Wednesday, 2 May 2012

Welcome Aboard Everyone!



Welcome to our electronic portfolio for ENGL 4740 - Computer Applications in Language Studies! This course shows how computers can be applied in language studies and in this case, our group is utilizing Blogger as a method of learning. Every tasks assigned to us will be posted here so that knowledge can be shared with others. We hope our friends will together benefit from what we have posted, inshaAllah. 


FEATURES OF OUR BLOG
  • Theme: Novel and Short Story 
    • A novel written by Daniel Defoe that discusses about morality 
  • Layout: Books 
    • to reinforce theme that this is an academic portfolio, it is about books and to encourage reading 
  • Font
    • Reader friendly 
  • Contents 
    • Contents are precise, not lengthy or have long posts and the headings are conclusive 
  • Graphic 
    • videos, pictures 
  • Interactive
    • Twitter, Chatbox, Links


Why do we choose Literature?


  • Reading takes us to other world, it is also an escapism from reality.
  • The pleasure of  reading good books and selection of favorites authors. Through reading, readers also learn about the language
  • Take pleasure in appreciating or performing acts of language
  • Through literature, we also  know some of the prominent writers:  Daniel Defoe, Jane Austen, Jonathan Swift, Virginia Woolf