tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post5399389966023860696..comments2024-03-29T01:46:51.442-04:00Comments on Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: 10 Reasons Schools Should Teach Text-SpeakLisa Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07759123507185453030noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-67177389812593357582012-05-30T20:54:04.950-04:002012-05-30T20:54:04.950-04:00This is just as ridiculous an idea as when some ge...This is just as ridiculous an idea as when some genius suggested teaching Ebonics as a second language. I have not met one single teenager who can actually spell and use punctuation correctly BECAUSE of text-speak. They think the English language is now unneccessary and teaching text-speak in school will only serve to drive that point further home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-54050501791378938092011-11-07T10:49:54.130-05:002011-11-07T10:49:54.130-05:00I really like your post and i am agreed with it i ...I really like your post and i am agreed with it i am from Pakistan and the way of teaching here is not so good which is the main cause of illiteracyeducationhttp://www.iueducation.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-59217710495213786292011-11-02T08:20:11.840-04:002011-11-02T08:20:11.840-04:00This is a really good post and touches on some rea...This is a really good post and touches on some really important and often controversial issues. I believe that there are a lot of benefits to school pupils understanding text language but is this not something they will pick up without having to be taught? If time in the classroom teaching Standard English reading and writing is compromised with text language, will this actually be a valuable use of pupils’ time? But at the same time many people are endorsing the use of text messaging including companies by using <a href="www.envelos.com" rel="nofollow">sms for business</a> purposes too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-27452967141301052312011-10-31T12:06:52.269-04:002011-10-31T12:06:52.269-04:00@cmatera@asu.edu,
Could it be they aren't wor...@cmatera@asu.edu, <br />Could it be they aren't working out in practice because educators aren't actively addressing this? I believe this is the case and if more educators addressed this, it would be less of an issue. <br /><br />That said, it has not been my experience that the web shows this does not work out in practice. I find that people use texting language when texting, Tweeting language when tweeting, blogging language when blogging, and discussion board language when discussing. We need to help students do the same.Lisa Nielsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07759123507185453030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-60382986129497614622011-10-31T11:59:44.500-04:002011-10-31T11:59:44.500-04:00While you did raise some very good points, a major...While you did raise some very good points, a major issue with text-speak and other shortcuts is that people are quick to abuse them, making unclear sentences with abbreviations and guidelines that only they know. Just one look at the Internet shows that most people, in their rush to shorten messages, sacrifice grammar to do so and insist on trying to shorten things even in situations where a long, detailed response is needed. While text-speak and similar things sound nice in theory, the web shows that they do not work out in practice.cmatera@asu.edunoreply@blogger.com