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International Journal of English Literature and Culture Vol. 1(2), pp. 33–40, November, 2013 ISSN: 2360-7831 DOI: 10.14662/IJELC2013.017
Review EMERGENT TRENDS IN ENGLISH USAGE: LANGUAGE AND THE INTERNET
Taye Awoyemi
Department of English
Redeemer’s University, Mowe, Nigeria.
As the world gradually moves towards an age of
absolute dependence on technology and speed, a new genre of
communication has appeared on the horizon. This genre seems to see
already established conventions of grammatical structure and rules
from a different perspective. The paper examines this genre in the
light of conventional writing strategies, and assesses its
implication on the English usage of selected Nigerian undergraduates
who use English language as a second language for academic purposes.
It recognizes the position of the English language and the
challenges this language poses to literacy in the 21st century. It
views the emergence of this genre as useful to further insight into
the teaching of English as a second language. It opines that
interest in the study of the language of the Internet might lead to
the discovery of further strategies that can aid both student and
teacher in the process of second language learning and teaching. It
concludes that since this form of communication has come to stay,
further codification and standardization of this genre be
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