TeachingEnglish
Texting

Students do lots of texting in their L1 and are often keen to learn how to text in English too. In this lesson students have a discussion, learn some useful texting abbreviations and read an article about texting and literacy.

Topic: Texting

Level: Lower Intermediate B1

Aims:

  • To help students understand text message abbreviations
  • To develop students’ reading skills
  • To develop students’ speaking and listening skills

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By Katherine Bilsborough

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