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Direct linkTurner, Kristen Hawley – Phi Delta Kappan, 2010
Digitalk, the language that teenagers use when writing texts and other electronic communications, is not deficient. It is just a different language used in special contexts. However, some students have difficulty with Standard English and mistakenly use the conventions of digitalk in academic writing. By helping students to be aware of those…
Descriptors: Standard Spoken Usage, Writing Instruction, English Instruction, Adolescents
