Bilingual Necessity: Teaching Reading and Writing to a Texting Generation
Welcome to a bilingual America. Currently, society has been content with the adaptation of a bilingual minority but millennials have been handed an injustice and it is time to recognize the importance of teaching reading and writing to a texting generation. The creativity and beauty of the English language is beyond debate. Today’s youth have adopted a new way to communicate, in the form of texting.
English is deeply ingrained in the fabric of this country. Although America has become a melting pot of cultural pluralism with many languages, there is no denying the increasing power of a few letters when making a statement. Acronyms, such as LOL, LMAO, TTYL, BRB, and others have long been utilized to send shortened messages for the current generation. There is … please click HERE to continue reading
