Analysing the Functionality of Twitter for Science Dissemination in EFL Teaching and Learning
Communication through social media is a phenomenon whose relevance has involved the consideration of online discourse in the language teaching context. This article explores the functionality of Twitter (now called “X”) for science dissemination within the teaching and learning of English as a forei...
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
2024-01-01
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| description | Communication through social media is a phenomenon whose relevance has involved the consideration of online discourse in the language teaching context. This article explores the functionality of Twitter (now called “X”) for science dissemination within the teaching and learning of English as a foreign language. To do this, 100 tweets from the accounts @WWF and @Greenpeace were gathered and analysed from the perspective of digital discourse analysis and communicative language teaching. I argue that using these tweets encourages the development of key competencies, provides room for the practice of integrated skills, and enhances the application of 21st-century skills. Conclusively, science dissemination tweets may be considered adequate for teaching and learning English. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2486e51ec9b2407cb85101820fa8c0012024-02-07T19:25:08ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaProfile Issues in Teachers' Professional Development1657-07902256-57602024-01-0126113314710.15446/profile.v26n1.105685Analysing the Functionality of Twitter for Science Dissemination in EFL Teaching and LearningAna E. Sancho-Ortiz0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5966-8038Universidad de ZaragozaCommunication through social media is a phenomenon whose relevance has involved the consideration of online discourse in the language teaching context. This article explores the functionality of Twitter (now called “X”) for science dissemination within the teaching and learning of English as a foreign language. To do this, 100 tweets from the accounts @WWF and @Greenpeace were gathered and analysed from the perspective of digital discourse analysis and communicative language teaching. I argue that using these tweets encourages the development of key competencies, provides room for the practice of integrated skills, and enhances the application of 21st-century skills. Conclusively, science dissemination tweets may be considered adequate for teaching and learning English.https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/105685english as a foreign languagelanguage teachingmultimodalityonline discoursetwitter |
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| title | Analysing the Functionality of Twitter for Science Dissemination in EFL Teaching and Learning |
| title_full | Analysing the Functionality of Twitter for Science Dissemination in EFL Teaching and Learning |
| title_fullStr | Analysing the Functionality of Twitter for Science Dissemination in EFL Teaching and Learning |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analysing the Functionality of Twitter for Science Dissemination in EFL Teaching and Learning |
| title_short | Analysing the Functionality of Twitter for Science Dissemination in EFL Teaching and Learning |
| title_sort | analysing the functionality of twitter for science dissemination in efl teaching and learning |
| topic | english as a foreign language language teaching multimodality online discourse |
| url | https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/105685 |
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