Help! My Students Write Like They Text
Teaching Code-Switching to Improve Writing
1st Edition
Published on 16. August 2018
112 pages
979-8-216-20766-5 (ISBN)
Description
IMHO, LOL, OIC, OMG. If you've recently graded middle school or high school writing, chances are you've read terms like these; or my favorite, "wtf - idk" which also happened to be an answer on a student's quiz. As a middle school English teacher, I became more and more perplexed to see students using texting talk on their homework, and classroom writing assignments; not to mention answers on the writing portion of the state standardized test. My students were not differentiating appropriate writing contexts. The answers written on the unit test were written the same way that they invited their friends to hang @ *$ (Starbucks).
How do we as educators and parents allow students to creatively express themselves, support them academically, and prepare them for a professional world built on written and verbal communication? Herein lies this text. Hopefully it will alleviate the concerns of those who are worried about the disintegration of the English language and help those ISO (in search of) strategies to support textspeaking learners.
How do we as educators and parents allow students to creatively express themselves, support them academically, and prepare them for a professional world built on written and verbal communication? Herein lies this text. Hopefully it will alleviate the concerns of those who are worried about the disintegration of the English language and help those ISO (in search of) strategies to support textspeaking learners.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Illustrations
9 BW Illustrations, 11 Tables
ISBN-13
979-8-216-20766-5 (9798216207665)
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Book
08/2018
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Person
Jenny French has served as an English teacher, instructional coach, assistant professor, and school consultant. She is currently Director of Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment for a school district in southern Indiana where she lives with her husband, four children, and two corgis.
Content
Foreword
Dr. Katherine McKnight, Distinguished Professor of Research at National Louis University and author of "Addressing the Needs of All Learners in the Era of Changing Standards"
Acknoweldgements
Introduction
Chapter One: It's all about Efficiency
Chapter Two: The Effects
Chapter Three: Changing Perspectives
Chapter Four: Flipping the Switch
Chapter Five: Bring it home: Classroom Practice
Chapter Six: Research Study
Textspeak Glossary
References
About the Author
Dr. Katherine McKnight, Distinguished Professor of Research at National Louis University and author of "Addressing the Needs of All Learners in the Era of Changing Standards"
Acknoweldgements
Introduction
Chapter One: It's all about Efficiency
Chapter Two: The Effects
Chapter Three: Changing Perspectives
Chapter Four: Flipping the Switch
Chapter Five: Bring it home: Classroom Practice
Chapter Six: Research Study
Textspeak Glossary
References
About the Author
