In our current society, smart phones have become a necessity for almost everyone. They are useful gadgets for people to stay connected. Most teenagers start to own a mobile phone when they are in high school, for them to contact their parents or loved ones.
Smartphones are now equipped with numerous applications. These include social media platforms and sophisticated games, which are mostly free to download. Among them are Instagram, Facebook. Furthermore, games have been designed to become livelier and more interactive, examples such as Brawl Stars and Clash of Clans. Teenagers get easily addicted to such interactive games, eventually spending long hours, sometimes till late at night just to complete certain demands of the game. Neglecting their sleep would be detrimental to those who have school the next day. Lack of sleep often results in students being less attentive in class, a time where they should be learning to improve academically.
The internet has also become accessible via our smartphones, offering vast amounts of information to read up on during their free time. On the other hand, teenagers usually use this time to update their social image or status. The time being spent on social media could instead be used for reading and gaining new knowledge. Lack of reading practice may impair their reading competence in the future.
In addition to reading skills, teenagers’ ability to write well also would be affected by overusing their mobile phones. Through the frequent use of social media, teenagers chat online through messenger applications, commonly using short forms and abbreviations. This could become a bad habit when they incorporate the improper language into their written work.
In conclusion, I feel that the excessive use of smartphones has adverse effects on the teenagers of today, having an impact on their literacy skills. Hence, I recommend that teenagers exercise the self-discipline on the time spent on their mobile phones.
In our
current
society, smart
phones
have
become
a necessity for almost everyone. They are useful gadgets for
people
to stay connected. Most
teenagers
start
to
own
a mobile
phone
when they are in high school, for them to contact their parents or
loved
ones.
Smartphones are
now
equipped with numerous applications. These include
social
media platforms and sophisticated
games
, which are
mostly
free to download. Among them are Instagram, Facebook.
Furthermore
,
games
have
been designed
to
become
livelier and more interactive, examples such as Brawl Stars and Clash of Clans.
Teenagers
get
easily
addicted to such interactive
games
,
eventually
spending long hours,
sometimes
till late at night
just
to complete certain demands of the game. Neglecting their sleep would be detrimental to those who have school the
next
day. Lack of sleep
often
results in students being less attentive in
class
, a
time where
they should be learning to
improve
academically
.
The internet has
also
become
accessible via our smartphones, offering vast amounts of information to read up on during their free
time
.
On the other hand
,
teenagers
usually
use
this
time
to update their
social
image or status. The
time
being spent
on
social
media could
instead
be
used
for
reading
and gaining new knowledge. Lack of
reading
practice may impair their
reading
competence in the future.
In addition
to
reading
skills
,
teenagers’
ability to write well
also
would be
affected
by overusing their mobile
phones
. Through the frequent
use
of
social
media,
teenagers
chat online through messenger applications,
commonly
using short forms and abbreviations. This could
become
a
bad
habit when they incorporate the improper language into their written work.
In conclusion
, I feel that the excessive
use
of smartphones has adverse effects on the
teenagers
of
today
, having an impact on their literacy
skills
.
Hence
, I recommend that
teenagers
exercise the self-discipline on the
time
spent on their mobile
phones
.