TEXTING. Wysyłanie wiadomości tekstowych WWW AUDIO ONLINE VERSION

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1 TEXTING Wysyłanie wiadomości tekstowych WWW AUDIO ONLINE VERSION Recently, some people have been concerned that... Recently, some people have been concerned that the explosion in text messaging among young people is having a negative effect on their literacy skills. However, a recent study at the department of communication and science at City University in London compared the spelling and punctuation of 11 and 12-year old texters and nontexters, finding no significant differences between the two groups. It is important when texting to be fast and concise. This is to save on time and space. A reader who is unfamilar with texting will feel lost when they see abbreviations, acronyms and emoticons. For texters, this language is easy to read and easy to write. The debate about the harmful effects of texting started a few years ago. Teachers began noticing examples of texting language in their students exam papers. One case, a 13-year-old Scottish girl who wrote an entire description of her summer holidays in text language, became famous. Her teacher sent a sample of the essay to a national newspaper and readers sent in hundreds of letters giving their opinion. concerned GB: /kənˈsɜːnd/, US: /kənˈsɜːrnd/ - worried - zaniepokojony effect [C, U] GB: /ɪˈfekt/, US: /ɪˈfekt/ - a change, reaction, or result that is caused by something - wpływ, efekt, skutek literacy [U] GB: /ˈlɪt.ər.ə.si/, US: /ˈlɪt.ər.ə.si/ - the ability to read and write - umiejętność czytania i pisania to compare GB: /kəmˈpeə/, US: /kəmˈper/ - to examine the ways in which two people or things are different or similar - porównywać comparison [C, U] GB: /kəmˈpær.ɪ.sən/, US: /kəmˈper.ɪ.sən/ - when you compare two or more people or things porównanie Idiom to compare the notes GB:, US: - If two people compare notes, they tell each other what they think about something they have both done - wymieniać opinie, e.g. We compared notes about our experience in China. to spell GB: /spel/, US: /spel/ - (past tense and past participle spelled, also UK spelt) - 1. to write down or tell someone the letters which are used to make a word - przeliterować, 2. If you can spell, you know how to write the words of a language correctly - pisać (bez błędów)

2 spelling [C] GB: /ˈspel.ɪŋ/, US: /ˈspel.ɪŋ/ - 1. how a particular word is spelt - pisownia, 2. someone's ability to spell words - ortografia spelling bee [C] GB: /ˈspel.ɪŋ biː/, US: /ˈspel.ɪŋ biː/ - A spelling bee is a competition in which contestants are asked to spell a broad selection of words, usually difficult words. The idea came from the United States, and spelling bee events are now held in other countries around the world. - konkurs ortograficzny punctuation [U] GB: /ˌpʌŋk.tʃuˈeɪ.ʃən/, US: /ˌpʌŋk.tʃuˈeɪ.ʃən/ - the use of punctuation marks in writing so that people can see when a sentence begins and finishes, that something is aquestion, etc. - interpunkcja significant GB: /sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kənt/, US: /sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kənt/ - important or noticeable - znaczny, znaczący significance [U] GB: /sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kəns/, US: /sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kəns/ - the importance or meaning of something - znaczenie concise GB: /kənˈsaɪs/, US: /kənˈsaɪs/ - giving a lot of information clearly in a few words- zwięzły familiar GB: /fəˈmɪl.i.ə/, US: /fəˈmɪl.i.jər/ - easy to recognize because of being seen, met, heard, etc before - znany, znajomy unfamiliar GB: /ˌʌn.fəˈmɪl.ə/, US: /ˌʌn.fəˈmɪl.jər/ - not known to you - nieznany, nieznajomy abbreviation [C] GB: /əˌbriː.viˈeɪ.ʃən/, US: /əˌbriː.viˈeɪ.ʃən/ - a shorter form of a word or phrase, especially used in writing - skrót acronym [C] GB: /ˈæk.rəʊ.nɪm/, US: /ˈæk.rə.nɪm/ - a word made from the first letters of other words - akronim, skrótowiec emoticon [C] GB: /ɪˈməʊ.tɪ.kɒn/, US: /ɪˈmoʊ.tɪ.kɑːn/ - an image such as :-) which looks like a face when you look at it from the side, made using keyboard symbols and used in s to esxpress emoticons - buźka debate [C, U] GB: /dɪˈbeɪt/, US: /dɪˈbeɪt/ - discussion or argument about a subject - dyskusja, debata harmful GB: /ˈhɑːm.fəl/, US: /ˈhɑːrm.fəl/ - causing or likely to cause harm - szkodliwy entire GB: /ɪnˈtaɪə/, US: /ɪnˈtaɪr/ - whole or complete - cały to describe GB: /dɪˈskraɪb/, US: /dɪˈskraɪb/ - to say what someone or something is like- opisywać description [C, U] GB: /dɪˈskrɪp.ʃən/, US: /dɪˈskrɪp.ʃən/ - something that tells you what someone or something is like - opis 1. Recently, have some people been concerned that the explosion in text messaging among young people is having a negative effect on their literacy skills? Yes, recently, some people have been concerned that the explosion in text messaging among young people is having a negative effect on their literacy skills. 2. Did a recent study at the department of communication and science at City University in London compare the spelling and punctuation of 11 and 12-year old texters and non-texters, finding no significant differences between the two groups? Yes, a recent study at the department of communication and science at City University in London compared the spelling and punctuation of 11 and 12-year old texters and non-texters, finding no significant differences between the two groups.

