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The study investigated the effectiveness of using weblogs to develop EFL formal letter writing performance of EFL first year students at Faculty of Commerce, Tanta University. The participants of the study (N=100) were selected randomly during the second semester of the 2016-2017 academic year. They were divided randomly into two groups (experimental and control). The researcher designed a weblog which was shared by the experimental group students (N=50), whereas the control group students (N=50) received traditional instruction. The two groups were tested before and after conducting the experiment. Data obtained through a formal letter writing test , prepared by the researcher, and were logged and analyzed using SPSS, version 21. The t test for independent and paired samples was used to compare mean scores of the two groups on the pretest and posttest and to compare mean scores of the experimental group on the pretest and posttest. It was found that using weblogs helped EFL first year students to develop their EFL formal letter writing performance. Pedagogical implications, recommendations, suggestions for further research and conclusion were provided in the light of the study results.
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