ESL Student Journal at Michigan State University

Write or not to write! says a 21 year old Arabic student studying at Michigan State University. We write, but why? Do we write for ourselves? Do we write for our teachers? or Do we write for puplic?

The latter is found to be the best motivation source by the intermediate level reading and writing students at MSU. Guided by their instructor Baburhan Uzum, these 13 students are preparing their work to get published, and to be read somewhere. "I feel like I am doing something valuable and people will care about me" says a Korean girl studying in this class.

These students are working in groups of 2 or 3, they find ideas, create outlines, write about them, review and edit them and finally publish them on their blog page. "This started as a blog page but can be something bigger, and involve everyone studying at the English language center" says their instructor-Baburhan Uzum.

Visit this journal at : http://msuelc.blogspot.com/