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shared by Anthony Arriola on 14 Aug 14 - No Cached

The Decreasing Literacy Skills of the Workforce – Changing Responsibilities of Business Training Programs
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There is plenty of evidence that literacy skills continue to decline. U.S. government data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress shows that after years of educational reforms, high school seniors scored worse on a national reading test than they had back in 1992. Less than three-quarters of U.S. 12th graders scored at at least the “basic” level, down from 80% in the early 1990s. 
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Employers view reading and writing as critical basic skills, yet they are often at a loss about how to improve those skills among their workforce without incurring huge costs and loss of on-the-job time. Training programs abound to train managers and staff about project and budget control and various technical disciplines, but few programs exist to teach basic skills and employers find it difficult to justify such expenditures. 
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We believe that the problem of the decline in literacy is exacerbated by the fact that nearly everyone is taught to read using techniques that modern education and brain researchers have proven to be antiquated. Since the beginning of mass education in the U.S., students have been taught to read, starting in Kindergarten, in ways that have been shown to be the opposite of the way our brains work. 
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shared by Alyssa Alburquerque on 12 Aug 14 - No Cached

shared by williamsbanks on 14 Aug 14 - No Cached

The review by Ireland's Department of Education into last year's exam performance by 15-year-olds claimed text messaging was hitting standards in English.
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The use of abbreviated words, phonetic spelling and lack of punctuation were affecting conventional spelling and grammar, the review claimed. There was also an undue reliance on short sentences, simple tenses and a limited vocabulary.
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shared by Scott Dolham on 12 Aug 14 - No Cached

Examiners have given warning that pupils are increasingly using text message language in GCSEs, the first official acknowledgment that mobile phone shorthand is undermining standard English.
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"Text message spellings, such as U for "you" are increasingly prevalent."
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"The weakest answers were devoid of punctuation, including the full stop, and were difficult to follow as a consequence," the report said. "Sentences were frequently too long (10 lines or more). Apostrophes were often missing and inserted into plural nouns. The usual errors with they're/their; are/our; your/you're were frequent."
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Although anecdotal evidence of the use of text messaging by students has emerged in the past few years, the examiners' report suggests that such abbreviations are becoming the norm.
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Dr Bernard Lamb, the chairman of the Queen's English Society, said: "It is quite appalling that schoolchildren cannot distinguish between ordinary language and text language. It is something that teachers need to tackle urgently if we have reached the stage where students are making such errors in exams."
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It is something that teachers need to tackle urgently if we have reached the stage where students are making such errors in exams."
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shared by himynameisjen on 13 Aug 14 - No Cached

For many years educators and parents have blamed texting for two ills: the corruption of language and a degradation in spelling. Teachers are even complaining about textisms creeping into schoolwork. This has led many to wonder if it is possible that texting can have any positive influence on learners’ language development.
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