Sunday 3 April 2016

ESL On Twitter







Social media is an excellent resource for ESL learners. You can join groups, get advice, meet fellow students, and even take lessons online. Today, we'll look briefly at a few outstanding ESL feeds on Twitter.
Phrasal Verb Demon


As you know from previous posts, I strongly recommend ESL students learn phrasal verbs.  Phrasal Verb Demon is a Twitter feed that is all about phrasal verbs.

There are helpful infographics on things like verb/noun collocation (matching verbs with the correct nouns).
Almost everyday, there are multiple choice quizzes where you choose the correct preposition (to, in, on, at, etc) to make a phrasal verb.
If you're interested in really learning phrasal verbs, this is a good Twitter feed for study and practice.
eslgamesdotcom

eslgamesdotcom is for adult ESL learners looking for more fun ways to study and practice English. The feed mostly has links to its website, ESL Games where you can do useful, but enjoyable ESL activities, or even download worksheets.

Like all decent Twitter feeds, there are also funny, useful graphics and pictures.


Finally, there's...

English121


 English121 is a great Twitter feed. It has infographics and tweets on synonyms (words with similar meanings), idioms, phrasal verbs, light conversation, British English vs US English, etc.

 English121 uses the limited space in Twitter very well. It's not focused on one topic, so you'll learn new vocabulary, useful expressions, and slang.

If you need help with grammar and sentence structure , there are many helpful tweets.

 There are many tweets about the differences between British (GB) and American English (US).

 These are just a few ESL feeds. Twitter is ideal because all tweets are short. You can enjoy it while you're on the bus or train to work, or during a break. You can also connect with teachers (including me) and other ESL learners. 
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