I'm sure I put on another post about this topic a while ago but it escapes me at the moment.
Usng txt at exms tday may nt fail u, say orgnsrs
5:00AM Wednesday November 14, 2007
By Martha McKenzie-minifie
The NCEA and scholarship exam season starts on Monday, involving almost 140,000 secondary school students at more than 400 exam centres.
New Zealand Qualifications Authority's deputy chief executive Bali Haque yesterday asked students to use traditional English, not text language.
But he said answers using words with missing vowels - in the style made popular through text messaging - would not necessarily fail.
"The litmus test will be ... have they understood the concept of the idea?" said Mr Haque.
"That's what it has always been and that's what it will, no doubt always continue to be."
He said students were expected to use "good, solid, traditional English".
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