TWITTER MOBILE APPLICATION: A SOURCE OF COMMUNICATIVE AND AUTHENTIC LEARNING

Abstract

Acknowledging the importance of information and communication technology for enhancing and supporting English language learning (White, 2006), this paper explores using mobile technology in language education. In particular, it focuses on the role of the Twitter app in assisting language learning through a combination of authentic and communicative methods and approaches, and reveals that the Twitter app can produce a unique learning environment, which, coupled with its social acceptance, has the potential to make it an exceptionally useful tool for integrating language learning into learners’ lives outside traditional learning environments.