Ireland: Text messages harm written language? -- Signs of the Times News:
The rising popularity of text messaging on cell phones poses a threat to writing standards among Irish schoolchildren, an education commission says.
The frequency of errors in grammar and punctuation has become a serious concern, the State Examination Commission said in a report after reviewing last year's exam performance by 15-year-olds.
"The emergence of the mobile phone and the rise of text messaging as a popular means of communication would appear to have impacted on standards of writing as evidenced in the responses of candidates," the report said, according to Wednesday's Irish Times.
"http://www.sott.net/articles/show/130940-Ireland-Text-messages-harm-written-language-"
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Ireland: Text messages harm written language? -- Signs of the Times News
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