From Newsradio 620 WTMJ:
The ABCs are apparently no longer as easy as 1-2-3. Recent federal studies indicate that the average American teenager's vocabulary is less than half that of the average teenager in the 1950s.
"A lot of the reasons are that we have a lot of social media now--the internet, texting, MySpace, all those sites that kids go to, and there's not a lot of face-to-face interaction and not a lot of deep thinking anymore," explained reading specialist Maria Corkern. Read full story >>
The best way to expand your vocabulary is by reading. It's ironic that while there have never been so many easily accessible sources of reading material (online and offline), young people seem to know fewer words than their parents. Some of my students never read anything unless they have to.
