15/October/2016
Dear Editor,
I’m writing to respond to your Article, “Twtr? It's majorly bad! Leading headteacher condemns 'text speak' for eroding schoolchildren’s language skills” 24, March, 2014
Text Language has become, a serious issue that teenagers are not aware of it affecting them, and at the same time affecting their language and studies. I agree with you on the fact that texting has become a serious issue with this generation and that it needs to stop. The reason that it should stop is that the more the children will wear this type of language the more the possibility of them using it in school and assignments increase. This isn’t acceptable for their education and at the same time their future because, this language can’t be used when it comes to important matters such as jobs, interviews, etc. Thats why I totally agree with trying to stop or limit the children of using this type of new language which affects their knowledge on the formal language used everywhere.
There are many ways that we can try and support the children/teenagers into using correct language while texting, especially now since everything has become modernized. Autocorrect can be crucial and it has been applied to mobile phones and the softwares which makes it easier, and at the same time if its not about the spelling and the length of the word “Apple” have added a knew addition to their software “Word Predictor” which can predict the words you want to type without having to type it all by yourself. Laptops and devices are an easier case because in this generation all students in the developed countries use devices to complete their work needed to be submitted, and the advantage of these devices is that their programs are developed to not approve of Text Language and its easier to se auto-correct. Their are many ways to stop this from becoming a bigger issue then it is we just need to think about it.
Sincerely,
Hassan Khalil
Raha International School
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Hi Hasan, I agree with many off your point such as texting does,in my opinion, affect the in school English that is regularly should be used. I would also try to stop children from using too much text language in school, but I can't help but wonder how will this be done?
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