranian users regarding economic and sociopolitical hegemonies. This study wasbased on the qualitative research to explore the various facets of economic and sociopolitical hegemoniesin the scope of Grammarly application. ۱۰ TEFL students of Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training Universityand EFL teachers of an institution with the experience of applying Grammarly software, attended individualsemi-structures interviews and asking questions within a predetermined thematic framework. However, thequestions were not set in order or in phrasing and there were options to ask additional questions with moredetail and richness due to their more open-ended nature. Based on the finding of the present study, in thefield of sociopolitical hegemony, main constrains that imposed on Iranian operators of Grammarlyencompasses filtering and limited access to internet connections. Enforcement of filtering put the users ofthe Grammarly in restricted access to firstly; varying version of Grammarly online browser and desktopapplication and secondly to reliable websites for comparing and evaluating Grammarly's functionality withother websites. In the scope of economic hegemony, financial complications made the Iranian clients ofGrammarly to be excluded from technological facilities of Grammarly software application. It is difficultand occasionally impossible to subscribe various kinds of software applications in computer mediatedlanguage learning and teaching context. Despite the percentage of monthly and annual discounts that theGrammarly site has considered for users, users still cannot afford such amounts and sometimes they areforced to buy such software as a group.

کلیدواژه ها:

Grammarly Software Application ، EFL learning ، Sociopolitical hegemony ، Economichegemonies