The use of blogs in teaching and learning translation

One of the major tasks of a teacher is, nowadays, believed to be trying to improve digital competence of students so that they are able to use ICT in the modern community. Blogging is having a weblog on the worldwide web and to maintain or add new entries to a blog, which can serve well to the pedagogical purposes via diverse and creative activities through communication. As an educational tool, blogs are one of the user-friendly technological means that may be integrated in a multi-aspect manner to include all learners in the process of learning. There are many ways to use blogging in teaching and learning. One can use an existing blog to provide information and insights. Classroom management, collaboration, discussions and having comprehensive archived student portfolios are among some benefits of using blogging as a teaching tool. Doing this in the realm of translation teaching could be made possible via integrating the use of these technologies while doing different activities across the curriculum. In this article attempts has been made to investigate the possible the advantages and possible difficulties of using weblogs in translator training from teachers' points of view and the underlying reasons for these difficulties.