A blog (short for weblog ) is defined as “a website where an individual person, or people representing an organization, write regularly about recent events or topics that interest them, usually with photos and links to other websites that they find interesting” (Oxford University Press, n.d.). There are a number of reasons why blogging has become increasingly popular as an English language teaching tool over the past few decades. According to Sattar (2015), a blog serves as a collaborative platform where students, as bloggers, can actively construct their own knowledge through interactions with teachers and friends, which is considered a more “at-home” and “comfortable” learning environment for students. Blogging is, therefore, an important contributor to increased active participation among quieter students. Additionally, Selami (2014) concluded that blogging does exert favorable impacts on students’ writing skills. Normally, teachers are the only ones to receive, read, and give ...