teaching english language learners with twitter

Teaching English Language Learners with Twitter

ShellyTerrell.com/TwitterESL

“There’s an entire universe in every single tweet…” - Jack Dorsey


@AmericanTESOL

@TESOL

@ShellTerrell ShellyTerrell.com/TwitterESL

@ESLWebinars

Our Twitter Accounts


Setup a class account & #hashtag!

#EngPls

#StudyEnglish

#LearnALanguage

#Twinglish

#LearnEnglish

#Hashtags for Learning English

@ShellTerrell Bit.ly/eslhashtags

@ShellTerrell Bit.ly/eslhashtags

#Hashtags for English Language Teachers

#ESL

#ELLChat

#TEFL

#TEFLChat #TESOL

#Duallang

#TLEAP

#BusinessEnglish

#ELTChat

#ELLs #EFL

#EAP


Student Accounts

13 & older

Avatars to protect identities

Twitter lists for easy following

Tweet as a fictional character!

Correct Celebrity Tweets

Go.sadlier.com/school/celebrity-tweets-editing-worksheets

Exit Tickets

Mathematicshed.com/miscellaneous.html


Polls


Digital storytelling with moments!


Twitter Chats

Mock Twitter Chats

Alicekeeler.com/2016/12/27/mock-twitter-chat-students/

Alicekeeler.com/2016/12/27/mock-twitter-chat-students

Learn from experts!

http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/12/04/csi-twitter-crime-scene-investigation/


Follow accounts to learn grammar & vocabulary!

ShellyTerrell.com/emoji

Poetry Riddles

Stories

Word problems

Translations

Fill-ins

Emoji Fun & Twitter

Stories, E. [LOLemojistories]. (2013, Jul 22). [Tweet]. Retrieved from https://twitter.com/LOLemojistories/status/359362148683616259

Use emojis to answer the following:

Current mood: 🤔 How many pets: 🐶 Favorite color: 💙 🚘 💧 🚘 💧 💧 Favorite foods: 🌮 🍕🍣 🍕🍣 Hobbies: ✍ 📚 Dream Job: 🍽 💻 💻

Photo & Gif Challenges

Current Events

Backchannel


Other ideas

Collect Authentic Examples

Research

Tweet2cite.com

Bit.ly/TwitterESLIdeas

@ShellTerrell Facebook.com/ShellyTerrell

Gum.co/learn2go


30Goals.com

TeacherRebootCamp.com

HackingDLS.com

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