A BLOGGING-ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING APPROACH TOWARDS WRITING SKILLS OF ESL LEARNERS OF MOHTARAMA BENAZIR BHUTTO SHAHEED CAMPUS DADU

Abstract

This quasi-experimental research examined “Blogging–assisted language learning approach towards the writing skills of ESL learners of Mohtarama Benzeer Bhutto Shaheed Campus Dadu”. The purpose of the study is get insights about blog-assisted language leanring or how blogs improve the writing skills of ESL learners in Pakistani context. The researcher gave the answer to research question what is difference in the writing performance of experimental group after treatment of blogging with control group using conventional method of learning? This study is carried out under the paradigm of positivism. The approach that researcher is going to use is quantitative method. Data is collected from the 50 undergraduate students of Mohatrama Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Campus Dadu Sindh Pakistan. 25 in experimental group and 25 in control group. The researcher used purposive sampling strategy for sampling of the students. Blog entries and post-test written drafts are used as research instruments to collect the data. The post-test written drafts of both groups are analyzed through an independent sample t-test with assessment criteria adopted from Gustilo’s (2011) writing rubric. The data is analyzed by SPSS software which is very handy software to analyze quantitative data. The findings post-test score revealed that after the intervention of blogging, students’ writing skills of experimental group are significantly improved than students of control group who learnt by conventional method of learning. The delimitation of the study is the researcher has only examined that how blogs proved to be an effective tool to improve the writing skills of ESL learners in Pakistani context. The study has illustrated only writing perspective using blogging. So, it leaves the gap for other researchers to fill on other language skills. It provides satisfying space for other researchers to replicate this research.