is this the way r new generation types now? btw, y is this style of typing showing up @ skools 2day all over da nation?
School teachers nationwide are recognizing "instant messaging-speak" or “IM-speak” in writing assignments and essays. With the technology craze, we’ve learned to communicate with as less letters and words as possible. People want to be able to communicate quickly and receive information as soon as possible.
When talking to friends and family via instant message/cell phone text, I do use the occasional “btw,” “brb,” “lol,” and neglect using any type of punctuation ever invented. It’s the online-texting culture. When it comes to professional work and school, I make it a point to separate the two worlds.
As a student, a target that should be watched are the young teenagers. I see my 12-year-old sister type to her friends all the time and half of the time I don’t understand the acronyms and upper-case and lower-case style. I’ve read a couple of her rough draft essays, only to find “u” and “y” written on every other line. “Why do you do that?” I ask. She’ll simply reply, “Oh, sorry I’ll change it! I’m just used to it. It’s just a draft.” It’s just a draft… yes, I understand, but some people don’t check twice.
School teachers nationwide are recognizing "instant messaging-speak" or “IM-speak” in writing assignments and essays. With the technology craze, we’ve learned to communicate with as less letters and words as possible. People want to be able to communicate quickly and receive information as soon as possible.
When talking to friends and family via instant message/cell phone text, I do use the occasional “btw,” “brb,” “lol,” and neglect using any type of punctuation ever invented. It’s the online-texting culture. When it comes to professional work and school, I make it a point to separate the two worlds.
As a student, a target that should be watched are the young teenagers. I see my 12-year-old sister type to her friends all the time and half of the time I don’t understand the acronyms and upper-case and lower-case style. I’ve read a couple of her rough draft essays, only to find “u” and “y” written on every other line. “Why do you do that?” I ask. She’ll simply reply, “Oh, sorry I’ll change it! I’m just used to it. It’s just a draft.” It’s just a draft… yes, I understand, but some people don’t check twice.
Some may say it's short-hand writing, but when will we know when "IM-speak" is a habit? With teens using the internet more for communication, an occasional "u" is bound to pop up in a timed-writing quiz.
"Some of the same kids that I teach now were probably guilty of techno spellings in high school," Larry Beason, director of freshman composition at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Ala. said. "But most students realize that they need to put their adolescent spellings behind them by the time they get to college" (Ellis, 2007).
Let’s hope so.
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