"The sister organization of the council, the British-based Spelling Society, does not advocate adopting texting conventions, either, but this is less surprising, because it does not advocate adopting any particular approach at all. Jack Bovill, the society’s president, wrote in an e-mail message: “Our present aim is to raise awareness of the problems caused by the irregularity of English spelling. We DO NOT support solutions.”"
- Throughout this article I had some mixed feelings. I am a terrible speller 95% of the time, but I cannot agree with changing the spelling of our language. In fact, I didn't even realize this was an issue! I do believe that texting short-hands should be kept to personal conversations only. I've noticed that many students include 'texting' spelling into their school assignments, which I do not agree with at all. I believe that it is the teachers responsibility to not allow this in their classrooms! Texting could be a great way to HELP students learn to spell correctly, if they are forced to spell out an entire word and not use shorthand!
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Texting in the Classroom
Literacy Text Messaging (2009, October 4). In youtube. Retrieved February 5, 2012
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