3 3. Is it important when texting to be fast and concise? Yes, It is important when texting to be fast and concise. Why?... because this is to save on time and space. 4. Will a reader who is unfamilar with texting feel lost when they see abbreviations, acronyms and emoticons? Yes, a reader who is unfamilar with texting will feel lost when they see abbreviations, acronyms and emoticons. 5. Did the debate about the harmful effects of texting start a few years ago? Yes, the debate about the harmful effects of texting started a few years ago. 6. Did teachers begin noticing examples of texting language in their students exam papers? Yes, teachers began noticing examples of texting language in their students exam papers. A list of abbreviations and acronyms used in writing: CUL8R ''See You Later'' BF 'Boyfriend'' LOL ''Laugh Out Loud'' GFI ''Go For It'' 4ever 'Forever'' HAGD ''Have A Good Day'' WUCIWUG ''What You See Is What You Get'' RU there? ''Are You There?'' HML ''Hate My Life'' LAU ''Laughing At You'' gr8 ''Great'' TYVM ''Thank You Very Much'' ILNY ''I Love New York'' UOK? ''You ok?'' EZ ''Easy'' w/e ''Whatever'' GF ''Girlfriend'' zzz ''Sleepy, bored or tired''

4 Exercise 1 Read the text again and underline the correct option. 1. Some people think that young people who don t send / send a lot of text messages, write badly. 2. A recent study compared the literacy / exam results of children who text and children who don t text. 3. The results of the text showed that there was hardly any / quite a big difference between the two groups. 4. Texters try to write their message in code / using very few words. 5. A Scottish girl / teacher sent some text to the newspaper. Exercise 2 This is part of an essay written by a Scottish 13-year-old secondary school pupil. Read the texting and translate it into English. My smmr hols wr CWOT. B4, we used 2 go 2 NY 2C my bro, his GF & thr 3 kds FTF. ILNY, its gr8. Bt my Ps wr so {:-/ BC o 9/11 tht thay dcdd 2 stay in SCO & spnd 2 wks up N. Up N, WUCIWUG I ws vvv brd in MON. 0 bt baas & ^^

5 Exercise 3 Pupils are to write an essay ( words) Do you think people who send a lot of text messages have problems with literacy? Does anything from the reading text surprise you? (What? Why?) Żadna część jak i całość treści zawarta w lekcjach nie może być powielana i rozpowszechniania w jakiejkolwiek formie i w jakikolwiek sposób, włącznie z kopiowaniem, digitalizacją, w tym także zamieszczana w Internecie - bez pisemnej zgody Szkoły Języka Angielskiego Perfect English - Konrad Kobiela.