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(a very brief summary of the paper delivered at Blogtalk Downunder, 21 May 2005)

The authors describe the teaching of Chinese language in a secondary school, using weblogs to implement a portfolio-building environment. The main aims were to encourage students to:

• engage in reflective practice
• read, share and comment through their reflections
• keep track of and take responsibility for their own development and
  learning

Students were required to set up their own blogs. The authors also relate some problems, and some student comments .

Full paper: TAN Yuh-Huann, TEO Eng-Hui, AW Wai-Lin Alice, LIM Wei-Ying - Portfolio Building in Chinese Language Learning Using Blogs