The Use of X and Other Creative Ways to Retell Events

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Cover of English Teaching Forum 2024, Volume 62, Number 1

In this article, author Aljohn Francis Ruiz Flores presents a clever and easy-to-apply technique that helps students engage with texts they are reading in an enjoyable way: they show their comprehension by generating tweets (or posts or texts), using their own words to retell events and characters’ thoughts. The versatile technique allows students at all levels to be creative but can also be used as a check on student comprehension and even for assessment.

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Aljohn Francis Ruiz Flores

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Cover of English Teaching Forum 2024, Volume 62, Number 1

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English Teaching Forum 2024, Volume 62, Number 1

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