Is Internet lingo part of Language Arts curriculum?
Created by Jamahl Black With so many of our students using chat, bulletin boards and e-mail it is important for educators to look at what reading and writing skills students are practicing when they use these technologies. The online language world is becoming very different than the traditional English language taught in our schools. The internet is flooded with e-mails, postings, chat sessions, which are misspelled, absent of any punctuation and contain many acronyms, emoticons and Internet lingo. Do educators embrace this new language and accept it into their classrooms or do they dismiss it? Really solid information and question. I can’t stand all of this new lingo, but I find myself using to cut out time when I am texting on my phone. I feel like such a nerd when I spell things out. I do use traditional English when I send emails though. As for my answer; no way should it be accepted in our classrooms. It is hard enough to find kids with good handwriting, add misspelled words into
