July 14th, 2013 ? 2 Comments
In Carrington?s and Baron?s articles, they discuss how the new literacy of text-messaging is perceived by society and its possible effects on language. My first thought on these two articles is that they speak far more to our society?s fear of linguistic change than they do to any actual change. The ?rhetoric of ?crisis?? (2005 p.171) that Carrington discovers in the newspaper article towards texting shows that our society still view literacy in a singular way. It seems as if people believe there is only type of literacy and if students do not master it, our civilization will collapse. In opposition to this belief, this multiliteracies course has taught us that there are many different types of literacy that students need to master, and that there are literacies that students have already mastered which serve their communication needs very well. From this point of view, it is important for teachers to be asking: ?What does it mean to be ?literate? in contemporary?economies and cultural landscapes? What kinds of texts will the students in our?classrooms find it necessary to ?read? and manipulate and produce in order to?effectively participate in civic life?? ( Carrington 2005, p.172) For teachers to condemn these modes of communication as detrimental to students? wellbeing is to underestimate their capacities to work between and with many literacies.
Consequently, my second thought about these two articles is that becoming fluent in texting language is very important in today?s world. It is becoming more and more uncommon to call people on the phone so we need to be able to text information quickly and efficiently. If we write everything out in full sentences, it would take forever to have a text conversation. Also, on a side note, it is pretty embarrassing (for me, anyway) when someone texts you an acronym that you don?t know. It would be very interesting to know what kind of attitude business people have toward texting since blackberries have become the main mode of communication in business.
Lastly, I?m not sure why people are so afraid of texting language when university students have been writing in short-hand code for their note-taking for years and years. We can still write essays as well. It seems that Baron is right when he writes that, ?IM is unlikely to play a significant role in altering writing standards?unless we as parents and educators let it? (2005 p.31). This quote raises the troubling question: are we, as teachers, the gatekeepers of new literacies and of progression and change?
- Dayonne (Blog post #2)
Baron, N.S. (2005). Instant messaging and the future of language. Communications of the ACM, 46(7), 30-31.
Carrington, V. (2005). Txting: the end of civilization (again)? Cambridge Journal of Education, 35(2), 161-175.
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