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Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Use of txtspk in exams OK in New Zealand
Word abbreviations have obviously been used for years in e.g. e-mail and chat communities, but are a no-no for any form of professional writing, like so far also exams.
We all know the user interface of mainstream mobile phones suck when it comes to writing text, hence txtspk was developed over time to speed up writing. Not until SMS was there any real need for it, even though abbreviations like u, 4, 2, lol etc were used long before SMS. Yet, why allow it in exams now? Shouldn't students learn "real" English?
I'm maybe a bit conservative here, but if I saw a work application in deliberate txtspk I would throw it in the "archive" immediately.
Txt speak approved for exams - New Zealand, world, sport, business & entertainment news on Stuff.co.nz
For more on txtspk, unless you are already fluent:
SMS language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
We all know the user interface of mainstream mobile phones suck when it comes to writing text, hence txtspk was developed over time to speed up writing. Not until SMS was there any real need for it, even though abbreviations like u, 4, 2, lol etc were used long before SMS. Yet, why allow it in exams now? Shouldn't students learn "real" English?
I'm maybe a bit conservative here, but if I saw a work application in deliberate txtspk I would throw it in the "archive" immediately.
Txt speak approved for exams - New Zealand, world, sport, business & entertainment news on Stuff.co.nz
For more on txtspk, unless you are already fluent:
SMS language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
