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Blogging and EFL Writing: What Does the Research Tell Us?

LIM, HEE YOUNG
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1482238940724771

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2017, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, EDU Teaching and Learning.
This thesis attempts to synthesize current empirical studies on using blogging writing in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) writing classes. Even though there has been an increasing amount of research on the use of blogging in writing instruction, little is known about how language learners use blogging for improving writing skills and how they experience the L2 writing process in blogs, especially inside and outside the EFL classroom. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate and analyze how blogging contributes to the learning of L2 writing. This study synthesizes twenty peer-reviewed empirical studies, published between 2005 and 2016. This review begins with an analysis of different types of blogs used for EFL learners. This is followed by an investigation of purposes and topics that learners engage in while using blogging, and the relationship between the two. The article then turns to examining advantages and challenges of using blogging writing inside and outside EFL classrooms. The twenty empirical studies show that EFL learners use certain types of blogs for achieving their primary goal, improving writing in English. While blogging in diverse topics, such as current social issues and learners’ daily lives, learners interact with others and this motivates them to write more meaningful and high-quality postings for audiences. Most research shows that the use of blogging writing improves EFL learners’ writing ability. Learners can be motivated to write, manage the anxiety of writing in English, and interact with others in blogging writing. Finally, implications for research and teaching will be provided for future researchers to consider for studying blogging writing for EFL learners.
Youngjoo Yi (Advisor)
Alan Hirvela (Committee Chair)
61 p.
Education; Language

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  • LIM, H. Y. (2017). Blogging and EFL Writing: What Does the Research Tell Us? [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1482238940724771

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  • LIM, HEE YOUNG. Blogging and EFL Writing: What Does the Research Tell Us? 2017. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1482238940724771.

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  • LIM, HEE YOUNG. "Blogging and EFL Writing: What Does the Research Tell Us?" Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1482238940724771

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