A senior teacher of English at Sligo Grammar School says he’s not worried about the ‘dumbing’ down of the English language today as more texting, emojis and ‘phone’ language become the ‘norm’ for young people.
Day two of the State exams is underway and today Leaving Certs are doing English Paper two.
Richard Mitchell, English Department subject co-ordinator at Sligo Grammar School, told Ocean FM today that he feels the era of texting and smart phone language is balanced by an avid interest amongst young people in new literature and novels.
He says this year’s exam questions are reflecting this:
