The influence of digital tools on writing skills - Курсовая работа

The influence of digital tools on writing skills Adilya Buranbayeva (ID: 20112528) GEN 1121 Academic Reading and Writing 2 Instructor: Juldyz Smagulova Fall 2013, Almaty The influence of digital tools on writing skills As we all know, 21st century is the century of technology and all of us are affected by it. Every day we are communicating with each other but we do not use formal language all the time. Each group of people, who are close friends or something like that, has its own slang which might be not understandable for other people. Today almost everyone has his own cell phone or other electronic device. It is hard to meet the person who doesn’t have even the simplest mobile phone. The youngsters have the “super-cool” gadgets which can replace even computers. So, for the majority of people all their life is spinning around their digital tools. Nowadays people prefer texting short messages and chatting in the social network rather than writing letters and meeting for face-to-face communications. Even if they meet, all that they do is chatting with someone or posting some news in their blogs. Also, the main source of literacy is forgotten, only small part of youngsters love reading books, and it caused the problem of poor writing skills among youth and teenagers. People forgot how to write long, well structured and coherent figures of speech. Outline: Literature review 1. Introduction 2. Changing writing habits a) Attention problems 3. Differences in writing habits by the age and gender 4. Factors and causes of changing writing habits 5. Maximizing the positive impact of technology in education a) Influence of digital tools on people’s writing b) The impact of information technology on the writing c) Influence of technology on the way we write Literature review writing habits technology gender In this section I will describe existing studies on influences of technologies for the written language on pupils and students. Today cell phones, laptop computers, Wi-Fi availability, mp3 players and tabs of every brand, and many other techniques have a huge impact on every aspect of life, and the language is no exception. Electronic devices are becoming increasingly popular means of communication, but there is concern that this trend has a negative impact on the students writing skills. In this study, the ratio of new technologies to the letter and its implications considered articles and current research on the impact of electronic communications on literacy and language development. So, in this work I want to identify reasons and consequences of influence of technology on writing. In the articles found, there are reasons why students and teenagers have a negative impact on writing, such as using the Internet, decreasing of writing trainings outside of schools or university. There are some statistics about how many people texting with each other, also there are gender and age comparisons, where authors describe how writing habits depends on age and sex. For example, regular SMS communication and the use of short abbreviations affects to the written language. Students of Singaporean Business School conducted a survey of 800 young people. It showed that students use abbreviations and other abbreviations used in SMS, forums and chats, even in his writing: in the letters, notes, etc. About 33 % of respondents send 300 to 600 SMS per month, and more than half of the respondents gained access to the cellular age from 15 to 19 years. Also, there are articles which give suggestions how to improve writing habits. In my literature review I will review some important points: · Changing writing habits; · Differences in writing habits by the age and gender; · Factors and causes of changing writing habits; · Maximizing the positive impact of technology in education; Changing writing habits The influence of computer and other information technologies for the speaking and writing of pupils and students is under careful attention by the linguists in the XXI century. The wide spread of modern information technology has had a great impact on the life of modern society, in particular the culture of communication between students and students via short messages through the social networks, digital tools or with software for instant messaging. Educators worried use of students in both orally and in writing, speaking words that are contained various types of errors. Such as language is constantly changing, due to the development of communication technology its changes recently accelerated and led to some interesting changes in the use of written language, and even doubts about the negative or positive impact of this technology on the tongue. Some language researchers claim that language is deteriorating due to the increasing use of electronic communications (Godwin, 2010). The absence of face-to-face interaction that sometimes characterizes the more widespread use of this technology means that many contextual and non-verbal language s