ELT and Blogging
The following is an excerpt taken from Yadav (2011) about blogging: In the most general sense, blogging means creating Weblogs on the web or Internet or cyberspace. Weblogs or blogs for short are generally like the websites that are easily created and easily updatable. The blogs look different from regular webpage. A Weblog is an easily created, easily updatable Website that allows an author (or authors) to publish instantly to the internet from any Internet connection. According to Blood (2000), blogs have existed in the cyberspace community since 1998. In August of 1999 the release of Blogger, a free blog hosting service, fostered the rapid growth of blog sites. Later, blog genre extended into various professional realms especially journalism and business. There are several facts that claim to have the rationale of blogging in English language learning and teaching. Teaching English language means getting updated regularly with the new and effective methods and approaches, mater...
