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SMS = Short Message Service

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

(Updated on 16/03/2013)

 


Related pages :

Telephone - Smileys

 

 

Facts :

 

 

Abbreviations :

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



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

 

INTERACTIVE activities :

 

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

    (elt.oup.com)

 

  • 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 :

  • Texting in the class
    Support pour faire écrire des SMS aux élèves
    "Un document à imprimer et à distribuer aux élèves, avec des images de téléphones pour leur faire écrire de petites conversations en SMS dedans.
    C’est l’occasion d’aborder les abréviations classiques, et ça peut servir d’étape préparatoire pour l’expression orale en interactivité."
    par Stéphane Busuttil
    (another-teacher.net)
  • Do you speak Esemese? (Ac. Montpellier)
    "Toutes ces abréviations qu'utilisent les anglophones quand ils communiquent par SMS
    (Short Message Service)"
    - avec
    des exercices
  • MOBILE PHONES - Smilies - (absolutenglish-972)
    "Match the items on the right (feelings, people, animals...) to the corresponding smilies."

 

Lesson plans :

 

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

 

Cartoons : (Si le lien est inaccessible, enregistrer l'image pour obtenir la taille initiale.)

Distracted driving
- Cartoons

(cagle.com)

 

 

Texting while flying
- a cartoon

(cagle.com)

 

Cell phones may cause cancer ?
"This cartoon by Gary Markstein
from the Copley News Service relates
to a recent World Health
Organization press release
 
saying that using a cell phone may
raise the risk of developing cancer
."
+ COMMENTS + LINKS

(jeffreyhill.typepad.com)

 

Text while driving
(socialnomics.files.wordpress.com)

Texting - Reaction time
(caranddriver.com)

 

 

 

TEXTING WHILE DRIVING
- CARTOONS

(cagle.com)

 

DISTRACTED DRIVING
- cartoons

(cagle.com)

 

 

Videos :

  • Dangers of Texting While Walking
    "On city streets and in shopping centers, there is usually someone strolling while talking on a phone, texting with his head down.
    The problem isn't as widely discussed as distracted driving, but the danger is real."

    (YouTube)