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Effective Weblogs for ESL Learning

The document discusses three types of weblogs that can be used in ESL classes: teacher blogs, learner blogs, and class blogs. A teacher blog is run by the tutor to post materials for students and encourage exploration of English websites. A learner blog is run by individual students or groups for writing assignments. A class blog allows students to post about class topics and facilitate project-based learning through research and discussion. It can also connect international classrooms for language exchanges.

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Effective Weblogs for ESL Learning

The document discusses three types of weblogs that can be used in ESL classes: teacher blogs, learner blogs, and class blogs. A teacher blog is run by the tutor to post materials for students and encourage exploration of English websites. A learner blog is run by individual students or groups for writing assignments. A class blog allows students to post about class topics and facilitate project-based learning through research and discussion. It can also connect international classrooms for language exchanges.

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Weblogs for use in ESL classes It is an online journal updated as many times as one wishes, with our own

thoughts and ideas.Everyone can have it with an account. 3 types of weblogs for use in ESL Run by the tutor who posts entries, links, and reading material for the interest of thelearners; besides the teacher must encourage his students to explore ineresting English websitesso that the student feel comfortable reading it; this blog contains a button that allow students to addcomments so the tutor must write questions, riddles and so on; it is also used to remind students of homework or the syllabus; as well as to have links or quizzes for self-study directed to the learner. The learner blog. Run by just a learner or a group of them, best suited for reading and writingassignments, in this kind of blog might be seen as a journal for the student so that he gets practicein writing, with the button comment software he is a allowed to share ideas, view point with other classmates. The class blog. It may be used for learners to post messages, images, and links related toclassroom discussion topics; facilitating project-based language learning, where learners can begiven the opportunity to develop research and writing skills; class blogs could also be used as avirtual space for an international classroom language exchange; for reading and writing classes, itmight also involve the use of knowledge management software, like Userland's Manila, that allows for a great deal of threaded discussion behind the scenes. What is a learning blog? It is an online journal used for study purposes. What is a class blog?The class blog. It may be used for learners to post messages, images, and links related toclassroom discussion topics; facilitating project-based language learning, where learners can begiven the opportunity to develop research and writing skills; class blogs could also be used as avirtual space for an international classroom language exchange; for reading and writing classes, itmight also

involve the use of knowledge management software, like Userland's Manila, that allows for a great deal of threaded discussion behind the scenes.

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