Document Type : Research Article

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1 PhD Candidate of TEFL, Department of English Language, Tonekabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tonehabon, Iran

2 Associate Professor of TEFL, Department of English Language, Tonekabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, Iran

Abstract

The present review article discusses the significant role of technology, particularly blogging, in the development of the writing skill. Similar to the conventional classroom teaching, practitioners and researchers view blogs as tools for constructing grammar and writing skills and dispersing knowledge. In spite of the fact that learning through blogs can advance higher development of identity and bring about collaboration and social interaction, it can offer higher opportunities for learners to represent and express themselves, fostering the skills to develop and build their own community(Love, 2004; Spangenberg, 2004). Blogging is not presumed to be a substitution for conventional classroom writing pedagogy, neither just an issue of delivering classroom writing into digital space of the 21st Century, but,instead, it is writing in an innovative way that cultivates, among learner bloggers, a strong interest to write for the aim of communication and expression. Theadvantages of blogs, specifically in comparison to other technological advances such as discussion boards, are overviewed in this article. Besides, the relevant empirical investigations that have endeavored to explore the role of blogging in the cultivation of writing and learners’ attitudes towards it are presented. Considering that the majority of research studies have pinpointed the potential of blogging in writing development, it is suggested that teachers use models to familiarize their learners with blogging prior to actively using it in their writing classes.

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Article Title [Persian]

نقش وبلاگهای گفتگو در پیشرفت نوشتاری زبان آموزان

Authors [Persian]

  • مهناز معیری 1
  • دکتر داود مشهدی حیدر 2

1 دانشجوی دکتری آموزش زبان انگلیسی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد تنکابن، تنکابن، ایران

2 دانشیار گروه آموزش زبان انگلیسی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد تنکابن، تنکابن، ایران

Abstract [Persian]

در مقاله حاضر، نقش مهم فن آوری به خصوص وبلاگ نویسی در توسعه مهارت نوشتار مورد بحث قرار می گیرد. همانند آموزش معمول در کلاس درس، آموزگاران و محققان وبلاگها را به عنوان ابزاری برای بهبود گرامر و مهارت نوشتار و اشاعه ی دانش در نظر می گیرند. به رغم این واقعیت که یادگیری از طریق وبلاگ ها می تواند پیشرفت بیشتری در هویت و ایجاد همکاری و تعامل اجتماعی ایجاد کند، همچنین می تواند فرصت های بیشتری برای زبان آموزان فراهم کند تا مقصود خود را بیان کنند و مهارت های لازم برای توسعه و ساخت اجتماع خودشان را فراهم کنند (لاو، 2004؛ اسپنگنبرگ، 2004). وبلاگ نویسی جایگزین تعلیمات نوشتاری در کلاس درس معمولی نیست، همانطور که فقط مسئله ای مربوط به نوشتار کلاس درسی در فضای دیجیتالی قرن بیست و یکم نیز نیست؛ بلکه، نوشتار به روش نوآورانه ای است که در میان وبلاگ نویسان یادگیرنده، علاقه شدید برای اهداف ارتباطی و بیانی ایجاد میکند. مزایای استفاده از وبلاگ ها، به ویژه در مقایسه با سایر پیشرفت های تکنولوژیکی مانند انجمن های گفتگو، در این مقاله مورد بررسی قرار می گیرد. علاوه بر این، تحقیقات تجربی مربوط به بررسی نقش وبلاگ نویسی در رشد مهارت نوشتاری و نگرش های زبان آموزان نسبت به آن ارائه شده است.

Keywords [Persian]

  • وبلاگ نویسی
  • مهارت نوشتار
  • فناوری
  • نگرش یادگیرنده
  • و عمل نوآورانه
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