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What is Blogfa

Handbook of Research on Individual Differences in Computer-Assisted Language Learning
Refers to a Persian free weblog hosting platform that supports both Persian and English languages and allows users to add or embed hyperlinks and multimedia.
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The Impact of Individual Differences on Students' Perception of Writing Practice in Blogosphere
Fatemeh Nami (Alzahra University, Iran)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8519-2.ch011
Abstract
Over the past few decades, weblogs have widely made their way into English as a foreign language (EFL) teaching and learning. Despite this growing research on the educational values of weblogs, the impact of individual differences on students' perception toward blogging has been rarely explored. In an attempt to fill this gap, the present case study reports on the impact of individual differences on 28 BA level, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology major students' perceptions of English writing practice in blogosphere. Data was collected from participants' responses to a post-course written interview. Adopting qualitative and quantitative data analysis procedures, it was observed that English language proficiency significantly influenced students' perceived effectiveness of writing practice in the classroom blog. The findings of this study offer several practical implications for research on weblog-enhanced language learning.
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