Enhancing Student’s Communicative Competence and Written Competence in English through Chatting and Blogging

During the last decade, Computer and internet assisted language learning has been marching like anything in varieties of ways depending on need. As a result, it catered ample opportunities for the learner to study English with the use of innumerable internet resources. The advent of technology permits the learner to “talk” with each other and in multi-party talk or polyconversations while being physically distant. The present study attempts to explore pedagogical rationale for using chat rooms as language learning tool and how chatting practice, and its Conversation Analysis (CA), can be useful for the students to develop proficiency level. Chatting provides proper way to the learner to practice the new structures with the goal of testing sociolinguistic appropriateness. Chatting provides an opportunity to observe the interactions of native speakers around him. This research paper aims at exploring how chatting helps the learner of language to understand the role of culture in language. It also lessens the fear in learning the second language. Chat activities promote the learner for active involvement and self analysis. The learner has the opportunity to observe and evaluate language used by native speakers. It provides the learner an opportunity to participate in a discussion. Research suggests that there are a variety of benefits for learners engaging in synchronous CMC activities including: high student participation; increased learner control; motivation; and development of interaction -competence. Furthermore, the study analyses how blogging helps the learner not only learning the language but also to enhance their creativity in writing of the targeted language. Blogging, as a medium to be socially connected, helps the learner to acquire proficiency by identify some excellent expressions expressed by the language experts. Finally, the study also discusses how to engage students’ reflective learning in English writing through the Blog.