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Derginin Adı:
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The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education
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Cilt:
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2011/12
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Sayı:
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4
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Makale Başlık:
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WEBLOGS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING: Students‘ Perceptions
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Makale Alternatif Dilde Başlık:
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Makale Eklenme Tarihi:
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11.04.2015
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Okunma Sayısı:
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1
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Makale Özeti:
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The digital explosion of information on the Internet has resulted in a need for a new
and up-to-date way for Digital Natives to learn English. Educators have reported
numerous benefits of using weblogs in English language learning. This article presents
a small scale study on the use of weblogs for English language learning at tertiary level
in Malaysia. Twenty six students kept weblogs for a duration of a semester.
This study investigated how students perceived the use of weblogs for English
language learning. A questionnaire which was made up of both close-ended and openended
questions was administered at the end of the study. A mixture of quantitative
and qualitative methods was used to analyse the students‘ responses to the
questionnaire. The study found that students were aware of their audience when they
blogged and that they geared their writing towards their audience. In addition, they
also interacted with others through the use of the comment feature on their weblogs.
Furthermore, the majority of the students enjoyed blogging and found weblogs useful
for English language learning. This study found that weblogs are promising interactive
tools for English language learning.
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Alternatif Dilde Özet:
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