Some people think that the increasing use of computers and mobile phones in communication has had negative effects on young people’s reading and writing skills. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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The
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of online
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has become incredibly popular among teenagers these days. Some individuals tend to believe that the upward trend in
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the use
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of modern technology has had negative implications on young people’s reading and writing
skills
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. In my point of view using computers and phones too much may
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significantly
influence literacy
skills
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of young
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generations
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will be shown by illustrating how
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has influenced the young generations and typing
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the major problem in today's world.
To begin
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with, the
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is written in online
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more often than usual
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, due to
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writing and reading
skills
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young people have been deteriorated in recent years. According, to research that has been made by Harvard
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, the literacy skill of teenagers in 2022 is much worse , in comparison with teenagers in 2000.
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,
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and common
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of it in
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devices can be a disastrous problem in the future.
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,those who type on the keyboard all the time might end up experiencing difficulties writing by hand.
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, a friend of mine who can type 70 - 80 words a minute on the computer
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the slowest writer in his class and makes a lot of spelling mistakes.
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means that he has lost his writing
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because of spending too much time typing and dedicating no time to
practicing
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handwriting. In conclusion,
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use
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the use
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of
communication
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devices
affect
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affects
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the writing and reading skill of youngsters, especially that kind of aspects like
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and typing
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that may
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influence incredibly bad in their literacy
skills
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.
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