Using blogs to encourage ESL students to write constructively in English

This paper reports on a study incorporating blog projects as part of an integrated English project assignment. Students did the project outside classroom hours to practice their language skills in an authentic environment, using blogs to communicate with each other. This study seeks to assess the us...

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Main Authors:	Nadzrah Abu Bakar, Kemboja Ismail
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2009
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1481/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1481/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1481/1/kemboja.pdf

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spelling	ukm-14812016-12-14T06:29:35Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1481/ Using blogs to encourage ESL students to write constructively in English Nadzrah Abu Bakar, Kemboja Ismail, This paper reports on a study incorporating blog projects as part of an integrated English project assignment. Students did the project outside classroom hours to practice their language skills in an authentic environment, using blogs to communicate with each other. This study seeks to assess the usefulness of blogs in developing students’ ability to write constructively. We collected data through questionnaires that requested students’ feedback on their attitudes and perspectives pertaining to the integrated blog project and how the project motivated them and helped them increase their interest in writing in English. We found that students had a positive attitude about blogging. The students perceived blogging as an interesting and motivating learning environment because interacting through blogs helped with the critical thinking and peer feedback facets of their writing projects. We also found that social interaction helped students improve their writing skills Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2009-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1481/1/kemboja.pdf Nadzrah Abu Bakar, and Kemboja Ismail, (2009) Using blogs to encourage ESL students to write constructively in English. AJTLHE: ASEAN Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 1 (1). pp. 45-57. ISSN 1985-5826 http://www.ukm.my/jtlhe/
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description	This paper reports on a study incorporating blog projects as part of an integrated English project assignment. Students did the project outside classroom hours to practice their language skills in an authentic environment, using blogs to communicate with each other. This study seeks to assess the usefulness of blogs in developing students’ ability to write constructively. We collected data through questionnaires that requested students’ feedback on their attitudes and perspectives pertaining to the integrated blog project and how the project motivated them and helped them increase their interest in writing in English. We found that students had a positive attitude about blogging. The students perceived blogging as an interesting and motivating learning environment because interacting through blogs helped with the critical thinking and peer feedback facets of their writing projects. We also found that social interaction helped students improve their writing skills
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title	Using blogs to encourage ESL students to write constructively in English
title_short	Using blogs to encourage ESL students to write constructively in English
title_full	Using blogs to encourage ESL students to write constructively in English
title_fullStr	Using blogs to encourage ESL students to write constructively in English
title_full_unstemmed	Using blogs to encourage ESL students to write constructively in English
title_sort	using blogs to encourage esl students to write constructively in english
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2009
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1481/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1481/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1481/1/kemboja.pdf
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Using blogs to encourage ESL students to write constructively in English

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