Презентация ученической исследовательской работы по английскому языку на тему "SMS - language:for and against"

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  Project authors: Tezikova Elena,
  Kosyakina Anastasiya,
  students of 10B and 10A forms,
  School № 1, Kirsanov
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Tutor: Kuzheleva V.V., a teacher of English,
  School № 1, Kirsanov
  
  
  Municipal Educational Institution Secondary School №1,
  Kirsanov, Tambov Region
  
  
  SMS –language : for and against
  

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  The topicality of the project
  Mobile communication and SMS – messages have become an integral part of people’s life nowadays. According to statistics, billions of SMS are sent by the population of the Earth every day. To make the speed of communication quicker, people invented a special SMS – language. A lot of people consider it a great convenience, as this language saves space, time and money of mobile users, while others think that it can spoil the classical English and affect other languages as well. That is why we think that the theme of our research is urgent nowadays.
  

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  The object of the research:
  SMS - community
  

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  The subject of the research :
  
  significance of
  SMS - language
  in modern society
  and its impact on
  the English and
  Russian languages
  
  

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  The aim of the research:
  to find out the advantages and disadvantages of using SMS - language in modern society and its influence on the English and Russian languages
  
  
  
  
  

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  The hypothesis of the research:
  SMS – language can
  be harmful to the English and Russian languages and can worsen the literacy of SMS - community.
  

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  Tasks:
  To analyze literature and Internet resources on the topic of the research;
  To identify the advantages and disadvantages of SMS - language in modern society;
  To research frequency of usage of SMS abbreviations;
  To make up SMS - vocabulary.
  
  

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  Methods of research:
  
  learning of literature and the Internet resources on the topic of the research
  analysis and synthesis
  generalization
  questionnaire survey
  
  

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  What is SMS?
  According to Adam Fendelman, the editor-in-chief of Midwest Business.com,
  “SMS (short message service) is often referred to texting, sending text messages or text messaging from one cell /mobile phone to another.”
  
  

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  The Birthday of SMS
  The first SMS consisting of only two words “Merry Christmas” was sent by an engineer Neil Papworth to his colleague in the United Kingdom on December 3, 1992.
  
  

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  What is “texting language”
  or “SMS –language”?
  
  
  “Texting language or SMS-language is the collective term used for the shorthand way that people talk to each other using text messages,
  e-mails, instant messaging and other forms of written contact”.
  

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  The starting point of SMS - language
  The invention of telegraphy could be rightly considered the beginning of history of SMS - language. Telegraph operators were the first to omit vowels in words while transmitting their messages.
  

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  Nowadays this kind of abbreviation can be observed in a specific terminology:
  
  
  

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  Morse Code and radio operators continued the idea …
  
  
  

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  Kinds of Abbreviations:
  1. Shortenings:
  - Omission of the final part of the word:
  vac - vacation doc - doctor
  hols - holidays techno - technology
  grad - graduate demo - demonstration
  ad - advertisement crim - criminal
  - Omission of the first part of the word:
  telephone – phone defence – fence
   - Omission of syllables at the beginning and the end of the word:
  flu - influenza fridge – refrigerator
  

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  2. Contractions
  a type of abbreviation in which letters from the middle of the word are omitted
  
  In contractions that represent more than one word, omitted letters should be replaced with an apostrophe.
  
  Dr. - Doctor
  St. - Saint / Street
  Ltd – Limited
  
  I’ll - I will / I shall
  we’ve - we have
  shouldn’t - should not
  

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  3. Initialisms
  Abbreviations when only the initial letters of the words are used and which are pronounced as separate letters when they are spoken: they appeared during World War II in the telegrams of English and American soldiers home.
  
  These abbreviations are used not only in Mass Media, advertising, the Internet, fax and SMS - messages but also in colloquial speech.
  UK – United Kingdom PC – personal computer VIP – very important
  person
  DIY – do - it – yourself
  NY – New York
  PM – Prime Minister
  IQ – intelligence quotient
  

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  4. Acronyms
  words formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as they are spelled, not as separate letters
  AIDS - acquired immune deficiency syndrome
  NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
  SIM (card) - subscriber identification module
  MOMI – Museum of Moving Images.
  

