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A generation of teenagers who communicate via the Internet and by text messages are risking unemployment because their daily vocabulary consists of just 800 words, experts have warned. According to recent surveys, they know an average of 40,000 words, but they favour a 'teenspeak' used in text messages, social networking sites and Internet chat rooms. Communication expert Jean Gross thinks that the lack of range will affect their chances of getting a job. Miss Gross is planning a nationwide campaign to ensure children use their full language potential.
She wants to make sure that teenagers do not fail in the classroom and later, in the workplace, because they are inarticulate. It will target schoolchildren and she is asking celebrities to support her campaign. ‘Teenagers are spending more time communicating through electronic media and text messaging, which is short and brief, she says. ‘We need to help them understand the difference between their textspeak and the formal language they need to succeed in life - 800 words will not get you a job.’ She plans to send children with video cameras into workplaces to observe the range of words used by professionals and share their findings with classmates. She also wants parents to limit the amount of TV that children watch, replacing it with conversation.
Her concern was raised, she said, by research conducted by Tony McEnery, a professor of linguistics, who examined 10 million words of transcribed speech and 100,000 words from teenagers' blogs. He found that teens use their top 20 words in a third of their speech, and also discovered words likely to be unknown to adults, including 'chenzed, which means tired, 'spong' (silly), and 'lol, the shorthand version of 'laugh out loud.
John Bald, a language teaching consultant, said the poor use of language was a rebellious act. 'There is undoubtedly a culture among teenagers of deliberately stripping away language, he said. 'When kids are in social situations, the instinct is to simplify. It's part of a wider anti-school culture that exists among some children which parents and schools need to address! But David Crystal, honorary professor of linguistics at Bangor University, argues that experts did not understand the complexities of teen language. 'The real issue here is that people object to kids having a good vocabulary for hip-hop and not for politics, he said. 'They have an articulate vocabulary for the kind of things they want to talk about. Academics don't get anywhere near measuring that vocabulary!’
A. Parents often adopt permissive attitudes towards their children’s compulsive TV watching.
B. Experts’ judgements about teenagers’ poor language can be based on the wrong principles.
C. Teenagers are always the pioneers who pave the way for a new range of vocabulary.
D. Some teen languages are quite prevalent in today’s professional working environment.
A generation of teenagers who communicate via the Internet and by text messages are risking unemployment because their daily vocabulary consists of just 800 words, experts have warned. According to recent surveys, they know an average of 40,000 words, but they favour a 'teenspeak' used in text messages, social networking sites and Internet chat rooms. Communication expert Jean Gross thinks that the lack of range will affect their chances of getting a job. Miss Gross is planning a nationwide campaign to ensure children use their full language potential.
She wants to make sure that teenagers do not fail in the classroom and later, in the workplace, because they are inarticulate. It will target schoolchildren and she is asking celebrities to support her campaign. ‘Teenagers are spending more time communicating through electronic media and text messaging, which is short and brief, she says. ‘We need to help them understand the difference between their textspeak and the formal language they need to succeed in life - 800 words will not get you a job.’ She plans to send children with video cameras into workplaces to observe the range of words used by professionals and share their findings with classmates. She also wants parents to limit the amount of TV that children watch, replacing it with conversation.
Her concern was raised, she said, by research conducted by Tony McEnery, a professor of linguistics, who examined 10 million words of transcribed speech and 100,000 words from teenagers' blogs. He found that teens use their top 20 words in a third of their speech, and also discovered words likely to be unknown to adults, including 'chenzed, which means tired, 'spong' (silly), and 'lol, the shorthand version of 'laugh out loud.
John Bald, a language teaching consultant, said the poor use of language was a rebellious act. 'There is undoubtedly a culture among teenagers of deliberately stripping away language, he said. 'When kids are in social situations, the instinct is to simplify. It's part of a wider anti-school culture that exists among some children which parents and schools need to address! But David Crystal, honorary professor of linguistics at Bangor University, argues that experts did not understand the complexities of teen language. 'The real issue here is that people object to kids having a good vocabulary for hip-hop and not for politics, he said. 'They have an articulate vocabulary for the kind of things they want to talk about. Academics don't get anywhere near measuring that vocabulary!’
(Adapted from Gateway by Frances Treloar)
Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?A. Parents often adopt permissive attitudes towards their children’s compulsive TV watching.
B. Experts’ judgements about teenagers’ poor language can be based on the wrong principles.
C. Teenagers are always the pioneers who pave the way for a new range of vocabulary.
D. Some teen languages are quite prevalent in today’s professional working environment.
Giải thích:
Điều nào sau đây có thể được suy ra từ đoạn văn?
A. Các phụ huynh thường có thái độ dễ dãi đối với việc xem TV quá mức kiểm soát của con em họ.
B. Đánh giá của các chuyên gia về ngôn ngữ yếu kém của giới trẻ có thể được dựa trên những cơ sở sai lầm.
C. Thanh thiếu niên luôn là người tiên phong mở đường cho một loạt các từ vựng mới.
D. Một số ngôn ngữ tuổi teen khá phổ biến trong môi trường làm việc chuyên nghiệp ngày nay.
Thông tin:
'The real issue here is that people object to kids having a good vocabulary for hip-hop and not for politics, he said. "They have an articulate vocabulary for the kind of things they want to talk about. Academics don't get anywhere near measuring that vocabulary!
(‘Vấn đề thật sự ở đây chính là mọi người phản đối trẻ em có vốn từ vựng rộng dành cho hip-hop và không phải cho chính trị.”, ông nói. “Chúng có vốn từ vựng rõ ràng cho những thứ mà chúng muốn nói về. Giới học thuật không hề biết đo lường từ vựng đó!
Điều nào sau đây có thể được suy ra từ đoạn văn?
A. Các phụ huynh thường có thái độ dễ dãi đối với việc xem TV quá mức kiểm soát của con em họ.
B. Đánh giá của các chuyên gia về ngôn ngữ yếu kém của giới trẻ có thể được dựa trên những cơ sở sai lầm.
C. Thanh thiếu niên luôn là người tiên phong mở đường cho một loạt các từ vựng mới.
D. Một số ngôn ngữ tuổi teen khá phổ biến trong môi trường làm việc chuyên nghiệp ngày nay.
Thông tin:
'The real issue here is that people object to kids having a good vocabulary for hip-hop and not for politics, he said. "They have an articulate vocabulary for the kind of things they want to talk about. Academics don't get anywhere near measuring that vocabulary!
(‘Vấn đề thật sự ở đây chính là mọi người phản đối trẻ em có vốn từ vựng rộng dành cho hip-hop và không phải cho chính trị.”, ông nói. “Chúng có vốn từ vựng rõ ràng cho những thứ mà chúng muốn nói về. Giới học thuật không hề biết đo lường từ vựng đó!
Đáp án B.