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The Effect of Learner-Centered Blogging on the Iranian Students’ Essay Writing Skill and Attitude

Heydari, Afsaneh | 2019

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  1. Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
  2. Language: English
  3. Document No: 51770 (31)
  4. University: Sharif University of Technology
  5. Department: Languages and Linguistics Center
  6. Advisor(s): Jahangard, Ali
  7. Abstract:
  8. Computer-assisted language learning (CALL) has been the focus of investigation in the field of foreign language learning for many years. This study aimed to investigate the impact of learning through blogging on the students’ essay writing skill and attitude in the Iranian context. As an extension of the research conducted earlier by Lin (2015) 32 Sharif University of Technology students were selected as the participants of the study. To this end, the students were divided into two groups of experimental group and control group. Then, they were instructed in two different ways by using different teaching methodologies. The bloggers, experimental group students, did not receive any direct teaching, so they received the lessons through a weblog. However the traditional group, control group students, participated in the classroom and experienced a traditional type of classroom. In fact, during the semester they were instructed to write down the essay writing. After ten sessions the students’ writing scores were statistically analyzed. The analyses of the scores were conducted in two phases. In the first phase, within-group comparison was conducted and in the second phase between-groups comparison was performed to see if there were any differences between the two groups. Based on the results of the study, both groups had improvement in the course that they had adopted. However by conducting between-group comparisons, it was revealed that the experimental group students achieved better results in this process. The students’ attitude was also analyzed. To this end, semi-structured interview was used. By analyzing their interview, it was concluded that the students’ attitude toward essay writing skill changed
  9. Keywords:
  10. Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) ; Electronic Learning ; Blogging ; Essay Writing ; Learner's Attitude

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