Japanese Study English By…Tweeting?
Twitter followers in Japan have demonstrated their fervor for the social networking tool, setting a world record in generating “tweets per second” after a recent World Cup game. Now, creative merchants are coming up with books and blogs that connect Twitter with another national infatuation: Learning English.
A quick search on Amazon.com (AMZN) brings up seven books that encourage people to study English by tweeting. “Twitter in English – The Complete Guide,” suggests readers could heighten their exposure to English used by real native speakers by following frequent-tweeter celebrities such as Ashton Kutcher and Paris Hilton. Followers recently got treated to this rich phrase from Ms. Hilton: “Just had a delicious dinner. So full and tired, can’t wait to get in bed and go to sleep.”