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    OTHER RELATED TEXTS Advertising Campaigns Olympic ads – Telstra‚ McDonalds QANTAS ads RTA – No-one thinks big of you Documentary Films Bra Boys (2007) Sunny Abberton Forbidden Lies (2007) Anna Broinowski Growing up and going home (2007) Belinda Mason http://www.filmaust.com.au/guagh/default.asp?content=growingup Spellbound (2002 Not only a documentary about the US National spelling bee‚ but a glimpse into the enormous pressure first-generation immigrant families place

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    A computer system used for this purpose is called a speech synthesizer‚ and can be implemented in software or hardware. A text-to-speech (TTS) system converts normal language text into speech; other systems render symbolic linguistic representations like phonetic transcriptions into speech. The ultimate goal of text-to-speech synthesis is to convert ordinary orthographic text into an acoustic signal that is indistinguishable from human speech. The conversion process‚ illustrated in Figure 1‚ is considered

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    and using text-speech too much is going to ruin the writing capabilities of today’s teens. Others believe that using text-speech can help teens because it may help them develop what’s called “code-switch”. Code-switch is like a mental aid on when to use certain language with friends‚ what to use whilst texting‚ and what to use while speaking to an adult‚ or writing a paper. Is text-speech good or bad for teenagers? In Text-Speak Is Harming Teens’ Writing Skills‚ the author thinks that text-speak is

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    The Language of Text Messaging Report The Language of Text Messaging Texting had come around when the first cellular phones had been invented. It was originally designed for the deaf and hard of hearing people but has since grown to be an easier and cheaper way of contact than calling. The aim of texting is to be able to send quick and short messages to contacts. This is better achieved by shortening the English language which in turn created the language of texting. I believe that texting

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    In the text it puts all the major sections together. The text puts it together by relating one section to another. The text also has the story put together to show all the important moments of her life. The last way the text puts all the major parts is by showing the main idea throughout the text One way they put it all together is by relating one section back to another. For example‚ in Facing Prejudice it shows how she is still isn’t ashamed of her heritage even if she was being teased about

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    Text messaging can affect a person’s social skills‚ writing skills‚ driving skills. The money that people spend on phones and texting can cause financial hardship. Text messaging has begun to have a detrimental effect on people’s writing skills. They use inventive spelling and abbreviations. As most teenagers get used to short texting‚ some of their grades dropped to the spelling errors they make. So many teens get used to wing abbreviation that they write that way. Teenager’s writing skills have

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    having on the teen literacy? That is the question that the researcher explores in this paper. The researcher tackles about the impacts that texting is making on teenagers‚ the impacts that making the teenagers’ language and writing skills nowadays. Text messaging‚ or texting‚ is the act of typing and sending a brief‚ electronic message between two or more mobile phones or fixed or portable devices over a phone network according to. The term originally referred to messages sent using the Short Message

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    Text-Speak‚ Harmful or Helpful? Text-speak is‚ “A form of written language as used in text messages and other digital communications‚ characterized by many abbreviations and typically not following standard grammar‚ spelling‚ punctuation‚ and style‚” according to Dictionary.com. Text-speak is diminishing our young student’s ability to write properly and make convincing arguments‚ as stated by the writer of Text Speak is Harming Teens’ Writing Skills at Triumph Learning. The author states‚ in the

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    This lesson was about the two types of text we can use in classroom and their characteristics; authentic material‚ which are written or spoken texts designed for first language speakers to read or listen to‚ where language is not simplified for English learners‚ and the non-authentic materials‚ written for teaching purposes‚ this can be written by the teacher o typically‚ are texts in textbooks or other published materials. To be suitable to use in classroom‚ reading material must fulfill specific

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    Effects of Text Messaging Among Teenagers Introduction How often do/did you use your cellphone/smartphone as a teen? When I was a teen‚ I received my first cellphone at the age of 15. I thought personally this was the best invention ever created as a young teen and with that‚ I soon found out that I just entered a whole new social world with these new technology devices. I entered a generation that would be called the Tech-Generation filled with cellphones/smartphones and social media. I quickly

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