SMS

= Short Message Service

Facts - Abbreviations - Emoticons
Interactive activities - Activities to print - Lesson plans -
Videos - Cartoons

Related pages :

Telephone - Smileys

Facts :

• Third of U.S. teens with phones text 100 times a day
  "A third of U.S. teenagers with cell phones send more than 100 texts a day as texting has exploded to become the most popular means of
  communication for young people, according to new research."
  (reuters.com)

• Children’s use of mobile phone text messaging and its impact on literacy development in primary school.
  (partners.becta.org.uk)

Abbreviations :

• Periodic Text Message Table
  recommended by Sophie LERAY (Ac. Caen)
  
  
  
  

• Youth Speak - LIEN MODIFIE
  "As long as there have been teenagers, there probably has been slang. Today's electronic means of communication — and the changing attitudes of some scholars — have moved slang from the realm of the spoken word to the written word with a greater degree of acceptance..."
  (america.gov)

  

• LINGO2WORD
  Acronym, Emoticon Dictionary, Lingo Dictionary, Texting Thesaurus, SMS Message Translator and Spellchecker.
  Funny SMS message collection, colorful phrases. Popular Smiley, Chat words and SMS message lists.
  "Lingo2word is devoted to demistifying any shorthand language
  such as SMS messages ,Chat rooms, Legalese ,Computer Jargon and Emails."
  (lingo2word.com)

• List of SMS abbreviations (Wikipedia)
  ex : aka - also known as

• Common Acronyms and Abreviations - (Ac. Montpellier)
  "Toutes ces abréviations que l'on trouve dans les 'chats', dans les forums ou dans les SMS"

• Do you speak Esemese? (Ac. Montpellier)
  "Toutes ces abréviations qu'utilisent les anglophones quand ils communiquent par SMS
  (Short Message Service)"

• SMS, Chatroom and E-Mail Acronym Definitions (about.com)

Emoticons :

• The Smiley dictionary

INTERACTIVE activities :

• Do you speak Esemese?
  "First watch the slideshow and then play the 2 activities at the bottom."
  Created by Renée Maufroid (Ac. Lille)

  

• Mobile Madness
  "First read the text message on the mobile phone.
  Then type the message using complete words.
  Example : ruok ? = Are you OK ?"
  (oup.com)

  

• SMS -"Match the SMS messages with the complete phrases." (its-online)

• transl8it! (trans-late-it) is simple to use!
  "Just type in your SMS or TXT lingo and let transL8it! convert it to plain english OR type in a phrase in english and convert it to TXT lingo!"
  
  
  

Activities TO PRINT :

• Do you speak Esemese? (Ac. Montpellier)
  "Toutes ces abréviations qu'utilisent les anglophones quand ils communiquent par SMS
  (Short Message Service)"
  - avec des exercices
  

• Exercices avec les SMS (Ac. Montpellier)

• The Pros and Cons of SMS - "Classify the ... statements in pros and cons."
  (absolutenglish-972)

• MOBILE PHONES - Smilies - (absolutenglish-972)
  "Match the items on the right (feelings, people, animals...) to the corresponding smilies."

Lesson plans :

• Mobile Phones, camera phones, SMS... (ndaeuro.rapnouil)
  - a lesson plan : oral comprehension activities, quizzes, SMS abbreviations...

• I'm on my mobile - a lesson plan (ADVANCED) - (pdf) SITE PAYANT
  Language function: choosing the best deal; reading comprehension (english-4u.com)

Videos :

• ATT/Cingular Wireless Telephone Commercial: IDK, My BFF Jill
  "A mother and daughter speak to each other using the letter system teens use for text messaging – broadcast of this humorous and exaggerated commercial included the subtitles shown."
  

Cartoons :