Texting has become an immense part of this generation. The mobile phone is how American teens communicate, with more growth in this area than in any other way of communicating: from 2006 to 2009 texting went from 51% to 72% while face to face communication only rose 2% (Uhls). These studies show that within 3 years the percentage of people who use text messaging has risen by 21%. While in those same 3 years the amount of communication that happens while face to face with a peer has only risen by 2%. 21% of children who are in Kindergarten, first grade and second grade have use of a cell phone (Uhls). These studies show how much more important technology and texting has become in the lives of not only young adults and teens but within the lives
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Text messaging have a positive effect on the students who use more complex sentence structures, increased vocabulary and as well as uses the correct capitalization and punctuation. “Students are primed in high school to know this is the way they show [their ability] to communicate in college,” Allman says. “My sense is that students certainly see a difference between their social media communication and writing for a college essay (Lytle).” Although some students do not realize that there is a difference between social media and writing a paper for their school work, many students do know that there is a time when it is acceptable to use internet language and when it is unacceptable. Children 10-12 who used “textisms” (words that are abbreviated in texts) and reading ability and it was POSITIVE (Uhls). This study shows that texting does not affect the literacy of student in a negative way. It affects them in a more positive way than it does negative. Although these students are using abbreviations while they are texting or on social media, the students are using the correct language while doing school work and while writing …show more content…
Many studies show that high school students that use instant messaging and text messaging a lot not only use the internet language while on social media but they continue to use this language during school. This affects student because they do not understand that this is a problem in their generation and the students do not understand that there is a time and that there is a place for internet language and that there is a time and there is a place to use the correct English language. If technology was not improving and becoming more and more popular every single day this might not be an issue. Studies show that every year the amount of communication through cellular devices is much higher than the amount of face to face communication. Teachers have seen a change in the way that the students write their papers. The teachers see that the students do not know how to use to correct punctuation and the students do not know what words should be capitalized in a sentence and what words should be left uncapitalized. Students do not know how to write a school paper because they are so used to using the internet language. The internet language is what they have began to write with while they are completing school work and school papers. Therefore this shows that texting is affecting the literacy of high school students in a negative
Text messaging have a positive effect on the students who use more complex sentence structures, increased vocabulary and as well as uses the correct capitalization and punctuation. “Students are primed in high school to know this is the way they show [their ability] to communicate in college,” Allman says. “My sense is that students certainly see a difference between their social media communication and writing for a college essay (Lytle).” Although some students do not realize that there is a difference between social media and writing a paper for their school work, many students do know that there is a time when it is acceptable to use internet language and when it is unacceptable. Children 10-12 who used “textisms” (words that are abbreviated in texts) and reading ability and it was POSITIVE (Uhls). This study shows that texting does not affect the literacy of student in a negative way. It affects them in a more positive way than it does negative. Although these students are using abbreviations while they are texting or on social media, the students are using the correct language while doing school work and while writing …show more content…
Many studies show that high school students that use instant messaging and text messaging a lot not only use the internet language while on social media but they continue to use this language during school. This affects student because they do not understand that this is a problem in their generation and the students do not understand that there is a time and that there is a place for internet language and that there is a time and there is a place to use the correct English language. If technology was not improving and becoming more and more popular every single day this might not be an issue. Studies show that every year the amount of communication through cellular devices is much higher than the amount of face to face communication. Teachers have seen a change in the way that the students write their papers. The teachers see that the students do not know how to use to correct punctuation and the students do not know what words should be capitalized in a sentence and what words should be left uncapitalized. Students do not know how to write a school paper because they are so used to using the internet language. The internet language is what they have began to write with while they are completing school work and school papers. Therefore this shows that texting is affecting the literacy of high school students in a negative