What is EEP?

The vision of this program is to allow students to learn and interact in a medium that they already excel in. These generation of millennials grew up as part of a digital community. They engage in social media on a daily basis, and have already developed an affinity for technological communication.

Forcing these students to write on the printed page (or on yellow pad) will not only be counter-inutitive to what they understand as communication, but also counter-productive. The English Enrichment Program (EEP) is a progressive program that seeks to enhance a student's natural affinity for online communication. They will be given a venue where they can learn academic skills through a medium that is already integrated in their daily lives.

Although grammar exercises are seen as relevant by traditionalists, the students are not invested in these lessons at all. These blogs, however, is something that they own. They're not going to feel as if they're investing in an "academic task" or "wasting time on homework," because blogging is part of their identity. This is something they can link to their own social media accounts, post on Facebook, or something they could "tweet" about. It's part of who they are as people.

In addition to writing blogs, students will be encouraged to read each others' work, and provide feedback. The hope is that it will become a venue where students can freely discuss matters of interest to them. In a sense, it also creates the feeling that they're not just writing to please a teacher, but writing to express themselves more, and connect with their classmates.

This is an activity that will enrich their communication and social skills, not because they were forced to comply due to a grade, but because they will be rewarded by the meaningful connections they establish with real people, with real emotions, and real ideas.