This week in CALL lead to a creation of my twitter account. http://www.twitter.com/chichicall
I believe that's the URL. With Twitter I can write updates as often as I like about myself, sort of a quick blog, that let's people know what I'm doing and where I'm goin'. I always felt like Twitter was a bit invasive. That anyone can know your whereabouts at any time. It's interesting... Anyway, I believe Twitter can help language learners see and understand the current topics English speakers discuss. It can open them to authentic language, cultural norms, formalities, and the everyday lifestyles of native speakers. For example, a simple browsing of twitter pages developed by American college students can allow learners to view pictures of the types of food eaten, venues gone to, relationships, and pets the students have or experience. Twitter allows learners to view the world through the eye of the native English speaker, and also learn things such as slang, colloquialisms, and informalities. Twitter doesn't, at first, seem like an educational tool, but once you look past the blog-ness of it all, it actually is a useful website and educational tool.
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