Introduction Background Information Research and Findings Discussion Conclusion Bibliography and Acknowledgement Group Reflections

 

Introduction

“halo, how r u?”
“great! n u?”
“wt r u doing?”
“I m doing hw as tmr I hav 2 go 2 sku.”

Can you read the conversation above? That’s the language used when we SMS, ICQ or MSN.  Maybe you will think that these phrases are strange and weird, but that’s the language for teenages nowadays as they think that these are more convenient and efficient. Is there a problem using that kind of language? From a teenager’s point of view, they think that writing these phrases doesn’t cause any problem. Instead, from a parent or a teacher’s point of view,this kind of language which people now  call them as SMS or ICQ language, will lower the language level of the students. Through this website, we will tell you more about this kind of languag, but of course, we are not encouraging you to use them.