인터넷 통신언어 예절의 교육방향 모색-국어교육과 도덕교육의 관점 비교를 중심으로

Abstract

As online messaging becomes the most prevailing form of communication among today’s youth, teenagers gain fluency in Cyber Talk or Internet Language by using abbreviations such as LOL(Laugh Out Loud) or TTYL(Talk To You Later). Abbreviations and Acronyms are natural phenomenon in terms of Socio-Linguistics. Everyone want to communicate easily. So they are eager to use such words with motivations of using more economical words, more emotive words, more funny words, more up-to-date words. But many older generations are appalled by young people’s use of offensive vulgar language. FYI (For Your Information) can be granted, but there are a lot of off-colored words which are hard to understand and virtually impossible to reconcile. How to educate young students for the use of recommendable words in their Cyber Talk? These kinds of educational goals are not to be obtained by traditional teaching method such as Anti-Smoking education class. Young people already knew the bad effects of vulgar words and excessive abbreviation. They still cannot feel those effects as problems of their own life. Language education or grammar class cannot be an effective option. We must pay attentions to motive of using such languages. ‘Peer Pressure’ should be noted as a most important motive. It is one of most important cause of the problem. And also it can be treated as one of most important solutions to the problem. We could introduce some kinds of using peer pressure methods to our Anti-vulgar internet language program. Many cases such as ‘Love Life’ campaign in South Africa, or Anti Alcoholic Education program of Alcoholic Anonymous can be classified as an effective sample of using peer pressure to correct some bad behaviors. So, we should not give more stress on telling young students many informations about darker side of Internet Language, to avoid the side effects of ‘broken windows’. Instead of such fear-based class lectures, we should show them more fascinating trend leaders group using nonviolent, sound, polite language. Need for inclusion can be most powerful self-motivation for correct their own internet language habits.