FARWESTERN UNIVERSITY

Darchula Multiple Campus

B.Ed. First Semester
English Grammar and Composition (C.Eng.101)
By
Dammar Singh Saud (9858750582)
dammarsaud68@fwu.edu.np / dammarsaud68@gmail.com
Assistant Professor of English Education
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UNIT: TEN COMMUNICATION

Do people communicate better now than in the past?

• Communicate in short-texting-less clear
• Communicate more than better at expressing
• Better communication–more in touch–more practice
• More communication with different people
• Express oneself more freely
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 2B OR NOT 2B?

• Article From a newspaper

• Discusses fears about texting
• Title taken from Shakespeare’s play (Hamlet)
• The author uses this title to get readers to think
about texting, whether it should exist now, and
whether it will exist in the future.
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 2B OR NOT 2B?

• Texting has been criticized as textese, slanguage, a

digital virus.
• Curiosity, suspicion, fear, excitement & enthusiasm
• The popular beliefs about texting are wrong
• Texting has added a new dimension to language
use, but it is not a disaster.
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 2B OR NOT 2B?

• Although many texters enjoy breaking linguistic

rules, they also know they need to be understood.
• Texting is used only in informal conversation e.g.
lol-laughing out loud, brb- be right back, btw- by
the way, ttyl- talk to you later, g2g- gotta go, gr8-
great, jk- just kidding, 2b- To Be etc.
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 2B OR NOT 2B?

• The most noticeable feature is the use of single

letter, numerals & symbols to represent words or
parts of words, as with b (be) & 2 (to).
• They are rebuses, and they go back to centuries
e.g. cmb- cll me back, IOU- I owe you etc.
• Modern kid’s lol & earlier generation’s asap
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 2B OR NOT 2B?

• English has had abbreviated words ever since it

began to be written down.
• The letters, symbols, and words are run together,
without spaces ( cul8r- See you later.)
• This is certainly unusual in the history of special
writing systems.
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 2B OR NOT 2B?

• Texters use deviant spellings- and they know they

are deviant. They are also a part English tradition.
• Saves time & energy
• Children quickly learn enjoyable things.
• The desire to be playful is there when we text, and
it is hugely powerful.
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 2B OR NOT 2B?

• It’s really fun to play with sounds, words,

grammar & spelling.
• Research shows literacy improves from texting
• Positive link between texting & the skills that are
needed for success in standard English in children
• Linguistically creative / language in evolution
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ANY QUESTION???

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THANK YOU!!!

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