STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE USE OF TWITTER AS A LEARNING ENGLISH AID

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https://doi.org/10.18623/rvd.v23.6256

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Students, Attitude, Twitter, English

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Recently, many students have used Twitter. It is one of the Information and Communication Technology applications that can be used as a means of communication from which students are able to develop their English proficiency. This study aims to reveal the students’ attitude towards the use of Twitter as a means of learning English. This research used a descriptive method with a questionnaire as a data collection technique. Respondents were 100 students who took the Reading for Information class at the English Education Study Program, University of Muhammadiyah Malang, Indonesia. The questionnaire consisted of 21 statements with five choices in each, and it was designed to assess the students' attitude towards the use of Twitter. The results showed that students had a positive attitude towards the use of Twitter as a means of learning English. The students' attitudes could be broken down into three points that needed attention: first, students had a positive attitude towards Twitter as a medium to communicate in English. Second, students had a positive attitude towards Twitter as a means of improving their English vocabulary. And finally, students had a positive attitude towards Twitter as a tool to improve their skills of translating texts in English into Indonesian. This was related to Twitter as part of Information and Communication Technology that helped students to access information regarding English learning materials.

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2026-04-30

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Sudiran. (2026). STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE USE OF TWITTER AS A LEARNING ENGLISH AID. Veredas Do Direito, 23(7), e236256. https://doi.org/10.18623/rvd.v23.6256

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Vol. 23 Núm. 7 (2026): Veredas do Direito, v. 23, n. 7 2026

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