Study: Texting Does Not Affect Children’s Ability To Spell
University of Alberta Psychology professor Connie Varnhagen allayed fears of parents and educators that texting language may negatively affect the ability of students to spell.The proof is a comparison made by Varnhagen and her team of short messaging conversation among 40 Canadian students aged 12 to 17 and a spelling test. The study showed that good spellers maintained their spelling ability, whether they write words in a quiz or on their mobile phone in an abbreviated manner. However, those who were poor spellers also made text message errors despite the shortened form. Varnhagen cited the phrase "rolling on the floor laughing" normally spelled as "rotfl" in text messages. Good spellers would write it as "rotfl" when they send SMS, while poor spellers would misspell it in various ways like "ratfl."...Source
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