Live
communication vs gadgets
The importance of our language as true value
Why
is this topic crucial?
I’ve
chosen this theme not accidentally, because nowadays we get used to online
communication. It’s easier to write a sms rather than talking or communicating
face-to-face
Unfortunately, it’s a big
problem of our generation- generation of my age. There is a special name for
this generation-M which means – mass media. There is also a theory why young
people use their gadgets so often- because they are afraid of silence.
Technological progress has
moved so far that practically every field of life is now connected with the
Internet and different devices and gadgets. We search the Internet for our
studies, we are registered in different social networks, chat in different
applications, work online and so on.
Many years ago there was no
telephone, no Internet and nevertheless people understood each other, they met
more often and talked to each other.
Nowadays, the latest trends
dictate their own rules and people follow them because they’re modern, popular
and well-paid.
I’d like to talk about
socializing via the Internet. The most popular social networks now are
Instagramm, Facebook, Twitter, Vkontakte. People do not only chat there, but
also exchange photos, sell goods and make their own blogs.
On the one hand, it’s not bad
at all- people learn something, make new friends, advertise their goods. On the
other hand, due to communication online a lot of new words appear in our
language and they become the norm of our language. Lifehack, challenge,
cheater, chat, hype, hater, user, gamer, LOL, OMG. We all know these words.
I have done an oral inquiry
and a written survey where I asked different questions.
The results are as
following;
1) How many hours a day do
you spend online?
·
only 3 of ten people spend less
than 1 hour a day in the Internet
·
5 people spend about 3-4 hours
a day
·
2 people more than 5 hours
2) What do you use the net
for?
·
2 people use it mostly for
studies
·
5 – watching videos, listening
to music
·
3- chatting with their friends
3) What phrases do you use
more often in your speech (lifehack, user, selfie, challenge, LOL)
3- use LOL
4- use user
3- use selfie
4) Do you think the Internet
has positive effects on our language?
6 of ten people said yes
Personally, I think that the
Internet is useful if we use it for studies or searching for some necessary
information. If we talk about chatting through social networks teenagers of my
age can become influenced by modern trends and they start to use a language of
networks. They forget how rich and valuable is their mother tongue. If we do
not stop “cleaning up” our language now our next generation will forget their
native language. They won’t be able to appreciate the importance of live
communication because they might even forget it chatting via different
applications.
In conclusion, I’d like to
appeal- Take care of your language and do not forget about alive communication!
I’d lie to finish with the
quotation of Edmund de Maal
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