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                     The Use of Blogs to Help Intermediate Students Improve Their Formal Letter 
                                             Writing Skill 
                                        Adriana Alejandra Agudelo Arana 
                                            Universidad de la Sabana 
                                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                                    
             
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                     The Use of Blogs to Help Intermediate Students Improve Their Formal Letter 
                                             Writing Skill 
                                        Adriana Alejandra Agudelo Arana 
                                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                 A research report submitted for the degree of Master in English Language Teaching – 
                                    Autonomous Learning Environments 
                                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                        Directed by: Liubava Sichko 
                             Master in ELT – Autonomous Learning Environments 
                                Department of Foreign Languages and Cultures 
                                         Universidad de la Sabana 
                                             Chía, Colombia 
                                            November, 2009 
             
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                This research report is the result of my own work and includes nothing that was done in 
                                         collaboration with others. 
                                                    
                                                    
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                                           Acknowledgements: 
            First and foremost I thank God for giving me the strength to accomplish my goals. I also want to 
            thank my tutor Liubava Sichko and Valeriya Lytvychenko, who have supported me throughout 
            my thesis with their patience and knowledge whilst allowing me the room to work in my own 
            way. I would also like to thank my family members, especially my parents, for supporting and 
            encouraging me to pursue this degree. Lastly, I offer my regards and blessings to all of those 
            who supported me in any respect during the completion of the project. 
             
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                                                                We are convinced that the 
                                                                disposition to study…the 
                                                                consequences of our own 
                                                                teaching is more likely to 
                                                                change and improve our 
                                                                practices than is reading 
                                                                about what someone else 
                                                                has discovered of his 
                                                                teaching. 
                                                                     (Corey, 1953, p. 70)