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Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
Centro de Ciências HumanaS E NATURAIS departamento de letras e línguas

ANTONIO DE AZEVEDO JUNIOR
ARTHUR BATISTA CALIMAN
MARIANNE VIEIRA GUIMARÃES

TEACHER’S BELIEFS ABOUT TEACHING ABBREVIATIONS

VITÓRIA
2011

ANTONIO DE AZEVEDO JUNIOR
ARTHUR BATISTA CALIMAN
MARIANNE VIEIRA GUIMARÃES

TEACHER’S BELIEFS ABOUT TEACHING ABBREVIATIONS

Research Project submitted to the course of English language as a requirement draft assessment for the discipline Projetos de Ensino III supervised by Prof. Sara Novaes.

VITÓRIA
2011

ABSTRACT

The use of Instant messaging language in the Standard English is matter of concern. Introducing this defective language variation in our formal writings and conversations can compromise the standard language to adopt these characteristics in both written and spoken language, i.e. unnecessary abbreviations, use of different variants which differ from the normal ones. In this paper we wanted to approach ideas and opinions in which we could raise ideas of how this new language can be utilized as a didactical feature in class instead of suffering the attempt to be banished from language.

We built a questionnaire, in which we asked questions to ESL teachers about the usage of this language variation in class, and the importance it has in teaching a second language. Furthermore, the results showed us that teachers are aware of the Instant messaging language, and they try to work on these aspects of the language with students in class. Also, they gave arguments expressing the cultural importance of this language variation has, and that it can’t be ignored, as this language is growing as time passes by, becoming a part of our culture. To conclude, we discussed and came to the same standpoint, in which we agreed that the IM language should be worked