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Proficiency level: Intermediate High – Advanced Low
Skills: Reading
Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2
The student page is at the end of this document.
1. In Spanish discuss text messaging with students. When do they text message? Why?
Do text messages change how we use language? If so, what are these changes? Over
time, will text messaging change how we spell? If so, is this a good change? Is there a
situation in which it would be inappropiate to use text message language?
2. Review some of the conventions that Spanish text language follows:
·k y q are used in place of que,
·y is used in place of ll,
·vowels are often dropped,
·2 is written in place of –dos.
The following web sites will offer additional information:
http://www.lonuncavisto.com/moviles/diccionario
http://www.canal3000.com/moviles/diccionario.htm
3. See if students can decipher the following Spanish text messages. Answers are in
parenthesis.
salu2 ____________ (saludos)
a2 ___________ (adiós)
100pre ___________ (siempre)
tb__________ (también)
+ __________ (mas)
- __________ (menos)
qndo __________ (cuando)
d __________ (de)
wpa __________ (guapa)
msje __________ (mensaje)
k tl? __________________________________________ (¿Qué tal?)
dnd stas? ______________________________________ (¿Dónde estás?)
dkmprs cn m mdr ________________________________ (De compras con mi madre)
TQ ____________________________________________ (Te quiero)
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t echo d - _______________________________________ (Te echo de menos)
4. Now have students create their own text messages in Spanish. If school policy
permits student use of cell phones in class, have students text each other in Spanish.
There is a bilingual book (Spanish – SMS) which can be download as a pdf at this
website:
http://www.adiccionesdigitales.es/libro/
There is an article which explores the value of teaching text messaging in Spanish. This
link will download a pdf of this article:
http://cvc.cervantes.es/ensenanza/biblioteca_ele/asele/pdf/15/15_0301.pdf
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¿Qué quiere decir? Can you decipher the following text messages in Spanish?
salu2 ____________
a2 ___________
100pre ___________
tb__________
+ __________
-
qndo __________
d __________
wpa __________
msje __________
__________
k tl? __________________________________________
dnd stas? ______________________________________
dkmprs cn m mdr ________________________________
TQ ____________________________________________
t echo d - _______________________________________
Mándame un mensaje de texto. Now it is your turn. Write a Spanish text message.
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Exchange messages with your classmates. Can you understand each other´s text
messages in Spanish?
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