chatting and sms killing the english language
TITLE
Chatting in Cyberspace and theShort Message Service (SMS) on the handset are polluting and dilluting the English Language and its spelling.
OBJECTIVES
1) To observe whether Chatting on Cyberspace and the SMS do abuse the English Language and carnage its spelling.
2) To comprehend whether the problem tends to re-enforce sloppy, undisciplined communication habits among teenagers, when hampered by consraints of space and the difficulty of writing and stringing words in proper phrases and sentences.
3) To identify probable causes of the problem.
4) To evaluate gauge and understand the effect of this problem on the usage english especially as a second language.
INTRODUCTION
Chatting in Cyberspace and SMS (Short Message Service) are services that allows exchange of textual information and communication through the internet and by a mobile handset They both become part and parcel of many people's life as tecnology become more user-friendly. The proverb “Birds of same feather flock together” applies to the sender and the receiver very much. Wherever they come together, they have the habit of chatting for hours even on non-trivial matters. They become addicted to chatting and text messaging. However, these habits have numbing effect on the grammar and textual structure of the English Language. They usually write skeletal phrases and sentences when communicating . Words were abbreviated ("WL" for "will") and common phrases became acronyms ("by the way" turned into "BTW"). There are even dictionaries to sort out the meaning of, say, "AFAIK" ("As far as I know") but if it is unclear on which was meant, simply message back a "W" (what?) or "PXT" (please explain that) for clarification. Most vowels are truncated from words making them unreadable to the uninitiated In fact, as more people began using text messaging, the linguistic flavour is fast becoming bland.
THESIS STATEMENT
Chatting in Cyberspace and the SMS (Short Message Service) is polluting the English Language and stifling its spelling.
METHODOLOGY
The study will be based on appropriate questionnaires distributed to targeted respondents. To a lesser extent and where condusive direct personal interviews will be conducted.
SCOPE OF STUDY
Due to time-constraint this study will be conducted on respondents between 18 to 25 of age the majority of which will be students of the International Islamic University Malaysia.
CONCLUSION
Results and findings of this study will determine whether chatting and the SMS do pollute the english language or because " neccessity is the mother of invention" a new form of commucating language has slowly evolved within cyberspace and the wireless domain and like it or not by the language purists they are here to stay.
Chatting in Cyberspace and theShort Message Service (SMS) on the handset are polluting and dilluting the English Language and its spelling.
OBJECTIVES
1) To observe whether Chatting on Cyberspace and the SMS do abuse the English Language and carnage its spelling.
2) To comprehend whether the problem tends to re-enforce sloppy, undisciplined communication habits among teenagers, when hampered by consraints of space and the difficulty of writing and stringing words in proper phrases and sentences.
3) To identify probable causes of the problem.
4) To evaluate gauge and understand the effect of this problem on the usage english especially as a second language.
INTRODUCTION
Chatting in Cyberspace and SMS (Short Message Service) are services that allows exchange of textual information and communication through the internet and by a mobile handset They both become part and parcel of many people's life as tecnology become more user-friendly. The proverb “Birds of same feather flock together” applies to the sender and the receiver very much. Wherever they come together, they have the habit of chatting for hours even on non-trivial matters. They become addicted to chatting and text messaging. However, these habits have numbing effect on the grammar and textual structure of the English Language. They usually write skeletal phrases and sentences when communicating . Words were abbreviated ("WL" for "will") and common phrases became acronyms ("by the way" turned into "BTW"). There are even dictionaries to sort out the meaning of, say, "AFAIK" ("As far as I know") but if it is unclear on which was meant, simply message back a "W" (what?) or "PXT" (please explain that) for clarification. Most vowels are truncated from words making them unreadable to the uninitiated In fact, as more people began using text messaging, the linguistic flavour is fast becoming bland.
THESIS STATEMENT
Chatting in Cyberspace and the SMS (Short Message Service) is polluting the English Language and stifling its spelling.
METHODOLOGY
The study will be based on appropriate questionnaires distributed to targeted respondents. To a lesser extent and where condusive direct personal interviews will be conducted.
SCOPE OF STUDY
Due to time-constraint this study will be conducted on respondents between 18 to 25 of age the majority of which will be students of the International Islamic University Malaysia.
CONCLUSION
Results and findings of this study will determine whether chatting and the SMS do pollute the english language or because " neccessity is the mother of invention" a new form of commucating language has slowly evolved within cyberspace and the wireless domain and like it or not by the language purists they are here to stay.
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