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Exploring Instructors’ Rationale and Perspectives in Using Blogs as a Tool for Teaching English as a Second Language

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  • Supyan Hussin
  • Rehab Aboswider
  • Noriah Ismail
  • Soo Yoke

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Embedding web-based learning systems in education has drawn increasing popularity and growing interest among the contemporary language education community in recent time. In particular, blogs have become a profound phenomenon in the present landscape of online education. However, research addressing the instructor’s perspective about the engagement of blog technology in second language education is still lagging behind. The current study seeks to explore and survey the perspectives of six Malaysian academicians on the use of blogs in teaching English as second language to Malaysian students at higher education institutions. A qualitative approach was adopted to collect responses from the participants via a semi-structured interview. In addition, a checklist of features of the blog was used to investigate the blogging activities in the courses conducted by the participants. The collected data from the interview were analyzed qualitatively, whereas the blog checklist data were analyzed quantitatively. The obtained results indicated that the surveyed instructors had a positive reflection on using blogs in the teaching and learning of the English as second language.

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  • Supyan Hussin & Rehab Aboswider & Noriah Ismail & Soo Yoke, 2016. "Exploring Instructors’ Rationale and Perspectives in Using Blogs as a Tool for Teaching English as a Second Language," English Language Teaching, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 9(10), pages 142-142, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:eltjnl:v:9:y:2016:i:10:p:142
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    1. Soo Yoke & Nor Hasan & Rohani Jangga & Siti Nuur-Ila Mat Kamal, 2015. "Innovating with HOTS for the ESL Reading Class," English Language Teaching, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 8(8), pages 1-10, August.
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