Communication and socio-engineering: The realities of SMS in language pedagogy

Goodnews Chinasa Ihezuonu, Chinedum Enweonye

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That man is advancing daily is a fact that Applied Linguists cannot shy away from. The global advancement is centered on communication and language is its hub. This study has as its focus on the GSM revolution and how its short messaging service (SMS) is reshaping language, for instance, the English language in Nigeria. It is the belief of many linguists that the short messaging service is taking text messaging through a natural process of language development. Findings have shown that the youths are more active in the use of text messaging. This is more reason why Applied Linguistics cannot go to sleep because this fragmentation of words, which is the concern of short messaging service, has dire consequences on the written English of Nigeria students mainly at the post-primary level of Education.

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