teenagers and literacy
...as it would be, writing practice essays would be very helpful to them because it would give them a lot more practice. There are many techniques a teenager can use to help augment their literacy skills, but it is up to them as individuals to improve it. Teenagers are looking for an easy way out when it comes to literacy. The improvement of technology has allowed things to be done a lot quicker and efficiently. Just like the Internet has allowed students to use work that is not there own to make it easier for them. But in the long run it will only make it harder for the teenager. Teenagers should not get into the habit of doing work that does not belong to them. www.sparknotes.com is an Internet website where you can get a full analysis of a novel without even reading a single page of it. This is what some teenagers have been doing throughout high school. Other teenagers, who have trouble writing essays, use essays that do not even belong to them from various Internet websites such as www.essaycrawler.com. This is a website in which a student can get thousands of free essays off the Internet on different subjects and novels. Teenagers do not even have to write essays because all of the work is done for them on these free essay websites. How can there reading and writing skills be improved when they do not even read the book and use essays off the Internet? (Rhetorical question) Teenagers must work harder and avoid depending on these websites, and actually take the time to read and write on there own. Parents are a big influence on how hard a teenager will be working on there reading and writing skills. If the student feels that their literacy skills are lacking, then their parents they should be doing everything they can to help them out. As a teenager they should get into the habit of informing there parents on what they are having trouble with and what they should do to improve it. Parents should make there children read and write everyday so that they are more involved with literacy. They should see what it is that their child is struggling with and should help them work on it. Most importantly, parents must be involved with their children’s literacy and help them refine their skills. Teenagers should read, listen and discuss newspaper articles, journals and magazines with their parents. This will help them develop reading skills by using everyday activities. Parents should understand that their interest, involvement and support will help their children succeed in literacy. Parents should read and write themselves to set an example for their teenager. They should play games like Boggle, Scrabble or Trivia Pursuit to look for the correct spelling and meaning of words. They should avoid there teenager’s using spell-check and grammar check so that they won’t become dependant on it and will be able to do it on there own. Parents must understand that they can really make a difference when helping their teenager’s literacy habits and that they play a key role when it comes to them worki...