Students’ Perception on the Use of Twitter to Learn English: a Preliminary Study

The advanced and continual technology development leads social media like Twitter as a daily life style. The implementation of it into language learning is a trend nowadays. This study attempts to examine students’ perception toward the use of Twitter to learn English. This research was conducted using qualitative method. The data were obtained through in-depth interview with students of English Education Department of Universitas Islam Indonesia, who are active users of Twitter. The findings showed that students have positive perception and attitude toward the use of Twitter to learn English. It also revealed that students believe that Twitter is an online platform which is helpful for English learning especially for vocabulary building, grammar, writing and reading skill. In addition, Twitter helps students increasing their confidence in using English in their daily life.