The article “texting is making English a foreign language,” was written by Michael Deacon. In the article, the author speaks about Baroness Greenfield, the neuroscientist that stated the use of text messages may cause teenagers to have short attention spans. Michael Deacon believes that English is likely to become abbreviated as teenagers’ attention span decreases. To conclude, Michael Deacon stated that with the use of text speaks by each individual; human beings attention span will be low among each other. Teenagers should not be using generational language or short phrases when sending messages. Short text messaging may cause teenagers attention spans to be low and communication skills could be decreased.
The attention span by teenagers will be weaker with the habit of using short phrases when sending messages. Short phrases have been a growing trend among teenagers in the world
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The article has statistics that show, a recent study by Microsoft Corporation, has found this digital lifestyle has made it difficult for us to stay focused, with human attention span shortening from 12 seconds to eight seconds in more than a decade.
Do you think that the use of text speaks can affects one communication skills? Teenagers are being too dependent on technology and using slang instead of proper language. Person to person is decreasing. Instead of friends having face to face conversation, teenagers tend to indulge in sending text to each other. Text allows teenagers to gauge emotions and use non-verbal language. The use of symbols and emojis are now used to describe feelings instead of verbally expressions of feelings and thoughts.
The use of text speaks has affected my communication skills because whenever I have to communicate with my friends verbally, building conversation and the proper pronunciations of English words are very