ERIC Number: EJ1051503
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Oct
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-1657-0790
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The Use of Blogs in English Language Learning: A Study of Student Perceptions (El uso de bitácoras o "blogs" en el aprendizaje del idioma inglés: un estudio sobre las percepciones del estudiante)
Ahluwalia, Gurleen; Gupta, Deepti; Aggarwal, Deepak
PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, v13 n2 p29-41 Oct 2011
In this article we present an investigation that focused on the students' perception of using Blogs as a means to supplement in-class language learning activities. Blogs are easy to manage and enable students to publish their work in a chronological manner. They help students to engage in online exchanges and promote learner autonomy. This study evaluates a language laboratory program in which forty-two first year engineering students from a college in India were introduced to blogs and instructed to use them for recording their laboratory work. Data collection reveals that despite encountering some difficulties, students had an overall positive attitude towards using blogs in their learning of English. A follow-up study was conducted a year after the initial study and the results supported the original findings.
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Second Language Learning, Learning Activities, Student Attitudes, Second Language Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Engineering Education, Indians, English (Second Language), Independent Study, Personal Autonomy, Language Laboratories, Foreign Countries, Positive Attitudes, College Students, Interviews, Computer Assisted Instruction, Student Surveys, Followup Studies
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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