Open AccessThe Change of Language: A Critical Analysis of New Literacies on Twitter and in Educational Context
Author(s) -
Zhang Zhi-long
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
theory and practice in language studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-0692
pISSN - 1799-2591
DOI - 10.17507/tpls.0907.03
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , social media , everyday life , sociology , social network (sociolinguistics) , computer science , psychology , world wide web , political science , paleontology , law , biology
In modern society, there has been a trend that people tend to use effective tool in everyday correspondence. The development of social media network contributes to such situation. Therefore, a study is needed for the new literacies in the current communication of people’s daily life. With the aim to help educators better teach students in modern language context, the author adopted the information on Twitter, a widely-used social media network, and analysed it critically in educational context. It is found that the social media network brings both advantages and flaws to the English language. Such trend makes it more convenient for people to convey information but may confuse the readers and discourage them to read, especially aged people.