Throughout the history of mankind, various inventions like cars and the internet have radically changed our way of thinking and carrying out tasks. Likewise, the invention of social media platforms in the twenty-first century such as Facebook and Twitter has also changed our way of communication through the extensive use of shorthand or textese in place of the Standard English language.
Textese or shorthand as defined by the Free English Dictionary is a simplified or abbreviated form of communication where symbols and acronyms that designate letters, words or phrases are used. Again, textese is described as language variants such as abbreviations and nonstandard forms of words (Crystal, 2008a; b; De Jonge & Kemp, 2010; Plester & Word, 2009).
Textese is identified when its
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However, Dansieh (2011) conducted a research to investigate the potential impact shorthand usage may have on the written and communication skills of polytechnic students in the country. The need for the research arose as a result of the concerns raised by the faculty and staff of the Wa polytechnic regarding the written communication skills of students. Conclusions drawn from the research proved that the shorthand texting had a negative impact on the performance of students with respect to their use of the Standard English Language. The principal interest on textese or shorthand over the years in relation to literature centers primarily on the impact it can have on the proficiency of written communication by its users (eg.Plester, et al., 2008; Plester, Wood & Joshi, 2009).
These researches fail to address the motive behind the adoption of this style of writing by students most especially those of the University of Ghana. Hence, this analysis seeks to fill the gap by aiding us understand why students namely, those in the University of Ghana extensively prefer the use of textese or shorthand in
Today, texting has become the most widely used communication technique for teenagers and young adults. It is written in completely informal language and it has no literature value in it. Although the critics believe texting is destroying literature value, McWhorter has another opinion in mind. McWhorter thinks that texting is another form of language that is developed by teenagers. It is the creation of a brand new language evolving from the old literature.
The second assumption could be explore in a new and unique way: relating professional shorthand to texting. Many professionals, such as doctors or military officers, uses a variation of shorthand and acronyms in their professional writing and verbal vocabulary. If the author releases texting to professional shorthand and that one needs a good foundation and understanding of the English language to develop one’s own shortcuts, then, and only then, her reason would be strong and
In her essay "Does Texting Affect Writing?", Michaela Cullington presents her argument that texting does not impact formal writing written by students. She discusses the concerns presented by many people about how texting language can transfer into writing, but through the use of personal experiences and credible sources she discusses how this is not true. Her use of multiple different studies and situations help boost her argument and allow the reader to truly see how students actually do formal writing. She presents a strong argument as to why those who believe students don't have the control and knowledge to write formally, instead of with text speak, are wrong.
It showed that students do not believe textspeak is appropriate in formal writing assignments. They recognize the difference between texting friends and writing formally and know what is appropriate in each situation. This was proven true in the student samples, in which no examples of textspeak were used" (Cullington 367). In order words, Cullington's research showed that there is little effect on writing ability from texting. She collected sample essays and found no evidence of textspeak.
Michaela Cullington was a former student at University in Pennsylvania when she wrote the essay of “Does Texting Affect Writing?” Have you ever thought if texting truly effects our writing style when it comes to college levels? Cullington did research of her own from different people group asking this question. Her thesis sentence was “IT TAKES OVER OUR LIVES” (…). The way that she capitalized all the letters is something that can engage the reader and the curiosity of knowing what is taking our lives?
Summary: In the introduction of Marie Foley’s article, Foley content that high school teachers use the five paragraph because it quick and easy writing tools for student
In her essay “Does Texting Affect Writing?” Michaela Cullington addresses the issue of text messaging possibly causing poor communication skills and the use of textspeak, abbreviations used during text messaging such as “LOL” and “g2g,” in students’ formal writing. Cullington argues that “texting actually has a minimal effect on student writing” (pg. 367). She addresses the opposition directly, even citing credible sources. However, she also cites credible sources with better information to support her point, and even conducts an experiment of her own.
An essay titled "does Texting Affect Writing?" was published by Michaela Cullington while she studied to gain her masters degree in speech and language pathology at Marywood University. In her essay she claims that texting and texting language neither benefits or harms a students academic writing. Michaela Cullington asserts that a conspiracy has been going around concerning how texting can limit a students writing ability in ways such as not being able to convey emotion in writing, forgetting how to write a formal English paper and use correct punctuation, and most of all a decline in spelling.
Not So Fast”, conducts her own study with a few colleagues to take notes on how students writing skills are changing. She decides to conduct another one twenty five years later to see how much the writing skills have changed since technology has been updated and became more available to students. She found that “students today are writing more than ever before.” Although we still have the same amount of writing errors as before, the patterns of errors are different. Many people argue that technology is only making our writing skill worse, this study helps to prove a different theory.
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If it is a true assumption, then the paper looks at how it has come to be and in which particular disciplines. Typically, the informal writing was once much spread to spoken and written domains has also spread
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