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Effect of Social Media Language on Written English among AB English Students

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Social media, say
Harris and Dilts
Social media refers (2014), is
to the means of transforming student
Language
According to Alassiri interactions among writing. They found
professionals and
et al (2014), a social people in which they that most of the
instructors specifically
Social Media are media or social create, share, mistake’s teachers
have seen the effect
popular among the networking sites and/or exchange find in students'
of social media in
young generation all provide interactive information and papers aren't just
second language
over the world now. platform that enables ideas in virtual limited to a few
acquisition and
Social Media are an its users communities and students, but
What is Social learning. A social
online platform where communicate with networks. The happen all the time
Media and the media website has
people can create other members to Office of in most of them. It is
Language it uses? indicated higher
their own profile and establish social Communications found that social
results in an English
can interact with the relations to share and Marketing networking sites do
proficiency test
people all over the information and manages the main not promote correct
contrasted with the
world. (Lin et al., knowledge relative to Facebook, Twitter, language and
group that got training
2016) individual Instagram, LinkedIn writing. Twitter, for
on an eye to eye
experiences activities and YouTube example, only
premise (Wamba,
in real life. accounts. allows 140-
2016).
(Balakrishnan & character
Lay, 2016) messages, resulting
in run-ons and
fragments.
How does Social Social media Language is a Alsaawi (2015) states David (2001), Cai If learners have a
Media Language language generally systematic means of that writing is a (2001) and Dovey habit of using social
affect Written pollutes grammar, communicating ideas method that transfers (2010) concluded media such as
English among spelling and sentence using sounds, spoken language from WhatsApp language
Students? construction to name gestures, signs or from being heard to their study that in their day-to-day
but a few aspects of marks. being seen and writing is an writing, then they
It is the code used to
express oneself and may not be able to
communicate with write appropriately
important tool in
others. in formal job
education and
Communicating is to situations. Roelofse
in the working
share (2013) contends
consequently read. In environment, hence
information, or to that exposure to
order to represent it is important that it
share what one new
writing. Such errors in spoken language in is
knows and to interact literacies found in
writing are said to a written script, a not polluted by
with others. It new technologies
pollute the text. system must be social media scripts
involves a system of undoubtedly
Norrish (1987:7) invented and for that such as WhatsApp.
combining words to impacts
defines an error as a reason precisely Social media
create meaning. Thus the way in which
systematic deviation implemented. Thus, language generally
communication second language
when a learner has the formal English pollutes grammar,
involves language, learners perceive
not learnt something writing system is the spelling
and language, the
and consistently gets one that native and sentence
therefore, remains world. Furthermore,
it wrong speakers and second construction to
potentially a the amount of
language learners name but a few
communicative contact with these
should strictly follow. aspects of
medium capable of social
writing. Such errors
expressing ideas and utilities certainly
in writing are said to
concepts influences literacy
pollute the text.
as well as moods, practices by
feelings and attitudes learners.
(Habermas 1979).
What is the impact One of the most Dalzell & Victor 2017) According to the English language It is worth noting
of Social Media to significant effects of argue that the English Information usage, and their that these new
Written English? social media on language has Resources popularity has been vocabularies are
verbal and written become more volatile Management made possible by being introduced on
English is the with synonyms Association (2016), social networking the internet very
appropriation of growing every day. there is the likelihood sites. Some of these rapidly, used
vocabulary (Dalzell & The implication is that of a general words have even excessively, and
Victor 2017). Certain internet slangs, which weakening in proper been incorporated in sometimes
language skills
because most
conversations on
social media are full
words that had of abbreviations, discarded at the
specific meanings are misspelled words, same rate. It could
now bearing new and abbreviations. be argued that this
seem to have been
meanings depending Hoffmann and Bublitz trend amounts to a
accepted as English
on the context of the (2017) explain this lazy form of
words, are being English dictionaries
application, and the scenario by pointing communication, but
used in verbal (Horobin2018).
extent of this out that most social in a fast-paced
communication
phenomenon has media communication society, it facilitates
everywhere.
affected verbal is concerned with fast and convenient
English being pragmatic and interaction
communication. that the highest (Zappavigna 2012).
priorities are
accessibility and
mutual
comprehensibility.

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