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    What is the Effect of Texting on Teenagers? Cell phones are becoming a modern day necessity‚ to the point that they are a must have for every teenager and adult.  Human beings are growing increasingly attached to these devices‚ depending on them more and more for their communication with other people‚ job duties‚ and other daily activities that they must accomplish. One way that we are taking advantage of cell phone technology at a rapidly growing rate is through the use of text messaging.

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    Contemporary Issues in Language Teaching and Learning: Effects of Immersion Programs on Native-Language Literacy I. Bibliographic Entries Cunningham‚ Thomas C.‚ and C. Ray Graham. “Increasing Native English Vocabulary Recognition Through Spanish Immersion: Cognate Transfer from Foreign to First Language.” Journal of Educational Psychology. 92.1 (2000): 37-49. Print. Cited as (Cunningham and Graham‚ 37-49) Harper‚ Sarah Nicole. “Narrowing the Gap in Early Literacy for French Immersion Students:

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    Longstreet   Brittany Longstreet Mrs. Forsythe English 1113-11 15 February 2013 How Does Text Messaging Affect Teen Literacy ​Text messaging has become an integral part of our lives; it has developed very rapidly throughout the world. With the uprising of new forms of communication that technology has introduced comes a debate on what effect these new digital mediums have on literacy. Text messaging is fastly becoming a primary form of communication for various numbers of people around the world.

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    point‚ that text messaging is destroying English. Paragraph Two: DC also summarizes John Sutherland’s paper from 2002 which asserts that texting is an ugly‚ illiterate version of English. Paragraph Three: DC places Humphry‚ Sutherland‚ and others who criticize texting shorthand into a longer history of critics who have opposed new media for using language‚ such as telegraph‚ telephone‚ radio‚ and television. Paragraph Four: Initiates a history of SMS‚ the technology is older (mid-1980s) than

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    Rebecca Jimenez Professor Sarah Thatcher English 114 19 September 2013 How Texting Affects Literacy in Teens – Brainstorming Outline: I. Introduction a. Thesis statement: In this paper‚ I will discuss how the frequent use of text messaging by teens today negatively affects literacy and I will offer suggestions that parents and teachers can implement and teach in order to raise reading‚ writing‚ and vocabulary skills. Since the technological phenomenon towards the end of the 20th century‚ text

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    RUNNGHEAD: LANGUAGE AND LITERACY DEVELOPMENT ESSAY Language and Literacy Development Essay Alma J. Bosket Early Literacy Development (O101) -ECH-425 Dr. Leah Barley July 21‚ 2013 Language and Literacy Essay The achievement of oral language is a normal development for the performance of most children. The child’s (ren) understanding to communicate will began to increase with age

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    The Texting Tool It’s eleven o’clock on a Thursday night and right before you go to bed‚ a tone too familiar pops up. Your friend asks through a text to read his essay‚ finding poor grammar and spelling abbreviations such as “bc” and “prob” ‚ you begin to think to yourself‚ “ How can texting really find its way into my friends paper?” According to Michaela Cullington‚ in the article “Does Texting Affect Writing” Cullington had done some research of texting and how it will affect a writer’s behavior

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    age group. Inquiries involving teenagers and texting have displayed that texting affects the literacy for a majority of the teens who text. Studies have identified beneficial and detrimental effects of teen texting. According to studies involving teens‚ texting has had both positive and negative effects on teen literacy. In today’s society‚ texting benefits many teenagers as it is a useful tool for quick and easy communication. In addition‚ texting is a learning hub and a way for teens to interact

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    the next student lives up to their potential. As the age of technology progresses and texting is used daily‚ it has become evident that texting is indeed killing language. Words are being abbreviated or spelled incorrectly. Furthermore‚ people aren’t paying attention to grammar nor proper capitalization and punctuation. The use of emojis in texting has also played a major role in the deterioration of language. People have poor spelling due to abbreviations‚ seem to ignore punctuation‚ and proper

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    Is texting Ruining the English Language. [Youth Radio]. Available from: http://www.youthradio.org/news/is-texing-ruining-english-language [accessed 4 June 2010] Author‚ A. N.‚ untitled. [accessed 7 June 2010]. Christopher Dawson‚ 2007. Text messaging and the death of the English language. [Zdnet]. Available from: http://www.zdnet.com/

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