TOPIC: Email and text messaging have transformed communication

[English Is My Life]

TOPIC: Email and text messaging have transformed communication, but they are seriously threatening the status of written language. How far do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Although email and text messaging have changed significantly the way people communicate, there is little evidence that these forms of communication could destroy the status of written language. The reasons for this are outlined below.
Before the days of email and text messaging, people tended to communicate with each other by sending ordinary mails, often referred to as ‘snail mails’ or by using land phones. The problems were the mails might go lost on the way, let alone the long time it took to travel the distance. It was often the case that when the letter arrived at its destination, the information was outdated. Regarding the land phones, they became useless when people were outside their home. This means that people could not use this kind of phones if they were in emergency situations on the road.
Email and text messaging help to make these problems things of the past. People now can contact with each other very quickly via emails or text messaging with just a click of the mouse or a mobile phone. The problem with email and text messaging in terms of language is that users tend to use strange codes, which are ungrammatical. For instance, “CU 2morror” for “see you tomorrow” or “G9” for “good night”. Despite this, I personally do not think that it can do serious harm to written language. The reason is that the language of email and text messaging is limited to particular communication events while standard written language is officially used in newspapers and school textbooks as well as in other formal contexts.
All the above reasons considered, it is definitely the case that the language of email and text messaging are deviants or sub-standards of written language. However, the threat is by no means alarming in that people have to follow the language promoted by newspapers, school textbooks and other publications in most cases except for informal exchanges. (318 words)

TOEFL listening discussions: A conversation between a professor and his student

[Katty2010]

Although email and text messaging have changed significantly the way people communicate, there is little evidence that these forms of communication could destroy the status of written language. The reasons for this are outlined below.

Before the days of email and text messaging, people tended to communicate with each other by sending ordinary mails, often referred to as ‘snail mails’ or by using land phones. The problems were the mails USUALLY goT lost on the way, let alone the long time it took to travel the distance. It was often the case that when the letter arrived at its destination, the information was outdated. Regarding the land phones, they became useless when people were outside their home. This means that people could not use this kind of phones if they were in emergency situations on the road.

Email and text messaging help to make these problems things of the past. People now can contact with each other very quickly via emails or text messaging with just a click of the mouse or a mobile phone. The problem with email and text messaging in terms of language is that users tend to use strange codes, which are ungrammatical. For instance, “CU 2morror” for “see you tomorrow” or “G9” for “good night”. Despite this, I personally do not think that it can do serious harm to written language. The reason is that the language of email and text messaging is limited to particular communication events while standard written language is officially used in newspapers and school textbooks as well as in other formal contexts.

All the above reasons considered, it is definitely the case that the language of email and text messaging are deviants or sub-standards of written language. However, the threat is by no means alarming BECAUSE in that people have to follow the language promoted by newspapers, school textbooks and other publications in most cases except for informal exchanges. (318 words)

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