Formation of foreign language competence by means of educational blogs

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“Formation of foreign language
competence
by means of educational blogs”
Author:
Alexander Belozor,
“Secondary School № 51, Minsk”
Form X “A”,

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The aim of the research is to write an educational blog using effective modern
techniques.
The purpose of the research is to create an educational blog for students to
improve their foreign language skills.
On the basis of the object and hypothesis of the research we have the following
tasks:
• to study the history of creating blogs ;
• to identify modern techniques for creating educational blog;
• to write articles by means of the most trendy techniques;
• to define the structure and content of a new educational blog « Easy English».
The object of our research is ways to create a blog.
The subject of our research is an educational blog.
The hypothesis of the research. Using modern copywriting techniques such as
“AIDA”, “SEO” and others makes creating blogs more effective.
The following methods were applied during the research: linguistic, descriptive,
historical, comparative, theoretical analysis of scientific literature.
The practical importance of the work. This work can be used both for
individual work and at extra English classes on developing writing, reading and
speaking skills.

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The first blog, 1993

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The first blog platform, 1998

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Ted Talks, 2021

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Classification of Blogs
At the moment, there are different types of blogs:
1) Personal blogs
2) Corporate blogs
3) Genre blogs
4) Microblogs
5) Educational blogs

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SURVEY

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SURVEY
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Yes
No
Not sure
Is English the Do you have Is the English Is it difficult to
most useful any Internet the most fun to learn English
language in
friends with
learn?
individually,
everyday life? whom you
without any
speak only
tutors?
English?

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HOW TO CREATE AN EFFECTIVE BLOG
Writing a blog is a little like driving; you can study the highway
code (or read articles telling you how to write a blog post) for
months, but nothing can prepare you for the real thing like getting
behind the wheel and hitting the open road.

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5 Steps for creating blog
1) Choose a topic that interests you and your target audience.
2) When you run a blog, choosing the right colour scheme for
your site.
3) Use the AIDA formula when you write your blog post.
4) SEO copywriting is all about creating useful, compelling and
valuable content that targets specific keywords.
5) Accept that your blog post will never be perfect. There’s no
such thing as a perfect post, and the sooner you come to terms
with this, the better.

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Educational Blog

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Conclusion
Today’s digitally focused world blogs offer many benefits for education: they
promote autonomous learning by providing opportunities for students to take
more control of their learning, motivate students to become better readers and
writers. They also encourage the use of the Internet and the Web among
students (and teachers).
To create an effective educational blog you should choose topics that actually
interest you and your audience.
The right colours help convey your personality while creating an emotional
connection with your audience and gather the right people around you. In
contrast, the wrong colours can mislead people about who you are and deter
the ones that you would like to attract.
In conclusion, we want to stress that our research work is really valuable for
everyone who is highly motivated to learn foreign languages. It can also be
used by teachers who wants to keep up with the times and help their students
learn in distance