{"id":5597,"date":"2016-01-03T17:52:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-03T17:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eltweekly.com\/?p=5597"},"modified":"2016-01-03T17:52:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-03T17:52:00","slug":"how-digital-technology-is-changing-our-lives-and-our-language-oup-elt-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/?p=5597","title":{"rendered":"How digital technology is changing our lives\u2026 and our language (OUP ELT Blog)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 1\u00a0| January 4<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036]<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">New words that enter the language are a reflection of the way people\u2019s lives are changing. If we look at what is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com\/definition\/english\/trending\" target=\"_blank\">trending<\/a>, we can see that new technology can bring with it new capabilities. There are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com\/definition\/english\/wearable_1\" target=\"_blank\">wearables<\/a> \u2013 computing devices that you can wear, such as a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com\/definition\/english\/smartwatch\" target=\"_blank\">smartwatch<\/a> \u2013 which are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com\/definition\/english\/touch-sensitive\" target=\"_blank\">touch-sensitive<\/a> and may be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com\/definition\/english\/voice-activated\" target=\"_blank\">voice-activated<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com\/definition\/english\/superfast\" target=\"_blank\">Superfast<\/a> broadband and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com\/definition\/english\/in-app_1\" target=\"_blank\">in-app<\/a> purchase offer new opportunities, but there\u2019s a new distraction in the form of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com\/definition\/english\/clickbait\" target=\"_blank\">clickbait<\/a> \u2013 that\u2019s a link or headline on the Internet that you just can\u2019t help clicking on. All this can have a profound influence on how people work, enjoy themselves and relate to one another<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If we look at new words connected with work we can see several strands, some of them in opposition to each other. Decisions are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com\/definition\/english\/data-driven\" target=\"_blank\">data-driven<\/a>. It is important to demonstrate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com\/definition\/english\/proof-of-concept\" target=\"_blank\">proof of concept<\/a>. Using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com\/definition\/english\/agile\" target=\"_blank\">agile<\/a> methodology, getting things right requires an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com\/definition\/english\/iterative\" target=\"_blank\">iterative<\/a> process of refinement and modification. But if that doesn\u2019t work, putting a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com\/definition\/english\/finger_1\" target=\"_blank\">finger in the air<\/a> is a less scientific approach, based on guesswork. Or you can put together a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com\/definition\/english\/mood-board\" target=\"_blank\">mood board<\/a> with key images and words that best convey the image of the brand.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">New technology and new ways of working have an effect on how people feel and how they manage their lives. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com\/definition\/english\/always-on\" target=\"_blank\">Always-on<\/a> devices can make for always-on people who find it harder to draw boundaries between work and home life, public and private. They may worry about their<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com\/definition\/english\/digital-footprint\" target=\"_blank\">digital footprint<\/a>, all the information that exists about them on the Internet as a result of their online activities<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/oupeltglobalblog.com\/2015\/12\/16\/how-digital-technology-is-changing-our-lives-and-our-language\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read full article<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 1\u00a0| January 4, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] New words that enter the language are a reflection of the way people\u2019s lives are changing. If we look at what is trending, we can see that new technology can bring with it new capabilities. There are wearables \u2013 computing devices that you can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","omw_enable_modal_window":"enable","ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"on","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,39,53,328,439],"tags":[1295],"class_list":["post-5597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elt-articles-and-research-papers","category-elt-newsletter","category-eltweekly","category-eltweekly-volume-8","category-volume-8-issue-1","tag-ict-in-elt","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5597\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}