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JenniferEver
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teachers: Do you find that text messaging and IM lingo
Are degrading the quality of students' written work? Or do you think they can differentiate between Im slang and proper written english?
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Re: teachers: Do you find that text messaging and IM lingo
Posted by JenniferEver
Are degrading the quality of students' written work? Or do you think they can differentiate between Im slang and proper written english?
wat u takn bout
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JenniferEver
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Re: teachers: Do you find that text messaging and IM lingo
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Posted by JenniferEver
Are degrading the quality of students' written work? Or do you think they can differentiate between Im slang and proper written english?
wat u takn bout
The younger the LIF/LIW poster, the more like she is to post in IM slang...did you notice that?
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anonttcer
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Re: teachers: Do you find that text messaging and IM lingo
Intersting question- I am not a teacher- but I sometimes find myself using slang and IM lingo where I shouldn't be.
I will catch myself typing an email or something and typing I need U to do this or that...rather than saying I need you to do it.
I usually catch myself- but habits die hard I guess- and in this crazy rushed world, I can see how this can happen.
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Buttafli1277
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Re: teachers: Do you find that text messaging and IM lingo
OMG RU kidn ME??
My kids do that alot! They write the way they text and IM!! It's horrible!
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june262004
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Re: teachers: Do you find that text messaging and IM lingo
Posted by JenniferEver
Posted by atracinact
Posted by JenniferEver
Are degrading the quality of students' written work? Or do you think they can differentiate between Im slang and proper written english?
wat u takn bout
The younger the LIF/LIW poster, the more like she is to post in IM slang...did you notice that?
YES I NOTICE THAT. Its kind of annoying.
Like Wut or any1
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JenniferEver
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Re: teachers: Do you find that text messaging and IM lingo
I have an 11 y.o cousin who just started with AIM and she already totally has the lingo down.
I admit when I txt msg I shorten things because I don't need carpal tunner, but some of it is stupid... kewl vs cool? it doesn't really save you time.
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Re: teachers: Do you find that text messaging and IM lingo
when I was teaching I DEFINITELY noticed kids could not spell/use correct grammar. They would very often write the same way they would IM or text. Its horrible.
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Re: teachers: Do you find that text messaging and IM lingo
Posted by JenniferEver
I have an 11 y.o cousin who just started with AIM and she already totally has the lingo down.
I admit when I txt msg I shorten things because I don't need carpal tunner, but some of it is stupid... kewl vs cool? it doesn't really save you time.
My younger cousin does that too, kewl..... it drives me nuts, if I can't spell it out, then I don't text it. I can't shorten what I say. Needless to say, I'm not much of a texter.
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yankinmanc
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Re: teachers: Do you find that text messaging and IM lingo
tink itz a shAm dat yung ppl 2day R foregoing d eng lngwij 2 uz DIS typ of in4ML venacular n everyday Lyf. bt, modern tym huh???
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Phyl
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Re: teachers: Do you find that text messaging and IM lingo
Posted by JenniferEver
Posted by atracinact
Posted by JenniferEver
Are degrading the quality of students' written work? Or do you think they can differentiate between Im slang and proper written english?
wat u takn bout
The younger the LIF/LIW poster, the more like she is to post in IM slang...did you notice that?
Yep.My kids do it to.
ETA"I'm not a teacher
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Phyl
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Re: teachers: Do you find that text messaging and IM lingo
Posted by racheeeee
tink itz a shAm dat yung ppl 2day R foregoing d eng lngwij 2 uz DIS typ of in4ML venacular n everyday Lyf. bt, modern tym huh???
tru dat
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june262004
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Re: teachers: Do you find that text messaging and IM lingo
Or like NEONE did it save you that much time by leaving off the a
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BaroqueMama
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Re: teachers: Do you find that text messaging and IM lingo
I have to say, NO, this is not an issue with kids in my school because it is totally not acceptable by any teacher in the building.
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Re: teachers: Do you find that text messaging and IM lingo
Posted by JenniferEver
Posted by atracinact
Posted by JenniferEver
Are degrading the quality of students' written work? Or do you think they can differentiate between Im slang and proper written english?
wat u takn bout
The younger the LIF/LIW poster, the more like she is to post in IM slang...did you notice that?
Yes, and honestly, it is one of my pet peeves. How hard is it to type your instead of ur.....
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Re: teachers: Do you find that text messaging and IM lingo
Posted by anonttcer
Intersting question- I am not a teacher- but I sometimes find myself using slang and IM lingo where I shouldn't be.
I will catch myself typing an email or something and typing I need U to do this or that...rather than saying I need you to do it.
I usually catch myself- but habits die hard I guess- and in this crazy rushed world, I can see how this can happen.
me too! Glad I am not the only one! 
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Re: teachers: Do you find that text messaging and IM lingo
i am not a teacher, but some the the emails i get at work are horrible, grammar wise. it is just a quick note, but i think it's important to use the same rules as if you were writing to the president of the company.
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Diane
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Re: teachers: Do you find that text messaging and IM lingo
I work in a high school, and yes, I see their slang carries over to their written work
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Re: teachers: Do you find that text messaging and IM lingo
YEP!!!!
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Goldi0218
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Re: teachers: Do you find that text messaging and IM lingo
I think spell-check features in word processing progranms do more harm than good in a similar respect. I dont know about the text messaging though.
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Re: teachers: Do you find that text messaging and IM lingo
I have seen it occasionaly, but not often. I find that my students have more issues with spelling due to the whole language approach!
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HarleyGirlFLA
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Re: teachers: Do you find that text messaging and IM lingo
Posted by anonttcer
Intersting question- I am not a teacher- but I sometimes find myself using slang and IM lingo where I shouldn't be.
I will catch myself typing an email or something and typing I need U to do this or that...rather than saying I need you to do it.
I usually catch myself- but habits die hard I guess- and in this crazy rushed world, I can see how this can happen.
I do it too. I wrote a letter to the executive assistant asking her for something and my email consisted of:
b/c
ppl
btw
TY
We have microsoft instant messenger at the office and even IMing I find myself doing that.
It's so bad..but it's such a fast paced environment I dont have time to write out full words
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Re: teachers: Do you find that text messaging and IM lingo
Yes, I actually had answers such as IDK (I don't know) as responses on exams!!!
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