Blogging: Writing in English with Fun Activities

Ferry Ardana Putra, Fika Megawati, Yuli Astutik, Vidya Mandarani, Dian Novita, Wahyu Taufiq, Dian Rahma Santoso

2018

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the use of blog in English writing activities. Quantitative research with Pre-Experimental One Group Pre-test Post-test was applied to thirty two secondary school students. The result indicated that the blogging activity assisted the students improve their writing ability. Through blog, writing process seemed to be uncomplicated for the students. They could write more easily with various features. They could attach pictures and modify the words directly in addition to changing the theme into more eye-catching look in order to attract the viewers or readers. Commenting online in blog provided the opportunity for peer assessment practice through feedback given to the friends’composition. In a nutshell, blog is an applicable medium for educators in creating communicative online interaction in English language learning.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Putra F., Megawati F., Astutik Y., Mandarani V., Novita D., Taufiq W. and Santoso D. (2018). Blogging: Writing in English with Fun Activities.In Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities - Volume 1: ANCOSH, ISBN 978-989-758-343-8, pages 5-9. DOI: 10.5220/0007414200050009

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ancosh18,
author={Ferry Ardana Putra and Fika Megawati and Yuli Astutik and Vidya Mandarani and Dian Novita and Wahyu Taufiq and Dian Rahma Santoso},
title={Blogging: Writing in English with Fun Activities},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities - Volume 1: ANCOSH,},
year={2018},
pages={5-9},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007414200050009},
isbn={978-989-758-343-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities - Volume 1: ANCOSH,
TI - Blogging: Writing in English with Fun Activities
SN - 978-989-758-343-8
AU - Putra F.
AU - Megawati F.
AU - Astutik Y.
AU - Mandarani V.
AU - Novita D.
AU - Taufiq W.
AU - Santoso D.
PY - 2018
SP - 5
EP - 9
DO - 10.5220/0007414200050009