Sunday, May 13, 2007

Text Messaging Seems to Lower Literacy Skills

We all text message or have heard of it...that is not anything new. But what is new is that students in elementary through high school grades are becoming more disfunctional with writing skills. The article showcases how students are making more and more grammatical, spelling, and sentence structure errors because they are used to the "short cuts" that text messaging offers.

I must say, I agree with the article. Also, I knew this issue would arise, and I am glad it did. I have never been a fan of the short cut language, and it is about time we did something about it!

source: http://media.www.dailyiowan.com/media/storage/paper599/news/2007/05/01/Metro/2.B-Or.Nt.2.B.Whtevr-2889293.shtml

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