txt2stop
29.08.2011
| Based on | Issue |
|---|---|
| World View: Text to stop | 9/2011 |
| Language work | Preparation / materials |
| Text messaging, reading |
Downloading |
| Time | Level |
| 15 minutes | easy |
Online copy file
txt2stopProcedure
- Download the matching exercise in the online copy file found above. Make copies.
- Start off by asking your class how they feel about text messages and their attitude to punctuation and grammar in texts. Find out who sends the most messages a day.
- Tell the class that the reading that follows is about texting and smoking. Can they predict its content?
- Students turn to page 12 in their magazines. Read "Text to stop" together. Invite comments.
- Collate a list of common messaging abbreviations on the board: for example, g2g (got to go), pcm (please call me).
- Hand out the online copies. Ask students to match the text messaging abbreviations to their long versions.
- Have a quick feedback session. (Answers: a-12; b-3; c-17; d-6; e-15; f-19; g-9; h-1; i-11; j-16; k-20; l-4; m-8; n-13; o-10; p-2; q-5; r-14; s-7; t-18)
- See Spotlight 11/08, "The joy of txt", for possible follow-up reading and discussion.
