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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| author | Nadzrah Abu Bakar, Kemboja Ismail, |
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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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| 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/ |
| spellingShingle | Nadzrah Abu Bakar, Kemboja Ismail, Using blogs to encourage ESL students to write constructively in English |
| title | 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_short | Using blogs to encourage ESL students to write constructively in English |
| title_sort | using blogs to encourage esl students to write constructively in english |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1481/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1481/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1481/1/kemboja.pdf |