The influx of technology is having a negative impact on the quality of spoken and written language.

FOR THE MOTION

This school of thought argues that mobile devices, social media and other related technologies interfere with teaching and learning.
They talk about how students get distracted by their phones as they keeping sharing pictures and playing video games during contact hours, not to talk about those who use them to cheat in class.
They blame the many grammatical errors students make on the continuous use of “shorthand” or “WhatsApp” English when chatting online.
Mrs Betty Djokoto former headmistress of Wesley Girls High School speaks FOR the motion.

AGAINST THE MOTION

This school of thought argues that technology only mirrors who are in real life. There cannot, therefore, be an over-generalization because of a few isolated cases.
They talk about how word processing softwares help students to write better because of their advanced editing features.
They mention how students are using YouTube videos and vocabulary building tools to better their speaking and writing skills.
Madam Dorothy Gordon (Chairperson of the Intergovernmental Council, UNESCO Information for All Programme) speaks AGAINST the motion.