second language class

I would like to use my blog to teach my students languages. Right now, I am teaching Korean at U of M and can’t wait to use my blog to teach my students. It seems that there are hundreds of way to use it for langauge teaching but I may need to figure out the best way for my class.

One thing that I can think of the benefit of using a blog is to promote my students’s natural use of lanaguge. Most of my students learn Korean to meet Korean friends and learn more about its culture. However, due to the tight schedule and our program goals (which are not same as my personal goals), I felt that I have not met my students’ need and interests. For example, when my students meet Korean friends, they will have to use plain form of langauge more than polite forms. However, in the classroom, students are required to learn polite forms first and use it. It seems that many lessons in the classroom are not helpful for students’ reali life situation and do not meet theri need or interest. My blog will be useful to solve this problem. My students will use my blog to share their thoughts and ideas in Korea. They will be allowed to use and practice casual forms of Korean.

Also, they can share their findins and resources. The interest in Korean pop-culture has been one of the most strong motivation to study Korean for my students. I will use this blog to teach Korean pop culture as well as Korean language.

One thing I would like to know in the classroom is how blogs can be effectively used for the langauge development. I felt that sometimes we have too much information to digest in the internet but it does not garauntee studnets’ learning. It can motivate students and make learning pleasant. Or blogging itself is not even fun or new to my students any more.

How can we direct students learn languages with using a blog or other types of technology?

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