Reading comprehension improvement through the blog N99c0020 Amanda Lu

Introduction Curriculum and instruction have been changed with the advancement and presence of new technologies. The use of blogs has become increasingly popular over the years as a form of CMC. This study will examine the role of blogs and how they may assist to promote comprehension within small-guided reading groups.

Literature Review The advantages of the blogging include maintaining a log of exchanging among students, a more serious consideration of language, and the encouragement of community language learning by electronic means. (Godwin Jones,2003) Self-publishing encourages ownership and responsibility on the parts of the students, who maybe more thoughtful if they know they are writing for real audience. (Godwin Jones,2003)

Literature Review Communicative competence is defined as the use of language in social communications without grammatical analysis (Krashen & Terrell, 1983).

Research Questions 1 Do the participants improve their reading comprehension by blog discussion ? 2 How do students respond to the use of blogs? 3 What impact does the integration of blogs into Penguin Active Reading have in fostering deeper comprehension?

Gou-Guo junior high school Methodology participant students group experimental control school Gou-Guo junior high school number 30 people 5-6/group grade 8th grader gender 14 boys and 16 girls 13 boys and 17 girls

Gou-Guo junior high school Methodology participant teacher school Gou-Guo junior high school number 1 age 36 gender female background bachelor’s degree in English a certificated teacher who has 6 years teaching experience

Penguin active reading Design Experimental Control material Penguin active reading Week 1 Pre-test Week 2-14 Treatment 3-5pages/week, and blog discussion at least post one comment every other day traditional way Week 15 Post-test

Methodology instruments experimental control pre-test post-test GEPT elementary level mode test reading part questionnaire reading experience before and after the treatment Blog Scoring Rubric Blog Analysis Rubric survey student interest inventory

Data collection T-test Gain scores Questionnaire Blog Scoring Rubric Student interest inventory

Data analysis RQ1 RQ2 RQ3 T-test Gain scores Questionnaire Blog Scoring Rubric Student interest inventory