A weblog (or blog) is a web-based space for writing where all the writing and editing of information is managed through a web browser, immediately, display photos, making a video, publicly available on the Internet. The purpose of this thesis is to introduce the blogging phenomenon and the effectiveness of using blog exchanges for English writing.Three types of blogs for using English writing: The Tutor Blog, The Class Blog, The Learner Blog
There are a range of potential applications of blogging technology in education and training including for student and teacher communication, delivery of learning. A blog is a frequently updated website that often resembles an online journal. It's so easy to create and update a blog. It is one of the easiest ways to publish student writing on the WWW. It's almost as easy as sending an email. Reasons for using blogs is provide extra reading practice for student online or student learner journals that can be read by their Peers. There are lots of sites where you can set up a blog for free as (http://blogger.com).
This study shows that educators should be aware of the students’ perceptions of and reactions for the use of blogs as a pedagogical tool for EFL students. It seems to be a few concerns that most instructors share when it comes to using blogs in English class: privacy, netiquette, ethics, appropriateness of content, and motivating student participation. Further formal study should be done relating to these topics. These topics should be studied in relation to how they affect the use of the blog for English language learning, and therefore how they affect the learning process. Studies should be done concerning how best to motivate students to make use of the full learning potential of blogs as well as how to teach them the necessity of privacy, netiquette, ethics, and appropriate content.
To literature shows that blogs are a very versatile communication medium for using in education. Clearly blogs have been used most often as journals and teaching strategy of themselves that can be used in a variety of pedagogical methods. Obviously, blogging is an effective tool for delivery of instruction as evidenced in this study by the numerous benefits for its use which outweighed the drawbacks of the traditional communication tools such as email or bulletin board.