| Deeper and Deeper into the 21st Century | | | | these with your fellow EFL teachers worldwide? By |
| As we delve deeper and deeper into the 21st century, | | | | blogging you most certainly can. |
| blogs and blogging are becoming an essential tool for | | | | Reason 4: Blogging is Addictive and Fun |
| English and foreign language teaching professionals | | | | Often people find that when they've adapted to writing |
| world wide. | | | | or blogging on a regular and consistent basis, it |
| Why is this happening? Here are eight reasons why | | | | becomes additive and more enjoyable. You do it |
| every English or foreign language teacher should have | | | | because you want to and not because you have to. |
| a blog. Two popular free platforms are Blogger and | | | | Then, when you start getting regular feedback and |
| Word Press. | | | | comments from regular readers and subscribers, your |
| Reason 1: Blogging Promotes Online Writing Skills | | | | sense of pride will help you to keep the information |
| Welcome to the twenty-first century. The internet has | | | | flowing. |
| all but superseded virtually every other form of media. | | | | Reason 5: Blogging Builds Grammar Knowledge |
| Reading and writing for the web is no longer a luxury. It | | | | Keep spell check and grammar check turned on in |
| is an essential item for practicing professionals from | | | | your computer or word processing software and you'll |
| many different fields. By reaching further and further | | | | continually be challenged to update your knowledge of |
| into your own world for blogging inspiration, you'll almost | | | | grammar and structure in English or the foreign |
| automatically be building your own skill sets in multiple | | | | language you're using to blog. You'll also start looking |
| areas of your personal and professional life. | | | | into new ways to express yourself, without being |
| Reason 2: Blogging and Writing Consistently Builds | | | | repetitive or redundant. Those little green lines will |
| Language Proficiency | | | | quickly become your improvement markers. |
| Whether you're an English as a foreign language | | | | Finally, To Blog or Not to Blog? |
| teacher or a foreign language learner, blogging and | | | | So there you have them. Five reasons why every |
| writing will definitely aid you in building your language | | | | English or foreign language teaching professional |
| skills. You'll need to read more, brush up on your | | | | should blog. Add to these that blogging is also a great |
| spelling, grammar and vocabulary on a regular basis. | | | | way to keep up with current events and |
| This will in turn, be essential in building your English or | | | | developments in the fields of language learning and |
| foreign language proficiency. | | | | education, and you're practically out of excuses not to |
| Reason 3: Blogging Provides an Outlet for Sharing | | | | get started. How about it? Are you ready to start an |
| Have you had things happen in your class room that | | | | ELT blog of your own? In a companion article post, |
| you'd like to tell others about? What about the | | | | "Three Benefits of Blogging for English as a Foreign |
| humorous things that learners say or ask? Are there | | | | Language Teachers" we'll go further in depth on the |
| strange, unusual or interesting occurrences in your EFL | | | | theme of blogging for ELT. |
| classes? Wouldn't you like a way to consistently share | | | | |