Rethinking Blog-Integrated EFL Curricula: A Reflection on Participation and Learning

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Liang, M.Y. (2007). Rethinking Blog-Integrated EFL Curricula: A Reflection on Participation and Learning. In T. Bastiaens & S. Carliner (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (pp. 1686-1691). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (ELEARN) 2007
Quebec City, Canada
October 15, 2007
  Theo Bastiaens & Saul Carliner
AACE

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Mei-Ya Liang, National Central University, Taiwan

Abstract

In recent years, the weblog has become a popular Internet learning and communication environment, but its pedagogical potential for participation and learning in English as a foreign language (EFL) contexts has not yet been fully explored. Using action research methodology, the researcher participated in the design and implementation of three blog-integrated EFL curricula and evaluated them. The study supports the position that Web communities can promote higher levels of learning and participation through certain instructional strategies. However, students' linguistic, social, and technical difficulty also leads us to rethink pedagogical issues related to learning and participation in EFL contexts. This paper provides discussions and suggestions for future design of Web-based interactions in post-secondary English courses.

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