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Jin Kim
Twitter: one of the most
popular social networking services
-communicate with people
-a tool to study.
How:
1.Twitter can help language
students improve their skills
2. to make many
connections with other learners-
~very easy to keep up with the everyday
conversation.
In Japan:
1. many Japanese users
use Twitter to improve their English
2. Twitter as a tool to practice
English
1. Examine and analyze how
Japanese EFL learners use Twitter to study
English.
2. It will be focused on the
format of tweets, content of tweets, and the
tweeting behavior
1.  English Education in Japan
 - Compulsory for all students from middle
   school
 - Not many Japanese can actually communicate
   in English
-lecture style class
-one-sided communication style in classrooms
-input > output
1. Meijin Era – English education was
    started.( read & write)
2. 1989-oral communication lesson
        English language syllabus in
        senior high schools
3.1997- official slogan:
    “globalization, cultural difference,
      international understanding”
2002- English is a just a subject for university
  Japanese students:
- lose their interests toward studying as they get older
 - University students- in traveling and communication
   with people from English speaking countries
-not strong desire to learn English
 External influence :

  Chinese students:
-English as a tool to get a job and a high
 salary
-more motivated to study English than Japanese
students
Boyd and Ellison
(2007) suggested that there are mainly three
key functions of SNS:
1. they allow individuals to
  1) Construct a public or semi-public profile
within a bounded system
  2) they share a connection
  3) View and traverse their list of connections
   and those made by others within
    the system”
-social networking systems create
new opportunities for teaching
 and learning.
 - They are participatory,
           authentic, immediate,
           to engage the community
1.   a free online service
2.   within 140 letters
3.   share with people all over the world.
4.   As a tool to practice English- to improve
     language sills, with reading native speakers’
     English’s tweets
5.   To get not only language and linguistic skills
     but also improve cross-cultural
     understanding
   Students can develop cultural awareness
    through communication with native speakers.
   By Nakashima(2011)- students are allowed to
    ask to use twitter and post anything in
    English : it affect students’ grades –
    English everyday use and conducting a
    monologue in English has possibilities to help
    them improve their English.
1. the system
of Twitter is close to that of the brain
2. The users are connected
with lots of people makes users motivated.
 - Having a connection with native speakers of
   English
3. 140 letters makes it easier for users to read
other users’ tweets or post a tweet themselves
4. Visual medium –
  -to look back to what they have written
  -the user notices how much he/she has
   improved

“Twitter で英語をつぶや
いてみる” , the author Mayumi Ishihara
suggests learners to use the hash tag
Twitter as a Tool for Language Learning
It means that tweeting in English.
Using this hash tag, users with the same
intention or goals are able to meet and have a chat
in English.

   Affective emotion
   to find a place to actually use English in
    daily life.

   it does not need to be long, and that lessens the
    obstacles such as the fear of making grammar
    errors or not having enough time to spend
    writing a blog
    or a diary every day.
In this book, there are mainly six different
 categories to tweet,
which are,
1) Greetings
2) Thanks and Sorry
3) Feelings and Intention
4) My day,
5) Questions and Suggestions
6) Things around me.
It points out that the greatest benefit of using Twitter is
that it’s free and that learners are able to connect with
native speakers and even maybe an EFL teacher.

   . It suggests ways to interact, such as 1) to favor, 2)
    laugh, 3)to be happy, 4)be surprised, 5) admire, 6)
    praise, 7) agree, 8) envy, 9) thank, 10)negative
    comment, 11) retweet with comments, and 12)
    comment after seeing a picture or watching a clip
   - Four big topics – to talk to someone
                  -- To tell people what you are up to
                  --- something you are interested in

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Twitter as a tool for language learning, jin

  • 2. Twitter: one of the most popular social networking services -communicate with people -a tool to study. How: 1.Twitter can help language students improve their skills 2. to make many connections with other learners- ~very easy to keep up with the everyday conversation.
  • 3. In Japan: 1. many Japanese users use Twitter to improve their English 2. Twitter as a tool to practice English
  • 4. 1. Examine and analyze how Japanese EFL learners use Twitter to study English. 2. It will be focused on the format of tweets, content of tweets, and the tweeting behavior
  • 5. 1. English Education in Japan - Compulsory for all students from middle school - Not many Japanese can actually communicate in English -lecture style class -one-sided communication style in classrooms -input > output
  • 6. 1. Meijin Era – English education was started.( read & write) 2. 1989-oral communication lesson English language syllabus in senior high schools 3.1997- official slogan: “globalization, cultural difference, international understanding” 2002- English is a just a subject for university
  • 7.  Japanese students: - lose their interests toward studying as they get older - University students- in traveling and communication with people from English speaking countries -not strong desire to learn English External influence :  Chinese students: -English as a tool to get a job and a high salary -more motivated to study English than Japanese students
  • 8. Boyd and Ellison (2007) suggested that there are mainly three key functions of SNS: 1. they allow individuals to 1) Construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system 2) they share a connection 3) View and traverse their list of connections and those made by others within the system”
  • 9. -social networking systems create new opportunities for teaching and learning. - They are participatory, authentic, immediate, to engage the community
  • 10. 1. a free online service 2. within 140 letters 3. share with people all over the world. 4. As a tool to practice English- to improve language sills, with reading native speakers’ English’s tweets 5. To get not only language and linguistic skills but also improve cross-cultural understanding
  • 11. Students can develop cultural awareness through communication with native speakers.  By Nakashima(2011)- students are allowed to ask to use twitter and post anything in English : it affect students’ grades –  English everyday use and conducting a monologue in English has possibilities to help them improve their English.
  • 12. 1. the system of Twitter is close to that of the brain 2. The users are connected with lots of people makes users motivated. - Having a connection with native speakers of English 3. 140 letters makes it easier for users to read other users’ tweets or post a tweet themselves
  • 13. 4. Visual medium – -to look back to what they have written -the user notices how much he/she has improved “Twitter で英語をつぶや いてみる” , the author Mayumi Ishihara suggests learners to use the hash tag Twitter as a Tool for Language Learning
  • 14. It means that tweeting in English. Using this hash tag, users with the same intention or goals are able to meet and have a chat in English.  Affective emotion  to find a place to actually use English in daily life.  it does not need to be long, and that lessens the obstacles such as the fear of making grammar errors or not having enough time to spend writing a blog or a diary every day.
  • 15. In this book, there are mainly six different categories to tweet, which are, 1) Greetings 2) Thanks and Sorry 3) Feelings and Intention 4) My day, 5) Questions and Suggestions 6) Things around me.
  • 16. It points out that the greatest benefit of using Twitter is that it’s free and that learners are able to connect with native speakers and even maybe an EFL teacher.  . It suggests ways to interact, such as 1) to favor, 2) laugh, 3)to be happy, 4)be surprised, 5) admire, 6) praise, 7) agree, 8) envy, 9) thank, 10)negative comment, 11) retweet with comments, and 12) comment after seeing a picture or watching a clip  - Four big topics – to talk to someone  -- To tell people what you are up to --- something you are interested in