Text-Messaging Practices and Links to General Spelling Skill: A Study of Australian Children

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      University of Newcastle. School of Education, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia. e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://www.newcastle.edu.au/group/ajedp
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      12
    • Subject Terms:
      Spelling; Foreign Countries; Telecommunications; Handheld Devices; Correlation; Literacy; Questionnaires; Statistical Analysis; Children
    • Subject Terms:
      Australia
    • ISSN:
      1446-5442
    • Abstract:
      This study investigated 10- to 12-year-old Australian children's text-messaging practices and their relationship to traditional spelling ability. Of the 227 children tested, 82% reported sending text-messages; a median of 5 per day. Use of predictive and multi-press entry methods was roughly equal. Children produced a wide range of text-message abbreviations (textisms) (M = 53%) when asked to re-write a list of 30 conventionally-spelt words as they would in a text-message to a friend. The proportion of textisms produced was significantly positively correlated with general spelling ability, which fits with previous findings of positive relationships between children's textism use and literacy. (Contains 3 tables.)
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    • Number of References:
      26
    • Publication Date:
      2011
    • Accession Number:
      EJ941319