Research also suggests that educators help motivate students by using
materials and implementing activities that students consider meaningful (Spratt,
Humphreys, & Chan, 2002). As one of Pinkman's students wrote, "...once or twice
a week I check my blog and then other students write comments for me, my
motivation is up, usually teacher check my blog, so if I read teacher comments
my teacher thought about me, my motivation up" (Pinkman, 2005, p. 20). Due
to the popularity of computer and Internet technology and the growing interest
in blogging, it was expected that our group of learners would also find the use
of blogs in their English language study highly motivating.