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2 thoughts on “Tweets”
I like it. The tweeting that is. It’s communication, native input combined with immediate output (the gains will depend on the patience and thoughtfulness of the partner). Perhaps it’s not completely correct output, but it will help them make gains, I think. Plus, it humanizes the target culture and its people. It will increase chances (I would expect) that students will continue to study the language and even travel to places where that language is spoken. Maybe they will even make a new friend.
This input/output discussion has had me thinking. I don’t know how to put it into words exactly, so I will quickly tell of my experience with one common language learning tool. Pimsluer. I really liked it. I was disappointed, when I finished the first series (10 hours of CDs) that there was not more. I was able to do this in the car! If you haven’t tried Pimsluer, I recommend it for a language you would like to learn. (I’ve had trouble finding them lately… the French one I used disappeared from our public library, as did the Spanish.) The point of it was input, but at the same time, output. No pressure, I was by myself practicing, nobody to make my affective filter go up. And it was immediately rewarding, as I could say quick as hell, “Would you like to eat/drink/go shopping?” along with many other high frequency structures. That was almost 4 years ago, and I can still rattle them off just as quickly, no “thinking” necessary. Which means I acquired it.
Maybe that’s the difference: having or not having other people hear it, judge it, and correct it.