What is twitter? How to use TWITTER Video TUTORIAL
Videos para aprender y practicar INGLES – “How to use TWITTER” – Como usar TWITTER – Video #14
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Today we have a new video. Many people use twitter these days but I have recieved many questions regarding its use and importance. To be honest with you, at first I didn’t understand twitter. However it is a great online tool to get and send information and in today’s video you will learn how to use twitter.
¿Qué es Twitter? ¿Cómo uso Twitter? En este video aprenderemos como usar twitter. Recuerden que la transcripción está al final de la entrada despues del video.
What is twitter? How do I use it? How can I register?
Video “How to use TWITTER?”
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT
| Twitter is growing at an impressive rate | Grow : crecerRate: velocidad |
| Now, what does twitter look like?How does it work and how do you get started with it? | Look like : description |
| In this film, you learn everything you need to know to get started with twitter | Know : saber/conocer |
| The word twitter means to chirp | Mean: significarChirp: piar (como cantan los pajaritos) |
| Hence the little bird that you see in the logo | Hence: por consiguiente |
| To twitter is to send out short messages which are known as tweets | Send out: mandar |
| When you send such a message, it can be read by everyone who follows you | Follow: seguir |
| In other words, your followers | In other words: en otras palabras |
| Conversely, you can read the tweets of the people you follow. | Conversely: a la inversa |
| For example, with twitter you can send out short bits of news that are interesting for your circle of friends | Bit: pedazo |
| Or in a professional context for your colleagues, clients or other interested parties | Party: conocido también como “fiesta” en este contexto es “grupo” |
| That’s why twitter is called a social medium | Medium: medio (en este caso un punto medio, como un vehículo social) |
| You get to know what the people in your network are busy with and vice versa | Network: red |
| Twitter messages are text messages but they can also contain link to WebPages photos or short films | Also: también |
| Today, many news messages appear first on twitter before they are taken up by traditional media | Appear: aparecerMedia: los medios de comunicación |
| Now, what does twitter look like? | |
| The messages of the people you follow appear on your personal twitter page in chronological order | |
| When you want to send out a message yourself | Yourself: tu mismo / por tu cuenta |
| Then you type it out of the question, what’s happening? | Type: tipear |
| Your tweet is then sent out to all your followers | |
| A twitter message can contain a maximum of 140 characters, that’s a little less than the number of characters of an SMS | |
| You can also include special characters | Include: incluir |
| For example, when you want to direct a message to an specific user, then you place an “at” sign before his or her twitter name | Place: colocarArroba (@): “at” sign |
| You place the “hash” key in front of the particular subject which is interesting for searches on that subject | # : “hash” keySearch: busqueda |
| And the letters “RT” in a message stand for retweet | Stand for: representar |
| This indicates that a message will be repeated of forwarded. | Forwarded: enviar |
| In this way you can easily forward an important message to your followers | Easily: facilmente |
| So, how do you get started with twitter, very easy. | |
| Surf to twitter dot com | Surf: navegar (en el Internet) |
| And register yourself | |
| Choose a name, fill in your details and your account will be created | Fill in: llenar |
| Then first look for a few friends to follow by the find people function | Look for: buscar |
| You can also follow celebrities such as Britney Spears, Lance Armstrong or Barack Obama | |
| When you find someone interesting to follow then click on follow | |
| Twitter is a unique source of information | Source: fuente |
| And also has a search function | |
| By a twitter search, you can read what people say, think or recommend about a subject right now and in real time | Subject: tema |
| While you use Facebook cheekily to communicate with your current friends with twitter you easily get to know new people | Cheekily: audazmenteCurrent: actualGet to know: conocer |
| People who relate things that you find interesting | |
| People with whom you share a hobby, passion or occupation | Share: compartir |
| Try out twitter and find out what’s happening in the world right now | Try out: probarFind out: averiguar |
Remember that you can follow us on twitter HERE: http://twitter.com/InglesTotal
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