Students have always tried to communicate; trying out new words and constructing sentences using new vocabularies. Technology has has almost eliminated face-to-face communication and the efforts towards effective speeches and debates are missing today. Abbreviated words and jargons used in texting and on social networking have interfered the student's ability to construct meaningful sentences.
A teacher who has gone back to school at the university of Oregon explained that "for a student to practice rhetoric and other techniques of persuation, with factual accuracy and some degree of emotional appeal to an audience, they need to articulate their words and many students we are seeing just can't do that because they rely too much on technology for their communication".
Link: http://www.huliq.com/10282/technology-hurts-students-disconnecting-their-voice-say-experts
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