1. GROUP ASSIGNMENT By Lua, Thuy, Viet & Hung BLOGS AND YOUR LEARNING ENGLISH

2. BRIEF INTRODUCTION ► Blog: What is it? a Web page that has brief, chronologically arranged items of information (with the most recent first) ► Samples: http://ssaill.wordpress.com/ http://cyberplacebo.wordpress.com/ http://vtlua.wordpress.com/ http://ictesol.wordpress.com/

3. Blog’s purposes ► Get connected with others; ► Share reflections, opinions, & feeling; ► Publish news to people (in a chronological order); ► Get and give comments on an issue;

4. Structure of a blog ► Pages (common):  Home/front-page (the place for posts)  About (stating purposes of a blog)  Contact me (details of the blog owner’s contact address )  Guidelines (How to use the blog and its information)

5. How to create a blog ► Use Wordpress.com ► Have a look at “WordPress – The tutorial WordPress – The tutorialWordPress – The tutorial ” to get yourself prepared to create your own blog

6. Homework ► Write a paragraph (of about 150 words) on how to use blog to facilitate your learning English and post it on the class’s blog. ► Try to create your own blog, using WordPress – The tutorial as a reference. WordPress – The tutorial WordPress – The tutorial