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Texting and literacy Pros & Cons Team C2 Critical Junkies Jeremy Calhoun Juan Luis De La Rosa Gabriela Gomez Sang Ma

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Texting and literacy Pros & Cons

Team C2 Critical JunkiesJeremy Calhoun

Juan Luis De La RosaGabriela Gomez

Sang Ma

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IntroductionAccording to research at Cambridge University, it doesn't matter in what order the letters in a word are, the only important thing is that the first and last letter be at the right place. The rest can be a total mess and you can still read it without problem. This is because the human mind does not read every letter by itself, but the word as a whole.

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Pros❏ Textism has shown to improve literacy by exposure to word

composition ❏ A study performed on students resulted in higher test scores recorded

by students using mobile phones ❏ Research suggests texting requires same “phonological awareness”

needed to learn correct spelling ❏ Initials and abbreviations contribute to successful reading/spelling

development❏ Students are writing more and revising their work❏ Educators are helping students understand when to use the

appropriate language

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Pros❏ Save time.❏ Advantages of teens texting.❏ Reading Skill.❏ Initials and abbreviations helps foreign language users

to study English faster and easier.❏ Autocorrect:History.❏ Autocorrect helps people to memorize with repeat.

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Cons❏ Kids have trouble shifting between abbreviations and

standard grammar.❏ Basically “techspeak” become the normal words.❏ John McWhorter compares “techspeak” to a new

language being born.

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Conclusion❏ Overall there are some good and bad points to Texting.❏ The future of texting is not exactly clear because it is

constantly evolving, but for the present time it is a valuable asset for communicating.

❏ Texting on a case by case study can be in turn decreasing literacy digital natives in different ways.

❏ Communication is a vital survival tool in the preservation of human life, and texting has made that more effective.

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VerdictAND THE WINNER OF THIS YEARS DEBATE ON TEXTING LITERACY IS…

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