Witchy whispers in the teacher's ear:
"Isn't it true that a cell phone is a student's best friend?"
"I hope you’ve
overcome the shock of reading this poem… However, I'd better
call it a joke since
I want to use it to introduce a very special topic: the
mobile phone! No
student will ever contradict you if you say that a
cell phone is a student's best friend… but
it’s also true
that most teachers hate them and are really annoyed when they ring,
especially
during one of their most inspired
and brilliant lessons. That's why I'm suggesting a way to reconcile
teachers with
their pupils' mobiles through a series of cell
phone-based activities. So photocopy
the activities and hand them out to your pupils!"
1st activity
Switch your mobile to English language mode and
write down all the words you find in the chart below
with the translation in your own language.
2nd activity
Write an SMS using
all the trendiest abbreviations
and
achronims of the genre!
Example: "Look
FWD 2 seeing U next WKND. FWIW I luv U XOXX"
| B |
Be / Bee |
| @ |
At |
| b4 |
Before |
| ATB |
All the best |
| C |
See / Sea |
| BCNU |
Be seeing you |
| CU |
See you |
| BTW |
By the way |
| Gonna |
Going to |
| BWD |
Backward |
| GR8 |
Great |
| H8 |
Hate |
| F2T |
Free to talk |
| FWD |
Forward |
| L8R |
Later |
| L8 |
Late |
| FWIW |
For what it's worth |
| Luv |
Love |
| FYI |
For your info |
| NE |
Any |
| GAL |
Get a life |
| NETHING |
Anything |
| Mob |
Mobile |
| M8 |
Mate |
| NE1 |
Anyone |
| MSG |
Message |
| NO1 |
No-one |
| PCM |
Please call me |
| OIC |
Oh I see |
| PLS |
Please |
| RU |
Are you? |
| RGDS |
Regards |
| RUOK |
Are you ok? |
| Stra |
Stray |
| SUM1 |
Someone |
| THNQ |
Thank you |
| U |
You |
| THX |
Thanks |
| UR |
You are |
| W |
With |
| Wan2 |
Want to |
| W/o |
Without |
| XLNT |
Excellent |
| WKND |
Weekend |
| YR |
Your |
| XOXOX |
Hugs and kisses |
| 1 |
One / Won |
| 2 |
Too / To / Two |
| 4 |
For / Four |
3rd
activity
Work with your deskmate: Write
an SMS (or a full lenght letter) by using the mobile abbreviation;
then exchange the SMS with your friend
and see if she can understand it. Lots of fun!!!
4th activity
Does your mobile have a translator? Don't get
addicted to it but write a sentence in English and then compare
it with the
automatic translation. You'll be shocked at seeing how misleading a machine
can be... sorry! Can B...
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