Learning English Through The Blog

Writing skills is one of four English language skills. Blog (the simplest form of weblog) is a website (site) someone who is frequently updated often referred to as online journals. Today, the blog is growing very rapidly as the development of ICT in Indonesia. Almost everyone has a blog, ranging from artists, politicians, teachers, lecturers to students because makes it very easy process. By having a blog that also means having an online journal, students can write whatever they liked, where they can edit and publish as often as they want, which can also be a media sharing for all audiences, both in the classroom and outside the classroom, even out country which can not conceivably be given to the journal online. Associated with an increased ability to write English, the use of media in accordance with the characteristics of the blog is learning to write. 

With the blog, students can write anything on the blog that already exist, including the giving additional emphasis or information with other media are also available, such as audio, video, or link to the page address. Technically, a blog is not difficult, because it does not require knowledge of programming and syntaxcomplicated. Students simply fill in the slots that already exist, such as typing, then lived and published their blogs can be viewed by all people in the world. If there are errors, it can be immediately corrected. So, create a blog is easy, as long as there is a connection. 

Blog as a forum for the outpouring of ideas and student writings will be very beneficial to them because of blogs as online media can give the real audience for student writing. If during this time, teachers are the only people who read the students, the media blog, their writings can be read by friendsthem, both classmates and outside the classroom, even in other places, their parents, and those who have access to the internet. 

Without realizing it, the real potential of these audience to 'demand' as well as opportunities for students to demonstratetheir best work. It is hoped this will also provide a better motivation for the improvement of student writing competence. Furthermore, according to several factors previously mentioned, the blog would be trusted to help increase student achievement in learning to write.