The Benefits of Blog in English Learning

         


       Along with the times, technology develops very quickly. There are various things that can be done easily and practically without having to waste our energy or time. In this modern era, we can access various things through the internet.

        With the rapid development of technology and the internet in Indonesia, it can be an effective and efficient learning tool. Blogs are one of the best tools for students and teachers in carrying out the learning process. Teachers will easily be able to distribute materials and students will also be able to easily access them anywhere and anytime very easily and efficiently.

The benefits of blogging in learning

The following are some of the benefits of blogs as a medium for learning English:
1. Blog as Home for teachers to teach English widely.
    Blogs can be a place for teachers to share material easily through
    English writing or English learning materials.
2. Blogs can ease the work and tasks of teachers in teaching English.
    By using blogs, teachers can easily enter learning materials, 
    assignments, and student grades into blogs so that they can 
    ease the task of teachers in teaching their students.
3. Blogs can increase students' interest in learning.
    Teachers can provide informative and creative material so that 
    students will have interest and improve the quality of their learning.
4. Blogs can be accessed by anyone and anywhere
    Blogs can be a good medium for learning English because they have 
    the advantage of being easy to access, so that anyone and anywhere 
    can access it properly without any annoying obstacles.

        Well the explanation above is the various benefits of blogs as a medium for learning English. The author hopes that teachers can use blogs as one of the learning media so that learning can be effective and efficient



Gerund Vs Present Participle

     Gerund Vs Present Participle

   Gerund and present participle are formed from the same formation, that is V + ING. But they are different in their use. 

        According to the Portland English Language Academy, a gerund acts like a verb or adjective. The gerund acts like a verb or adjective. The Gerund can be positioned as a subject or object in a sentence, while the present participle is positioned as a predicate or an adjective to describe a noun. 

There are some distinctions regarding the gerund and the present participle : 











     



          Both a gerund and a present participle come from a verb, and both end in –ing. However, each has a different function. A gerund acts like a noun while a present participle acts like a verb or adjective.

A. GERUND

             Gerund has function as a noun. Because it functions as a noun. In a sentence, the gerund can
     occupy the position of subject of verb, object of certain verb, object of preposition, and
     subjective complement.
             When snowboarding is gerund, it acts like a noun. It can be a subject, an object, the object
      of a preposition, or a subject complement. 

·         Snowboarding is a winter sport.   [snowboarding = subject]

·         I love snowboarding.    [snowboarding = object ]

·         I am excited by snowboarding.   [snowboarding = object of a preposition]

·         One popular sport is snowboarding.   [snowboarding = subject complement]

B. PRESENT PARTICIPLE           

              The present participle has a function as a verb or an adjective. The present participle
     comes after the auxiliary (be) to form the continuous tense. 
               When snowboarding is a present participle, it is part of a continuous verb tense.
  • Right now, the athlete is snowboarding, (is snowboarding = present continuous)
  • He was snowboarding yesterday afternoon. (was snowboarding = past continuous)


Conclusion of the difference

  1. Gerunds can only function as nouns, while present participles function as verbs and also adjective
  2. if you find the verb + ing after to be, then it is a present participle that function as verb. 
  3. If you find a verb + ing after to be and it functions as a subjective complement or a subject somplement, it is a gerund. 
  4. If you find a verb + ing, that comes before an noun, for example : a drawing book, then the verb + ing is a present participle that functions as adjective, not gerund.
  5. if you find verb + ing at the beginning of a sentence that functions a subject, for example : Running is her hobby. Then the verb + ing is a gerund. 
  6. If you find verb +ing after preposition, for example : I will watch TV before eating. So the verb +ing is a gerund as object of preposition
  7. If you fid the verb + ing after the possessive adjective, it is a gerund





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