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Grammar? Style? Punctuation? LOL

Grammar? Style? Punctuation? LOL. Jim Killam Student Publications Adviser Northern Illinois University. Nielsen Company, October 2010: The average American teen sends more than 3,000 texts each month – more than 100 a day. In 2007, it was 435 a month – about 14 a day.

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Grammar? Style? Punctuation? LOL

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  1. Grammar? Style? Punctuation? LOL Jim KillamStudent Publications AdviserNorthern Illinois University

  2. Nielsen Company, October 2010: The average American teen sends more than 3,000 texts each month – more than 100 a day. In 2007, it was 435 a month – about 14 a day. That’s six texts every waking hour, or one every 10 minutes. For 13- to 17-year-olds, the monthly texting average is closer to 3,500.

  3. Problem areas for our new college students

  4. Please stop the comma splices, they are rampant.

  5. We also see lots of run-on sentences they are just as bad.

  6. Its about time we tackle this problem at it’s root.

  7. Your kidding! They don’t listen in you’re class?

  8. Their has to be a better way students can learn there grammar.

  9. We have many more problems then these.

  10. Im just saying that idea’s from todays session might help all schoolz.

  11. Our group can take their time reviewing these grammar points.

  12. My talk, which covers lots of grammar points that might interest you’re students, are starting to get boring.

  13. Jim said – “I like this session”!!! ;-) “I like this session” said Jim! “It’s the best”!

  14. There is a problem with passive sentence construction.

  15. Wat do u tnk? ru learning anything frm dis PPT? txt spk bleeds nto frml writin .

  16. So, like, I’m talking to you today and we’re talking about grammar and we’re getting, like, all technical and whatever, and one thing we’re really, truly trying to say is just that, IMHO, students’ writing is waaaay too wordy, you know?

  17. Suggestions fromcollege media advisers

  18. Find creative ways to point out and, yes, stigmatize bad grammar.

  19. Find creative ways to point out and, yes, stigmatize bad grammar. Emphasize form, not just ideas.

  20. Find creative ways to point out and, yes, stigmatize bad grammar. Emphasize form, not just ideas. Do not send us students who don’t grasp basic grammar.

  21. Find creative ways to point out and, yes, stigmatize bad grammar. Emphasize form, not just ideas. Do not send us students who don’t grasp basic grammar. Have this conversation with junior-high teachers.

  22. Find creative ways to point out and, yes, stigmatize bad grammar. Emphasize form, not just ideas. Do not send us students who don’t grasp basic grammar. Have this conversation with junior-high teachers. Emphasize, encourage and grow student media.

  23. So … now what?

  24. This PowerPoint, and links, at … www.ninaonline.org “Digital Ink” blog jkillam@niu.edu

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