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Daily 7 - Texting Language and literacy - 1 views

  • publications & apps bookshop parents corner about us Subscriber Access Log inDaily7 Log inDaily10 English 繁體中文 簡體中文 한국어 日本語 English English 繁體中文 簡體中文 한국어 日本語 viewpoint Is the standard of children’s literacy declining because of texting or online social networking? 26.11.10 Mio Debnam replies: A number of surveys and research projects have been run over the past couple of years asking this very question. The results that have emerged have been very interesting, but before we look at them, let’s just have a brief look at the perceived problem: Do you think the standard of children’s literacy is declining because of texting or online social networking? It’s like they are using a different language!   Text messaging is now the world’s most popular form of communication (overtaking emails and even face-to-face conversation), with 5 trillion SMS messages sent worldwide in 2009. In addition to this, more than 65 million Twitter messages (or tweets) are sent daily, along with 4 billion messages on Facebook. Because users are limited to message
  • Because users are limited to messages of only 140 characters in length for Twitter and 160 characters for a text message, a whole new way of writing has emerged
  • Because users are limited to messages of only 140 characters in length for Twitter and 160 characters for a text message, a whole new way of writing has emerged – which involves foregoing punctuation and contracting words or using acronyms to save space
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  • publications & apps bookshop parents corner about us Subscriber Access Log inDaily7 Log inDaily10 English 繁體中文 簡體中文 한국어 日本語 English English 繁體中文 簡體中文 한국어 日本語 viewpoint Is the standard of children’s literacy declining because of texting or online social networking? 26.11.10 Mio Debnam replies: A number of surveys and research projects have been run over the past couple of years asking this very question. The results that have emerged have been very interesting, but before we look at them, let’s just have a brief look at the perceived problem: Do you think the standard of children’s literacy is declining because of texting or online social networking? It’s like they are using a different language!   Text messaging is now the world’s most popular form of communication (overtaking emails and even face-to-face conversation), with 5 trillion SMS messages sent worldwide in 2009. In addition to this, more than 65 million Twitter messages (or tweets) are sent daily, along with 4 billion messages on Facebook.
  • Because users are limited to messages of only 140 characters in length for Twitter and 160 characters for a text message, a whole new way of writing has emerged – which involves foregoing punctuation and contracting words or using acronyms to save space
  • Because users are limited to messages of only 140 characters in length for Twitter and 160 characters for a text message, a whole new way of writing has emerged – which involves foregoing punctuation and contracting words or using acronyms to save space
  • publications & apps bookshop parents corner about us Subscriber Access Log inDaily7 Log inDaily10 English 繁體中文 簡體中文 한국어 日本語 English English 繁體中文 簡體中文 한국어 日本語 viewpoint Is the standard of children’s literacy declining because of texting or online social networking? 26.11.10 Mio Debnam replies: A number of surveys and research projects have been run over the past couple of years asking this very question. The results that have emerged have been very interesting, but before we look at them, let’s just have a brief look at the perceived problem: Do you think the standard of children’s literacy is declining because of texting or online social networking? It’s like they are using a different language!   Text messaging is now the world’s most popular form of communication (overtaking emails and even face-to-face conversation), with 5 trillion SMS messages sent worldwide in 2009. In addition to this, more than 65 million Twitter messages (or tweets) are sent daily, along with 4 billion messages on Facebook. Bec
  • publications & apps bookshop parents corner about us Subscriber Access Log inDaily7 Log inDaily10 English 繁體中文 簡體中文 한국어 日本語 English English 繁體中文 簡體中文 한국어 日本語 viewpoint Is the standard of children’s literacy declining because of texting or online social networking? 26.11.10 Mio Debnam replies: A number of surveys and research projects have been run over the past couple of years asking this very question. The results that have emerged have been very interesting, but before we look at them, let’s just have a brief look at the perceived problem: Do you think the standard of children’s literacy is declining because of texting or online social networking? It’s like they are using a different language!   Text messaging is now the world’s most popular form of communication (overtaking emails and even face-to-face conversation), with 5 trillion SMS messages sent worldwide in 2009. In addition to this, more than 65 million Twitter messages (or tweets) are sent daily, along with 4 billion messages on Facebook. Because users are limited to messages of only 140 characters in length for Twitter and 160 characters for a text message, a whole new way of writing has emerged – whic
  • Because users are limited to messages of only 140 characters in length for Twitter and 160 characters for a text message, a whole new way of writing has emerged – which involves foregoing punctuation and contracting words or using acronyms to save space
  • Because users are limited to messages of only 140 characters in length for Twitter and 160 characters for a text message, a whole new way of writing has emerged – which involves foregoing punctuation and contracting words or using acronyms to save space
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  • Because users are limited to messages of only 140 characters in length for Twitter and 160 characters for a text message, a whole new way of writing has emerged – which involves foregoing punctuation and contracting words or using acronyms to save space
  • Because users are limited to messages of only 140 characters in length for Twitter and 160 characters for a text message, a whole new way of writing has emerged – which involves foregoing punctuation and contracting words or using acronyms to save space
  • Well, if you did an informal survey, you’d probably find that the majority of people, including youngsters who use text-speak, would agree that it has affected the way people write
  • every teacher has probably seen at least a few inappropriate examples of text-speak in work handed in.
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    Limit of space results in shorter text. This Limits the user of actual words. Fast paced conversations lead to slang words to shorten time of speech.
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