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  5. Examples of contracted
  SMS - forms
  

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  Abbreviated forms are a kind of code language for private talks:
  

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  The reasons of frequent use of SMS
  The usage of contracted forms adds to the economy of :
  space
  time
  money
  

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  Emoticons
  An emoticon (/ɨˈmoʊtɨkɒn/)
  (short for “emotion icon”) or smiley is a metacommunicative pictorial representa -tion of a facial expression.
  ( :-) - smile
  :*) - smile and kiss
  -o - surprise
  :-|| - angry
  :-& -no words
  -? – don’t know
  %-) – before the monitor
  |-O - miss you
  

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  English abbreviations in Russian SMS
  

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  Russian abbreviations in SMS
  Shortenings:
  ма - мама, ба - бабушка, чел - человек, комп –компьютер, контр - контрольная работа, норм –нормально, я тя лю - я тебя люблю;
  Using colloquial forms :
  сонце - солнце, мыца - мыться, изза - из-за, ща - сейчас, ваще - вообще, скока - сколько, сдесь - здесь, харашо - хорошо;
  Initialisms: др – день рождения,
  дз –домашнее задание
  Figures in SMS:
  вну3 - внутри, о5 – опять, 7я –семья
  Change of the letters to figures:
  “ ч “ - “4” and “ ш “ - “6”.
  

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  Does SMS - language influence
  the classical English language?
  YES
  1. A wide usage of abbreviations, frequent ignoring of punctuation, spelling and grammar rules may lead to language destruction.
  2. Modern generation of teenagers who uses a new way of self - expression via SMS – language might become illiterate in future.
  NO
  1.Text messaging is one of the leading communication tools, which enhances our social networks and helps in the development of our interpersonal relationships.
  2. Negative influence of SMS –language on the classical English and students’ literacy is exaggerated.
  

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  Results of the school
  survey (Forms 9-11)
  

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  Conclusion
  1. Taking into account the results of the survey, we can come to such a conclusion: students of senior forms of our school use different forms of abbreviations of SMS – language, but most of them (70%) think that it doesn’t affect their literacy greatly.
  
  

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  Conclusion
  2. The results of different surveys in the English – speaking countries revealed that influence of SMS - language on literacy of schoolchildren is insignificant. Our school survey also confirmed this fact, so we can say with certainty that SMS – language does not deteriorate any language, thus it has the right for existence.
  

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  Information resources:
  
  1. Учебно - методический журнал «Английский язык в школе» / English at school, №1(29) / 2010,Обнинск:Титул, главный редактор О.А.Денисенко, 80 c.
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  3. Английский язык: Английский с удовольствием / Enjoy English: Учебник для 9 кл. общеобраз. учрежд. / М.З.Биболетова, Е.Е.Бабушис, О.И. Кларк, А.Н.Морозова, И.Ю.Соловьева. -2-е изд. - Обнинск: Титул, 2014. -240 с.
  4. Голденков М. Осторожно, hot dog! Современный активный English. / 2-е изд., испр. и доп. – М.: Че Ро,1999. - 272 с.
  5. http://www.pcworld.com
  6. http://www.academia.edu
  7. http://www.brighthubeducation.com
  8. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com
  9. http://www.pt.slideshare.net
  10. http://www.ESLprintables.com
  
  

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  Thanks for your attention!
  
  
  

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It cannot be denied that mobile phones have become extremely necessary to the people’s community nowadays. This is simply because they can be carried and used in any place and at any time. Besides, being able to make or receive a phone call and to send SMS has become an integral part of our life. Sending short text messages is in fact very fast, convenient and cheap. Short messaging service (SMS) is a common tool for people’s communication these days. SMS messaging is used all over the globe. Mobile phone keypad, which has the same functions as the computer keyboard, gives rise to various abbreviations, short forms, emoticons and codes. Surprisingly, this so - called SMS - language is understood by the users easily, and it can be said that most people are using it at present. Lots of people believe that SMS - language is a great convenience, while others think that it spoils the classical English language and influences other languages as well. In this research paper we tried to investigate this problem and find the answer to this question.