Blog-Integrated Writing with Blog-Buddies: EAP Learners' Writing Performance

Autor/inn/en	Asoodar, Maryam; Atai, Mahmood Reza; Vaezi, Shahin
Titel	Blog-Integrated Writing with Blog-Buddies: EAP Learners' Writing Performance
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Computing Research, 54 (2016) 2, S.225-252 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0735-6331
DOI	10.1177/0735633115615588
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Student Journals; Electronic Journals; Web Sites; Collaborative Writing; English for Academic Purposes; Electronic Learning; Mixed Methods Research; Writing Achievement; Undergraduate Students; Engineering Education; Virtual Universities; Writing Improvement; Student Attitudes; Writing Attitudes; Semi Structured Interviews; Observation; Student Centered Learning; Web Based Instruction; Cognitive Style; Learning Experience; Integrated Learning Systems; Online Courses; Attitude Measures; Questionnaires; Likert Scales; English (Second Language); Language Tests; Mentors; Feedback (Response); Learning Motivation; Asynchronous Communication; Computer Mediated Communication; Progress Monitoring; Positive Attitudes; Iran + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Studentenzeitung; E-Journal; Web-Design; Ingenieurausbildung; Schülerverhalten; Beobachtung; Group work; Student-entered learning; Student-centred learning; Student centred learning; Schülerorientierter Unterricht; Schülerzentrierter Unterricht; Gruppenarbeit; Web Based Training; Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Lernerfahrung; Online course; Online-Kurs; Fragebogen; Likert-Skala; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Language test; Sprachtest; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Computerkonferenz
Abstract	This article reports a mixed-method research probing the effect of utilizing a blog-buddy system on English for academic purposes learners' writing performance. Sixty Iranian undergraduate engineering students at Iran University of Science and Technology Virtual Campus participated in this study. Our analysis of the students' writings indicated that blog-integrated writing instruction accompanied with the implementation of a blog-buddy system resulted in a significant improvement in students' writing performance. Further, the results of an attitudinal survey revealed that students who received feedback from blog-buddies showed higher positive attitudes toward utilizing blogs for their writing classes. For further investigation, data were gathered through comments the participants left on the weblog and the forums, semistructured interviews, and teacher observations. Four themes emerged, which were used to come up with a framework based on the learner-centred approach. The framework integrates web-based trainings and learners' learning styles and fosters the learners' control of their learning experiences. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01