Dear all, This is our topic for May suggested by Dr. Gloria. Electronic communication and stylistic variation - How should teachers (and text book writers)...
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Dear All, Since I suggested the topic, I guess maybe I should start the ball rolling. This would include, of course, the "C U @ 8" of SMS messaging but...
Gloria Poedjosoedarmo
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May 12, 2009 8:08 am
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Dear All, I think this is a very interesting topic for we deal with the 'thing' in our daily life at the moment. Regarding to the electronic communication I...
Dear Gloria, Helena, Nur and all, Will our discussion be focused on one type a time? As we know e-discourse can include SMS, email, e-notes, hypertext etc....
Bu Wuri, I think we can discuss anything related to language style used electronic communication. Let's keep the ball rolling. DR. Helena I. R. Agustien ...
Dear All, I have no experience on using sms or email acronym in my classroom, but W8 ... it might be very interesting if teachers know the language and use it...
Wuri Soedjatmiko
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May 13, 2009 3:08 am
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Hi Wuri and all, I think there are many reasons why teachers need to be aware of the form and functions of electronic communication. First of all, it's here...
Gloria Poedjosoedarmo
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May 13, 2009 7:10 am
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Dear Gloria and All, Yes, teachers can compare students writing styles. Here are examples of the same student whose style changed drastically (from formal to...
Dear Ibu Wuri and all, Well, I agree with Ibu Wuri that the electronic media is not only cellphone relating with teaching English. But this phone is very...
Dear Dr. Gloria and others, I have noticed that such kind stylistic language used in writing sms also exists in Cambodia. I sometimes find a few students use...
Dear All, Well, I noticed that some textbook writers in Indonesia have included the discussion of sms acronyms in their books. The problem is that some of...
Hi Nur Zaida, I also got confused with your sms stylistic language. I would also make three copies of the book. So teachers must pay attention to such sms...
Hi Narith, Nur Zaida, and All, I was also confused when Nur said that "3" means "for me." For is normally replaced by "4". Cheers, wuri ... [Non-text portions...
Wuri Soedjatmiko
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May 15, 2009 8:37 am
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I've never see "3" for "for me" but maybe I don't communicate by SMS with enough people under 50. :-) Â Gloria ... From: rith keuk <keukrith@...> ...
Gloria Poedjosoedarmo
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May 15, 2009 11:33 pm
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Dear All, It is interesting to read your argumentations and examples with regard to the influence of technological facilities on styles. The use of SMS ...
Beside language style, formality downgraders and other factors, economicality, i suppose, is also one of the reasons why acronyms tend to appear more on SMS....
Dear Pri Hantoro, I strongly agree with you on this factor. SMS acronyms are more space saving and therefore we can send more information - longer message - in...
Dear Pri Hantoro and Narith, I agree with the "economicality" of the SMS, if the sender send an SMS in "one set one message". What I mean by this is...
Dear Yudi and all, This morning I tested my students and taught using acronym. It was about coherence between paragraphs and I wrote P2P ... They were silent...
wuri soedjatmiko
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May 18, 2009 4:12 pm
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Dear All You made a good point here, Budi. What Bambang Budi Cahyono wrote is where my statement and (may be Narith too) lead. Some people spend more time to...
Dear Pri Hantoro, Yes, sending sms messages using sms acronyms requires senders to understand the the context - receivers. To me i often use Tg program - a...
Dear Wuri and All i laughed too when reading your e mail. Yes, that would be the formality downgraders. you can also create another acronyms from another...
Dear Narith You are right Narith. Not all people are accustomed to read acronyms. And, I believe that language is formed by social agreement So, the more...
dear all, topic of SMS is very interesting. Recently In indonesia many provider giving bonus of SMS since they have fully competition. I agree with pak...
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