2011 Volume 53 Issue 4 Pages 106-116
The purpose of this study is to construct a teaching model in order to make a readersʼguide for students using the Web. A group of 36 male students,in their second year of high school,took part in this activity. The homeroom teacher provided an electronic BBS on the Web so that students could write and post their book reviews. The reviews were used to study the students attitude toward reading and writing. After analyzing the book reviews and the teacher added comments. Later,the students were interviewed about their introduction to the BBS and their answers were analyzed by using qualitative procedures outlined by Côté et al.(1993). The results revealed that“the readersʼguide BBS”encouraged students to write and read voluntarily. The BBS also served as a receptive and restrictive environment for students as well as the teacher. In that sense,the teacher played various roles such as director,adviser,facilitator,guide,writer(or contributor),classmate,etc.
