Good Stuff Happens in 1:1 Meetings: Why you need them and how to do them well
Texting and literacy
1. Texting and literacy
Pros & Cons
Team C2 Critical Junkies
Jeremy Calhoun
Juan Luis De La Rosa
Gabriela Gomez
Sang Ma
2. Introduction
According 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.
3. 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
4. Pros
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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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
