Blogging is helping students to think and write more critically, says an Australian researcher.

   These are the first findings of PhD research by Anne Bartlett-Bragg, a teacher at the University of Technology, Sydney, who has been using weblogs or blogs in her own teaching since 2001."The students are thinking more critically," she says. "They are learning to be responsible and they're communicating outside the classroom and the university, and they like that."The blogs allow students to discuss publicly what they are studying with other students and experts outside their own university.

   "I really encourage them to put their personal opinion there, show their ideas, experiences there."

    She says one of the most powerful facilities in weblogs is pinging, which involves a person posting a comment about someone else's work on their own blog."They are getting new ideas that I can't give them in a class." She says unlike other online networking at universities, such as email lists , blogging is strange because it is public and not restricted by passwords.

   "If you had a group discussion in a class you're only going to get a couple of people saying something." This means she has no idea what the other students are thinking.

   "But when they write on their weblog I can read it. They have a voice and the other students read it and respect it as well."

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1.Where does Anne Bartlett-Bragg work?

A In Australia

B In America

C In canada

D In Russia

解析：选A。A 细节理解题。根据文章第一段Blogging is helping students to think and write more critically, says an Australian researcher可知。

2.How long has she been using blogs to teach?

A For 5 years

B For 10 years

C For 15 years

D For 20 years

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据文章第二段第一句...who has been using weblogs or blogs in her own teaching since 2001.可知。

3.What does the underlined word "pinging" mean in Chinese?

A 发表评论

B 发表照片

C 发表表情

D 发表文章

解析：选A。A 细节理解题。根据文章第四段第一句...which involves a person posting a comment about someone else's work on their own blog.可知。

4.Which of the followings is not true according to the passage?

A Anne Bartlett-Bragg is a teacher at a university.

B The students can study with the experts outside their university.

C The students can put their opinion in their blogs.

D If you write the blog, you need a password.

解析：选C。C 推理判断题。根据第四段第三句...such as email lists , blogging is strange because it is public and not restricted by passwords.可知。

5.What’s the best title of the passage?

A A new teaching method—blog

B How to write the blog

C A teacher is the University of Technology

D A new way to communicate with others

解析：选A。A 主旨大意题。 整篇文章全在讲一种新的教育方式—博客，所以A最适当。