2007-02-13 23:22:14 · 7 answers · asked by paopee 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
As with all communication, it would help them pick up new words and new contexts for those words which builds proficiency. It really helps with typing more than anything. The downside is that chatting online can actually make them think it is ok to misspell words (like "kool") or overabreviate their writing. I have also seen a proliferation of poor grammar and punctuation in online writing. On some level I can't help but partially attribute that to the proliferation of chatting and IMing.
2007-02-13 23:26:24 · answer #1 · answered by Evan 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As an ESL teacher, it makes my heart soar when I hear students chatting to each other in English. Chatting is very different than the structured dialogues and artificial textbook English they usually practice. Chatting is a relaxed stream of consciousness on a chosen or free topic and it is also free of outwardly imposed language rules, so no corrections should be done at this time. Free chatting is probably one of the best indicators that the students are actually learning the language, they are becoming comfortable with it and it's a good indicator of their increasing proficiency.
2007-02-14 12:58:11 · answer #2 · answered by Just Me 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When you do chatting, make it a point to 'listen' (or, read) well, especially to dialogues in correct, good language from proficient friends in the group: and, take care to respond to the best of your ability, in correct, good language, everytime trying to use new words, new idioms and expressions, with a view to improving proficiency (it does not 'kill' the fun!). And, you will then see proficiency improving in leaps and bounds!
2007-02-14 07:33:15 · answer #3 · answered by swanjarvi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As a teacher in a district with predominantly second language learners, I have found that "chatting" develops social language, but is actually a hinderance to academic language. The terrible abuses of grammar become learned traits that carry over into more formal academic speech and writing.
2007-02-14 14:44:19 · answer #4 · answered by upallnightwithalex 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
chating affects student language proficiency both +vly and -vly.
if student realy intersted on his topic then he can make good change otherwise he west his time
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2007-02-22 00:48:41 · answer #5 · answered by Pareek p 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many people who chat use profanity because if they talk with an older kid the kid starts writing bad words so the other person captures in her mind what she read and starts repeating the words even if she doesn't now what they mean.
2007-02-18 17:19:51 · answer #6 · answered by angel#23 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
children will be prone to wrong spelling because of chatting ang texting,,
they should always be reminded of the correct spelling.
2007-02-20 22:22:48 · answer #7 · answered by Jasmin Elemento 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