Using Blog Technology in Teaching English Grammar

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Language learning is a complicated and hard task. For learners to accomplish the coveted proficiency in a foreign/second language, their organizations, institutions, or teachers need to invest time, exertion and huge assets so as to meet various learning styles. This clarifies the keen awareness in linking different teaching methodologies and learning strategies with instructional technologies that assure to motivate learners and to fit effectively their needs. Therefore, technology has found a welcome home in foreign/second language education. This book presents an overview of the use of blog technology in teaching grammar and its influence on students learning. The long-term aims are to contribute to our effectiveness, as EFL/ESL teachers, in grammar teaching and to overcome some of the negativity which seems to stalk grammar. A blog is an exciting web application of the Internet for developing collaborative communication skills in a foreign/second language. An experiment about using the blog in teaching grammar has been done and discussed in this book. The results draw attention to the effectiveness of blog technology as a technique/tool for language teaching and learning.

Sameer Ahmed A. Boset is an instructor at the Faculty of Languages, University of Aden, Yemen. He is a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Language and Literacy Education, University of Malaya, Malaysia. His main areas of interest include TESL, TESOL, teacher education and training, instructional technology, linguistics, and teaching methods.