SMSingh or Instant messaging online isn’t destroying your child English language .In realty scientist say it’s actually honing there your child skills
And making them more creative.
In-a –first-of-its-kind study to look oat weather instant messaging
(IM) and SMS were running children grammer, scientist from university of
Toronto’s linguistics department IM represented “ an expensive new
Linguistic renaissance being evolved by gennext kids. And what better even
Though kids were found to deploy “a robust mix of colloquial and formallanguages, “scientists, who publish their finding in journal ‘American speech’, said their vocabulary and grammar remained conservative.
The conclusions were reached after analyzing 1.5 million words of IM communications and a quarter of a million spoken words, used by 72 people, aged between 15 and 20 years. Speaking of TOI from Toronto, the studies led author Prof Sali A Tagliamonte said: “Parents should no more be worried about their children forgetting the usage of conservative English due to IM. What they should be worried about is how much time they spend on IM, in place of their homework. In fact, parents should think about starting IM themselves.”
She added: “The study took several years. An IM language has an effect on children’s communications skills but does not ruin heir linguistic skills. The kids have to communicate and their message across in a language that is common among people they are communicating with. How we talk in a board room is not the way we talk to our best friends. That’s why the style changes when kids get online.”
According to Tagliamonte, words like LOL(laugh out laugh), OMG(oh my god) and TTYL(talk to you later) used while SMSing shows the children ability to adjust to the needs of the medium so that that can interact with the community they are in.
“Contrary to popular belief that IM is breaking down English language, we found that online shorthand is actually not detrimental. Our study shows that while kids use words like ‘gotta’ and ‘gonna’ in IM, they do use ‘shall’ and ‘will’ while communicating formally. I would encourage my child to use IM simply because it means using a fluid language. This automatically hones their skill with English,” Tagliamonte said. Talking about their conclusions she said: “In the 1.5 million IM words among 72 teenagers, the use of short forms, abbreviations and emotional languages is infinitesimally small, less than 3%.
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And making them more creative.
In-a –first-of-its-kind study to look oat weather instant messaging
(IM) and SMS were running children grammer, scientist from university of
Toronto’s linguistics department IM represented “ an expensive new
Linguistic renaissance being evolved by gennext kids. And what better even
Though kids were found to deploy “a robust mix of colloquial and formallanguages, “scientists, who publish their finding in journal ‘American speech’, said their vocabulary and grammar remained conservative.
The conclusions were reached after analyzing 1.5 million words of IM communications and a quarter of a million spoken words, used by 72 people, aged between 15 and 20 years. Speaking of TOI from Toronto, the studies led author Prof Sali A Tagliamonte said: “Parents should no more be worried about their children forgetting the usage of conservative English due to IM. What they should be worried about is how much time they spend on IM, in place of their homework. In fact, parents should think about starting IM themselves.”
She added: “The study took several years. An IM language has an effect on children’s communications skills but does not ruin heir linguistic skills. The kids have to communicate and their message across in a language that is common among people they are communicating with. How we talk in a board room is not the way we talk to our best friends. That’s why the style changes when kids get online.”
According to Tagliamonte, words like LOL(laugh out laugh), OMG(oh my god) and TTYL(talk to you later) used while SMSing shows the children ability to adjust to the needs of the medium so that that can interact with the community they are in.
“Contrary to popular belief that IM is breaking down English language, we found that online shorthand is actually not detrimental. Our study shows that while kids use words like ‘gotta’ and ‘gonna’ in IM, they do use ‘shall’ and ‘will’ while communicating formally. I would encourage my child to use IM simply because it means using a fluid language. This automatically hones their skill with English,” Tagliamonte said. Talking about their conclusions she said: “In the 1.5 million IM words among 72 teenagers, the use of short forms, abbreviations and emotional languages is infinitesimally small, less than 3%.
