Twinglish - English on Twitter pdf

Twinglish - English on TwitterWhat is Twitter?. Twitter is a social networking service like Facebook or My Space that allows users to send and read messages.. Users post their messages o

Twinglish - English on Twitter

What is Twitter?

Twitter is a social networking service (like Facebook or My Space) that allows users to send and read messages Users post their messages on their wall and read messages sent by other people they 'follow'

Each twitter post, called a tweet, uses a maximum of 140 characters which is about

30 words at most That means you can write a couple of short sentences or one long one

Twitter is very popular with famous people US President Barack Obama has nearly 8 million people following his updates

What's Twinglish?

In Asia, especially in Japan, people are using twitter to practice English Visit

Twitter's website and search for twinglish and you'll see a constantly updating list

of Japanese English learners tweeting in English

Why you should use twitter?

Because most English learners live in places where there's little opportunity to learn English, Twitter is a good way to start thinking in English

Switch your brain from your native language to English is a very important part of the learning process

Choose your words carefully, focus on your grammar and directly communicate with the English-speaking world With a little of effort you can start corresponding with other learners and native speakers too

Perhaps you are thinking what should I write about It really doesn't matter! People tweet about everything and everything It's common to see such simple posts as

"I'm hungry" People usually write about what they're doing on the big news

events of the time

To make what you're writing about easier to find by others, use the hashtag, the

“#” symbol For example, "English grammar is really confusing! #learnenglish"

#learnenglish the subject of your post and is something people like you other English learners may be looking for #twinglish is a popular tag in Asia

We're on twitter and you should be too!

Speak to you on there!

Do you have a Twitter account? Do you like using it? Why or why not?

Bây giờ bạn hãy làm bài dưới đây bằng cách chọn đúng hay sai nhé

• 1 - Twitter messages are known as tweets

True

False

• 2 - You cannot use less than 30 words in your message

True

False

• 3 - Politicians may use Twitter

False

True

• 4 - Thinking in English is an important skill

True

False

• 5 - People post messages on any subject

True False