How Slang Affects Students in the Classroom - US News
Read the article below about how slang affect students in the classroom. Do you believe that the use of texting and social media has negatively affected how student's use grammar, punctuation and spelling? If so, is there a way to prevent or help this situation?
How Slang Affects Students in the Classroom - US News
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Carl Richburg
4/13/2014 01:20:48 pm
Yes I believe that texting and social media has hurt the way student's use grammar, punctuation and spelling. I think it needs to be reemphasized in todays schooling. But, I can also see where if people keep using the slang terms, then one day that'll just become the new way to say/use the word. It's like when we used cursive back in the day, we really have no use for it now. I know we don't like to hear "well everyone is doing it." But, in actuality if everyone really is using a word a certain way, then I personally don't have a problem with using it as long as it's not disrespectful and everyone has a common understand of what you're trying to say.
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Kennedy Seifert
4/14/2014 12:28:24 am
I definitely believe that social media and texting has effected students grammar. Even though I do not have any type of social media, I still use text messaging and I think it has even effected myself as an adult. When I begin writing an email I have to stop and make sure I do not say "u" for the word "you". Just like the article stated you have fourth and fifth graders who have I-phones and twitter and facebook. I can not even imagine how their grammar will be as they grow up. All I can say is that this is going to make being a parent and teacher x10 harder.
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Lyndsey Talbot
4/14/2014 02:57:10 am
I definitely feel that texting, tweeting and social media has negatively impacted the grammar of kids/people today. You do not really have to worry about spelling words correctly, because your iPhone will 'auto-correct' it. On twitter, you are forced to commit grammatical crimes due to the 140 character limit. It is all around us and much simpler to type 'ru' instead of 'are you,' or 'wyd' not 'what are you doing.' This is shown to carry over for kids in their work and through emails. When recruiting girls for softball, many of them do not know how to formally email or converse in a professional manner. I think that today's texting and tweeting rules have played a huge part in this decline.
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April
4/15/2014 09:40:05 am
I think that technology and texting, social media, etc. does make young people utilize their writing skills even if it is not always proper. I do think it can hinder their grammar but I do see where some young students write blogs, etc. and this can increase their skills.
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Tyler Reece
4/15/2014 11:11:59 am
Yes, it has. I have found myself slip up before in the past when I had to write a lot of papers. I then started to write the full words when I would text just so it did not carry over into my writing. It is a big problem for now, but it does help those who pay attention to these mistakes when applying for jobs it can help to separate you from those who sloppily fill out applications.
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Jacqui Cappuccilli
4/15/2014 11:14:25 am
I believe that social media and texting has affected grammar in people today, but I also think that people will type right if they want to. When I text I use full sentences which sometimes gets long, but at the same time id rather have it that way than not. I do have a lot of people who on certain social medias use bad grammar so I do think it plays a role. However I am a strong believer in being able to use proper language or grammar when needed, and just typing however when not needed.
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Travis Tompson
4/17/2014 12:49:14 am
There is no doubt that slang has taken over everyday life for most of us. In our texts to each other, it is not uncommon to use the words u for you or lol for laughing out loud. Simply put, it is much faster and easier to get your point across when everyone understands the terminologies. I myself can easily differentiate between when I can use slang and when I must write out everything, but some people do not understand that it is unprofessional to abbreviate phrases when dealing with real-life companies and people. I am on the stance that in no way should we conform to accepting these slang terms as appropriate, for in no way should they be used in the professional setting. The only way I can think of preventing these terms would be for the phone companies to have auto-text correcting tools fix any slang terms by inserting what the slang should actually represent (for example, if you typed in lol, the phone would automatically insert laughing out loud). However, I do not see schools and phone companies doing business to resolve this issue, so I am not truly sure on how to fix the situation. I do know that it should not be acceptable for teachers to accept this kind of slang, for they must teach their students that it is unprofessional to do so.
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Kim Holifield
4/17/2014 01:07:34 am
I will never forget being told early in my college years about using slang in the professional world. I was taking one of my last education courses for my associate's degree and we discussed communication. The teacher told us about getting an email from a student who used slang throughout the email such as "idk." She explained to us how we need to step out of our "high school talk" and step into the professional, business world of adults. I hadn't ever really thought about it until that moment. Yes, I use slang very often in my daily texts and emails to close friends and family, but I am always very careful to write professionally to other adults. I know how easy it can be to shorten words especially via text, and there have been times when I have caught myself forgetting how to spell particular words because I was so used to shortening them. I think middle and high school students need to be pushed as much as possible to use correct grammar when writing and typing in school and should be explained to the importance of it- outside of their personal conversations.
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James French
4/17/2014 10:50:11 am
I work for the Department of Mental health in a hospital setting. Recently a memo came out stating that texting lingo was not allowed in the patient's medical records. Go figure, lol :) I can not state how ridiculous that is. Students seem to be having problems with using this language in daily speaking let alone in written communication. I have also noticed a great deal of word usage issues and spelling errors. I am afraid of the day technology doesn't work and people have to do things on their own again, no one will remember how.
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Gary Jones
4/18/2014 08:58:49 am
I think everyone is right about texting hurting our ability to use proper grammar. I think it has become a problem because when you text you just was to get whatever it is you have to say out fast. Just getting you point across in the shortest amount of time possible is the key. No one really cares to much they there’s a miss spelling or you didn’t use a comma in that text. We just expect the phone to correct out mistakes and don’t think too much about spelling. I know I’m guilty of that. How many people are texting now? I think it will be a hard problem to fix.
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Brad Howell
4/19/2014 08:52:24 am
I absolutely believe social media and text lingo has had a negative impact on students grammar, spelling, and social behavior. In my student teaching experience, I noticed plenty of students that would shorten words in papers they wrote. This made things very difficult to grade and read as a teacher of biology. In the science classes, there are many words and scientific names that change significantly if they are misspelled. It is an entire different thing if the students aren't even finishing the words. Shortly after the semester started, I actually had to make a classroom announcement that I will be counting off for misspelled and abbreviated words. The really crazy thing was, this bad habit was already set in and students didn't even realize they were doing it. I think it would be great if Facebook or twitter would change their programming so no one could post anything if it wasn't spelled correctly or grammatically correct.
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Gino Bullock
4/20/2014 05:00:55 am
I think social media and technology has totally affected how we communicate and our level of grammar.I also think it has affected it in a bad way. I know personally because of technology I sometimes use improper grammar and punctuation. I have noticed that the students talk and communicate in a classroom setting like they talk on social media and it continues to get worse. I think as educators we have to make a more concentrated effort to fix the grammar if we want to see it improve.
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Shari Harrington
5/2/2014 11:14:32 am
Honestly, this was the biggest worry I had when I started teaching. I was really expecting to find that my students would use more text-speak and slang in their writing and that it would be a bear for me. Now, while it has happened a little bit, it's not been a great deal like I expected. I find that what really affects my students' grammar is just a lack of knowledge of grammar; I do think social media language does have a negative effect though.
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Dustin Ray
5/4/2014 02:15:58 am
This seemed to be a major issue when I was student teaching. I wanted to ask the english teachers if they actually taught proper grammer at times be cause papers were so awful. I dont unterstand if students are to lazy to use proper english, of if they just do not care. I feel that texting is a big issue with students, and this is part of the reason that our students struggle after high school
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