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The Effects of Writing in a Class Blog on Saudi EFL Students’ Attitudes towards Writing in English
Arab World English Journal ( IF 0.6 ) Pub Date : 2022-01-24 , DOI: 10.24093/awej/covid2.22
Sultan Samah A Alenezi

This case study aimed to explore Saudi EFL students’ attitudes towards learning writing by using blogging in practicing their writing activities and tasks. It also sought to measure the effectiveness of blogging as an effective approach to enhance student’s writing abilities. The participants in this study were five students second-year undergraduate EFL students studying in the Department of English in Saudi university. The participants had completed a writing skills course as a compulsory course in their study program. A semi-structured interview was used to acquire data for this case study in order to learn about learners’ blogging experiences. The semi-structured interview data were analyzed thematically. The findings showed that the learners’ attitudes were positive toward using the class blog as a beneficial approach in EFL writing classes. Furthermore, they confirmed that their English writing skills improved as a result of blogging. Additionally, they mentioned that blogging enabled them to build an interactive learning environment in which they could share their experiences and perspectives with their peers and learn from one another. Finally, the study, emphasizes the importance of using blogging in EFL writing classes and recommends that blogging to be part of writing teaching curricula at the university level.

中文翻译:

课堂博客写作对沙特 EFL 学生英语写作态度的影响

本案例研究旨在通过在练习写作活动和任务时使用博客来探索沙特 EFL 学生对学习写作的态度。它还试图衡量博客作为提高学生写作能力的有效方法的有效性。本研究的参与者是在沙特大学英语系学习的五名本科 EFL 本科二年级学生。参与者已经完成了写作技巧课程,这是他们学习计划中的必修课。为了了解学习者的博客体验,我们使用半结构化访谈来获取本案例研究的数据。对半结构化访谈数据进行主题分析。研究结果表明,学习者对使用课堂博客作为英语写作课的有益方法持积极态度。此外,他们证实,他们的英语写作技巧因写博客而有所提高。此外,他们提到博客使他们能够建立一个互动的学习环境,在其中他们可以与同龄人分享他们的经验和观点,并相互学习。最后,该研究强调了在英语写作课程中使用博客的重要性,并建议将博客作为大学写作教学课程的一部分。
更新日期:2022-01-24
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