Illiteracy is a global, whether developed or less developed, have the task of literacy, but also responsible to eliminate the "traditional literacy" and "modern illiterate," the mission. According to United Nations definition, can not literate person as "traditional illiteracy", and can not use computers for learning, communication and management of people were called "modern illiterate." Our reports from the global media in recent years found not understand computers, the Internet is not "modern illiterate," less and less, but at the same time, pick up a pen forget the word, writing difficulties "traditional literacy" is increasingly more.
Keyboard to create a "traditional literacy" army
According to the U.S. media say, "correct writing" for American students is indeed now have a "stunt." A research company in the United States, "Internet and American Life" special investigation confirmed that the 700 respondents aged 12 to 17-year-olds, 64% of children will recognize the unique text message abbreviations, emoticons brought to the official in writing. In another survey, the U.S. investigating authorities were surprised to find, turned over 1.5 million high school students writing the vast majority of printed, handwritten essay only a small part. CNN reported that a university student named Henry frankly admitted: "I have no pen to write ten years, and all jobs are done by computer. No 'automatic spelling correction' software, I certainly can not go university. "secondary school teacher Kate confirmed that today's students increasingly attach importance to English grammar lessons, because they feel that computer software can solve this problem once and for all, even if the entered misspelled word, the computer will automatically error correction.
With the mobile phone, computer and network penetration, young people in Thailand "correct writing" capacity also continues to decline. Thailand's Ministry of Culture survey, SMS language and the language is rapidly penetrate into the network of young people in Thailand to write a formal way. One-third of young people text messaging and online communication appears spelling, grammatical errors does not care, holding the exclusion of written specifications mocking attitude.
Similar situation in Russia is very serious. "Correct spelling" not only for some students is "not complete, but also mission impossible", but even for those well-written training was well versed in spelling of the adults, but also a "tough work. " Occasionally, when faced with emerging writing pen spelling errors, they will say, this is to rely on computers and networks will inevitably result. It is worth mentioning that some "clerical error" is a term created by netizens, on the network they are "cool, very popular." Some words will mix together in English and Russian, some English words are put on the cloak of Russian letters, buzzwords used directly as a Russian. Orthodox, pay attention to cultural taste of the Russian people are very unhappy, and even the State Duma adopted a resolution to ban English words into Russian.
According to reports, Australia's "traditional literacy" of the numbers are rising sharply. Australian writer, A Bola, stated: "Using the spell-checking software and text messaging abbreviations led to a reduced ability to spell." Confirmed an Australian research company, to "correct spelling of" who is rapidly diminishing. 16 of 400 in Sydney and Melbourne over the age of people spelling the survey showed that the face of eight easily misspelled words, only 7% of the people to be fully spelled correctly.
Manufacture of the Internet age, "writing difficulties" most Britons feel bad. It is said that, due to examination scripts are not used in standard written English fonts answer, more and more British students taking part in the graduation exam, you need to spend money to hire a scribe to help their fair copy of the papers. Many students have not "normal writing" or "accurately expressed", and pick up a pen next card of more and more people. 13-year-old London girl Betty admitted that she and her companion has been adopted "MMFU, ZZZZ" This password type "sentence" to express "my friend like you, feel bored?" Means, absolutely not to lock live in their own privacy. Spelling difficulties is their only reason to do so. "A lot of long words, do not remember how to spell, say computer input method, there are associations, there is nothing to worry about it?" University College London Institute of Education Professor Shidansuopu said: "Writing has become in literacy long-neglected one. "investigative body for the British spelling of 5,000 British survey, half of the respondents said that their spelling spelling software is leading to a reduced ability of the culprit.
Hough said the German youth education specialist, because she contacted a number of over-reliance on computers, suffer from "writing barrier" children, these children "will upset a pen and write, but if it is to switch the computer to homework, the situation is much better. " Mr. BBC moderator Hanfuleisi that young people now will all day typing on the keyboard, each year it used up a pen, it "a hellish life." Germany's "Time" weekly in the description of the language of the computer how to make young people become "deformed," the report said, the younger generation has completely "lost in the digital world of."
In accordance with European and American education experts say, in the "computer, network control everything," Today, the crisis facing the non-alphabetic writing is more severe. Survey showed that, in the computer, the network context of the era of the rise of China's illiterate population in the non-"pick up a pen forget the words," who constitute a majority. "Los Angeles Times" and even asserted that: "The Chinese have mobile phones, computers more, they are more a painting to a lack of opportunities to write in Chinese." Barbara's Beijing correspondent named in its report said, text messaging and typing is an alternative to a painting write Chinese characters, Chinese characters have reason to worry about the loss. When you need to pick up a pen to write words, more and more Chinese people realize that they have forgotten how to write those words in the end.
Japan also has a similar situation, as most people are accustomed to using the Roman alphabet on a computer screen input method used Chinese characters, hiragana, katakana, not people write more and more. Said Tokyo Governor Shintaro level of its subordinate officials of the text is not assured that their performance can be "away from the movable type (text)" to describe, that do not want to read, write, love to use the computer typing.
Internet age, you do not write ability?
In the UK young people to meet in just 800 words to use for Internet chat and message communication in the case, their writing ability bound to have been questioned. Child Language Development Consultant British government worried about Mr. Gross pointed out: "this continues, the United Kingdom to find a job with the younger generation are a problem." However, it also suggested that the ability to write the Internet age has little practical significance. Society and the British write Mr. Khatib Tiwu Si revealed that: "Unfortunately, some teachers say that, must have the ability to write is not the art, because 'everyone's work can be done on the computer'." Even John English language education experts, including some of the professionals in Boulder, also believes that now is trying to avoid people communicate complex language, and young people in the social, the instinct to simplify the language, especially "on the Internet or cell phone instead of pen paper to communicate with people more quickly, which in itself is not wrong. " German computer experts Dr. Frank, "Computer agraphia sign" is totally unjustified, computer, network and social development is a natural phenomenon, computer input and handwriting input, "but for a more convenient form of it."
Is it?
World-renowned anthropologist studies have shown that, writing on human cognitive development plays an important role. A painting to writing by hand, in the formation of the brain's speech center system, a special mark on the computer just typing along, you can not form this mark will be difficult to identify the abstract sense, resulting in the phenomenon of forgetting words and misspellings. Hough said the German youth education experts, writing training in cultivating thinking to form a good behavior is critical, especially among growing children, the role of the computer can not be replaced.
Life without computers and cell phones is hard to imagine. However, people enjoy the convenience of electronic tools and fast on the occasion, had hurt his ability to write and writing sensibility. Mouse instead of a pen, handwriting has almost no opportunity. Fewer opportunities to write, writing ability will be a sharp decline, gradually increase the number of batches to be forgotten words, misspelled words. What text? History, is to create, is the cultural memory. On the surface, but the Internet age spawned a number of "traditional literacy", but if it is a detailed analysis, it is not a tragedy in the fate of the written word? Wang Jiabo
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