ARTICLE: Children Are Using Emoji for Digital-Age Language Learning

[Ryan Goble]

By exposing kids to the rhythm of electronic conversations, emoji may be a useful precursor to reading—a way of acclimating kids to the digital reality of using symbols to communicate with people they care about. https://t.co/ZF5bMRYlFL

— WIRED (@WIRED) January 1, 2019

See also this, now classic #mcpop lesson - PLAYLIST: Decoding Symbolic Language Part 2 - 9 PDF PAGES OF FUN!