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Why Kids Can't Write
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 2.8.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | grammar, punctuation, school, smartphone, social media, spelling, texting, threat, word/writing
Summary | Many students struggle with writing despite various pedagogical models that have been implemented in past years to tackle that perpetual issue. This is all the more suprising considering that today's students may do moret voluntary writing than any generation before it. They text and post on social media a lot but the writing register is different there. The format's main principle is shortness so grammar, spelling, and punctuation take a back seat.
Image Description | GIF of a hand writing and a group of teachers in a workshop.
Image Tags | female(s), gifs, text
«Nous n'avons jamais autant écrit à travers l'histoire de l'humanité»
("We have never written so much through the history of mankind")
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 27.7.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | emojis, grammar, language threat, social media, spelling, word/writing
Summary | Linguist Louise-Amélie Cougnon answers some questions related to digital language and language threat. She talks about social media language and emojis, and claims that we should not worry about the spread of digital language. Also, research does not show a link between digital language use and language impoverishment. However, it seems that pupils have lower spelling and grammar skills than before.
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Les talibans veulent en finir avec leurs «trolls»
(The Taliban want to get rid of their "trolls")
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 18.4.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | grammar, politeness, social media
Summary | The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is condemning certain abuses on social media. They are asking people to respect certain rules of decency and morality. They especially criticize online rudeness and poor linguistic and grammatical skills. The Taliban, who want to maintain a good level of communication, want to get rid of the "trolls"- those who do not respect an appropriate online behavior.
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