The blog has become one of the most frequently discussed topics among college students. The internet company Cyworld hs drawn subscribers in excess of 10 million in Septemeber, 2004. Creating their own culture, Cyworld users search other people\ s web...
The blog has become one of the most frequently discussed topics among college students. The internet company Cyworld hs drawn subscribers in excess of 10 million in Septemeber, 2004. Creating their own culture, Cyworld users search other people\ s web-logs, communicate with their virtual family members. In addition to its cultural importance, the blogs such as Cyworld can play an important educational role for Korean English learners in terms of a large amount of authentic reading materials and communication opportunities. By using Cyworld, students can learn how to read the various articles aesthetically and how to use the blogs to think creatively. This paper presents an example of reading tasks which were assigned in the Cyworld to help students to gain their aesthetic reading experiences and to improve their critical thinking skills. The main purpose of this paper is to examine features of the Cyworld and its potentially educational place in EFL reading classes.