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Using Twitter to Teach Writing in College English Classes: With an “English Translation and Reporting” Activity

he purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of Twitter in college English classes. This study investigated 124 college EFL students’ English writing anxiety across four conditions: (1) Control Group (the oral report of their writing) (2) LMS Group (the use of university’s online learning management system for a writing report) (3) Twitter Writing Group (the use of Twitter for a writing report) (4) Twitter Reading/Writing Group (the use of Twitter for both reading an article and writing a report). Students were pre/post-tested for their English writing anxiety on English Writing Anxiety Test produced by Daly and Miller to examine the change in their writing anxiety. The data revealed that both Twitter and LMS played a role in boosting positive attitudes towards English writing. It was concluded that Twitter Reading/Writing Group benefited the students most.