The use of Twitter as a tool for the application of the English language in a disciplinary subject of the Career of Nutrition and Dietetics of a Chilean university

Abstract

The Nutrition and Dietetics Program of a University of Chile proposed the strengthening of the use of the English foreign language in the students of the career through the use of a social network. The objective of this study was to
analyze the level of satisfaction on the part of the students regarding the use of Twitter as a tool for the application of the English language. During the first semester of 2023, the application of the use of Twitter was implemented in the subject "Entrepreneurship and Marketing" in which the teacher, through a comment on Twitter, related the disciplinary content of the subject and later the students expressed their opinions of according to what was seen in class. Among the results, it stands out that more than 50% of the students indicated that the Twitter activity allowed them to implement grammatical structures that they already knew and allowed them to use already known vocabulary. Regarding the use of English, students can practice their language skills in real communication situa-
tions by interacting on platforms such as Twitter, they are able to participate in conversations, ask questions, share ideas and opinions about a certain topic.