One of the ways I think blogging can be useful in my future classroom is for students to communicate ideas that can help each other out in the classroom by sharing information and following it up with feedback. This is a wonderful way for those students who didn't get a chance to comprehend everything that was being said in the classroom to come together in a friendly stress free atmosphere to ask questions, make suggestions and work out problems.
Another reason for ESL students to blog as part of a classroom activity would be to practice constructing English sentences with each other. By casually conducting written conversations, the students are exchanging new vocabulary as well as gaining confidence in their written abilities which will translate into better work within the classroom itself.
ESL.C9-12.2.1.1
Oral discussions/exams in class as well as written exams will determine how much the students are improving over time (weekly, monthly). State standardized tests such as TOEFL and Gre are ways in which the State assesses whether foreign students are ready to move on to higher education.
