TLT CoffeeRead: Text message shortcuts trip up students
Posted on July 31, 2008
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Text message shortcuts trip up students
“There are three letters that make Jeff Littwin cringe when he grades papers.
Kids “will make a personalized comment and will put ‘LOL’ in an essay,” said Littwin, an English teacher.
The abbreviation for “laughing out loud” is commonly attached to funny quips when today’s generation of youth communicates through text messages sent via cell phone and instant messages over the Internet.
But Littwin and other educators say the rapid and casual writing is seeping into students’ academic expression.”
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