| Summary: | 碩士 === 淡江大學 === 英文學系碩士班 === 99 === This study aims to investigate EFL students’ motivation and attitude toward using English blogs for English learning in English drill classes. Participants were 142 non-English majors including 75 freshmen of Japanese Department and 67 freshmen of Information Management Department. All of students’ postings and responses were compiled and analyzed to explore their favorite topics of English blogging. In addition to the researcher’s observation during the experiment, a questionnaire and interview at the end of the experiment were delivered and conducted to understand students’ motivation and perception of English blogging, and their attitude toward the English blog learning project. The research findings revealed that many students regularly visited the English blogs to acquire new information. The majority preferred entertaining, interactive, informative, academic, and self-disclosure content. Furthermore, the instructor’s operation of the English blogs and ways to present the content greatly influenced students’ motivation as well. The English blogs even benefited students’ English learning. Many students agreed that the English blogs increased their opportunities for English practice. They were not only acquainted with the content of textbook, but learned extra English information. Through blog assignments, students autonomously learned from each other and even enhanced their confidence and mastery of English. Finally, the performance and expectation of the two groups of participants in the experiment were slightly different so while using English blogs in teaching, the content and teaching methods should be adapted to meet various students’ needs.
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