摘要：Weblog, as a new opportunity for people to express their thoughts using Internet facilities, is gaining universal impetus among scholars and educators. In the process of blogging, learners become involved in commenting and reflecting on diverse topics and ideas. This opportunity paves the way for learners of English as a foreign language to improve their writing proficiency. The main questions generated from this study are intertwined with the students' social interaction in class community and foreign weblogs. There are 60 participates in the present study who took part in the class community weblog, Cyberdiscovery, conducted at the Medical School of the University of Tehran. The data was collected by the researchers in a period of one academic year while observing the class community weblog using several means including observation, questionnaire, interview and IELTS writing proficiency test. This study verifies that blogging is a meaningful medium which can improve the students' social interaction towards the class community weblog and also promote creativity in writing.
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