Lesson 1 : Blogging ey.

💻 WHAT IS A BLOG? 💻

💙I'll put a little intro here. Let's start with the definitions. A blog is a frequently updated online personal journal or diary 💻. It's a place where you can express yourself to the whole world. A place to share your thoughts and passions. It's anything that you want it to be. Okay let's just say that a blog is your very own website that you can update on an ongoing basis. Blog is the short form for the word weblog and the two words are used interchangeably.

💜Blogging is a simple and priceless way to provide any information regarding to ELT. Not just ELT, but also with other subjects or interests. Everyone can make blogs in their very own way.

🙈 Blog Writing for ELT 🙉

Now we moved to blog writing for ELT. What is ELT? It stands for English Language Teaching. Blogs are quite helpful for language teaching in classes.

💾 TYPES OF BLOGS 💾

There are actually 4 types of blogs good for ELT.

✅ Weblog

✅ Tutor Blog

✅ Class Blog 

✅ Learner Blog

WHY USE BLOGS? 👀 

💜Well, here are a few reasons why:

♬ Starting a blog is easy. The steps to beginning a blog are dead simple. You can choose a template from websites like Blogger, WordPress, or even Tumblr. Adding posts is almost as easy as sending e-mail.

♬ Teachers or educators can provide extra reading materials for students. They can read and review the lesson when they go back home.

♬Teachers can encourage shy students to participate more in the lesson. This will help them feel more interested and confident to join the class.

♬Student and teacher can develop a closer relationship.

♬It motivates students to become better readers and writers.

♬Blogs promotes discussion among students and teachers.

❎ DISADVANTAGES ❎

😌Even though blogging is good, it also has its own disadvantages.

☑ Being on the computer all day takes students away from being outside and being active.
☑Teacher will find it hard to do any corrections on student's assignment or homework.

☑ Privacy issues. Anytime minors are posting information on the internet about themselves, family, school, ect. it poses a threat to them. Therefore there is a great need for the blog to secure to all outside people.

🌸CONCLUSION🌸

⏩ In conclusion, blogging has the benefit of providing information or writing skills whether it be just basic English or for other courses. The theme can be relevant to any course or personal interest topic. Another benefit is the ability to share ideas and experiences, enabling people to learn from each other.

Thank you for reading. ✨