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Mayo invited his students, and students around the world, to add a sentence or two to an ongoing story through Tweets. Soon after, more than 100 students in six different countries had contributed.

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enhances reading comprehension, improves students’ writing skills and abilities [6].  develops writing and learning strategies [5].  has a positive impact on the content and increases the amount of writing of learners [7].  makes students pay close attention to the formal aspects of writing, both in terms of word choice, structure, and word spelling, attending to sentence and paragraph structure as well as adapting academic style, register and appropriate word [8].  Diminishes barriers to learning English by providing them the opportunity to write freely without being judged for their grammatical mistakes [9].  develops ideas and provide feedback for the authors [10].  enhances student analytical and critical thinking skills [11]  increases student motivation in reading and writing, promotes learner independence and autonomy, and enhances students’ analytical and critical thinking skills [12].

students with low English proficiency may experience difficulty in putting their ideas in order