DEVELOPING WRITING ABILITIES OF EFL STUDENTS THROUGH BLOGGING
Keywords:
: EFL, ESL, blog technology, group blogs, interactive writing teaching, language learning, modern information and communication technologies, mobile learning, process writing, writing skillsAbstract
The aim of this study is to review the using blogs in teaching the writing skills to students: we explore various types of blogs and review their didactic features and methodological function; suggest to develop writing skills via blogs; and determine the stages of students’ writing skills development via blogs. This paper reports on a process approach to the writing by implementation of innovative pedagogical technologies such as a cycle of blogging activities within different levels of courses of English language for academic purposes at the universities of Uzbekistan.
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