As blogs become more and more commonplace, educators in recent years have begun seeing the
potential of blogs for teaching and learning. At this time, using blogs in education, and
particularly in language learning, is still novel and there have not been many formal studies done
on this topic.
Studies that have been published include research on blogging’s effect on learner autonomy,
increasing writing fluency, as a place for completing writing assignments (Ward, 2004; Wu,
2005), posting class materials (Johnson, 2004), and as a way to open communication with