Research Article 2

In this semester, we put emphasis on web 2.0 tools in our class, and I know more about it. Because this is my first semester, everything is new to me. When Dr. Crawford said the term web 2.0 tools, and I have lots of questions in my mind. What is web 2.0 tool? What is web 2.0 tool used for? Now, I have more understanding about the term.
I found an article which is about web 2.0 tool-An International dimension of the students' attitudes towards the use of English in web 2.0 technology.
Web 2.0 changed people's daily lives, including education. It is often used in language learning. I think if teachers can integrate web 2.0 tool into their teaching, it would be more interesting. Because students would have more interest in learning. Since students like to use the internet and computer, they would put more effort if they can do what they usually do, and it would be more interesting.
This article emphasized on English learning. Web 2.0 can be defined as Web based
applications and services that provide users visual, textual, audial communication, interactive information, shared content, collaboration, authenticity and digital literacy ( Haythorthwaite & Kazme 2004; O’ Reilly, 2005; Giustini, 2006; Maness, 2006; Miller, 2006; Price, 2006; Richardson, 2006; Mcloughlin & Lee, 2007; Lankshear & Knobel 2007; Boyd & Ellison, 2008; Thomas, 2009; Motteram & Sharma, 2009). In this article, the author mentioned that web 2.0 tools have an undeniable effect on improving learners' writing skill.

Reference
Filiz, Y. T.(2011),An International dimension of the students' attitudes towards the use of English in web 2.0 technology. TOJET: The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology.10(3)