The Internet gives us a great opportunity in many ways. And learning English is not exception. Last years' trend - social networks - can be rather helpful too. And they are.

Let's talk about twitter and reasons why it could be helpful for us.

Twitter is kind of blogging platform, or more exactly, "microblogging", 'cause the maximum length of each post is just 140 characters. But it's not a disadvantage. On the contrary, it's the main advantage. A really great advantage.

And here is why.

For success in learning English it's not enough just to listen and speak. No less important is to read and write. But it's often too hard to force yourself to read and write regularly, especially to write. And in this case twitter is a great solution to this problem - writing everyday 50-140 chars posts, what can be easier?

If you don't have a "normal" custom blog or don't communicate in forums, twitter gives you a real opportunity in improving your English. And even if you are a forums' frequenter, twitter can be as an additional help to you too.

And of course, besides of improving your writing skills, you can (and should!) improve your reading and vocabulary. All what you should do is to follow other people in whom you're interested and from time to time read what they "tweet". Reading other short tweets is not as hard as reading big articles or entire book and taking not so much time, isn't it?

So, use twitter and improve your English. It's more fun and much easier now. Enjoy!