1. Attitudes of Thai EFL Learners toward the Use of Blogs Pongthorn Asawaniwed Atipat Boonmoh, Ph.D.

2. Overview  Introduction  Methodology  Data Presentation & Interpretation  Recommendations  References  Q&A Asawaniwed & Boonmoh

3. Introduction  The rationale of this study Digital age Digital native Styles of learning Time spent on the Internet Asawaniwed & Boonmoh 3

4. Introduction  Research question 1)What are students’ attitudes toward writing on blogs? Asawaniwed & Boonmoh 4

5. Methodology  Participants  Level: First-year undergraduate students N=39  Fields of study: Electrical Engineering & Production Technology Education  Course: LNG 102 English Skills and Strategies Asawaniwed & Boonmoh 5

6. Methodology  Main instrument The students’ reflection of experience doing writing tasks/assignments on a web- based application. N = 35  Supportive instruments 1.Four required assignments 2.Free posting entries Asawaniwed & Boonmoh 6

7. Methodology  Procedure  Stage 1  Stage 2 Creating and designing a blog on.com Planning Asawaniwed & Boonmoh 7

8. Methodology  Procedure  Stage 3:  Stage 4: Explaining the instructions and encouraging students to write Collecting data Asawaniwed & Boonmoh 8

9. Methodology  Data analysis 1)Identifying keywords that reflect the students’ attitude or feedback about blogging. Asawaniwed & Boonmoh 9

10. Methodology  Data analysis (cont.) 2)Categorizing the keywords into two main categories: Positive and Negative. Asawaniwed & Boonmoh 10

11. Methodology  Data analysis (cont.) 3)Determining the factors, based on the keywords, that may indicate the students’ attitude toward the use of blogs. Asawaniwed & Boonmoh 11

12. Data Presentation & Interpretation  Assignments (required entries) = 4 1)Your opinion about online-based writing compared to paper-based writing 2)Your thoughts about the performance of Jade Richards’ audition in the X Factor 3)Your interest(s) e.g., sports, music, technology and photography 4)Free topic that you would like to share Asawaniwed & Boonmoh 12

13. Data Presentation & Interpretation Asawaniwed & Boonmoh 13 Table 1: Statistics for minimum requirement (assignments)

14. Table 2: Extra posting analysis Data Presentation & Interpretation Asawaniwed & Boonmoh 14

15. Data Presentation & Interpretation Asawaniwed & Boonmoh 15

16. Data Presentation & Interpretation Asawaniwed & Boonmoh  Attitudes toward blogging Negative Technical problems Language and Computer literacy Laziness Boring 16

17. Data Presentation & Interpretation Asawaniwed & Boonmoh 17

18. Discussion & Recommendations Asawaniwed & Boonmoh PlanningIntroducing**Training**PracticingFacilitatingPerforming 18

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