Even though texting offer tweens a quick means to send notes to friends and family it is blamed for poor language and grammar skills. Drew Cingel from Northwestern University said that tweens who frequently use language adaptations - techspeak - when they text, performed poorly on a grammar test. When tweens write in techspeak, they often use shortcuts, such as homophones, omissions of non-essential letters and initials, to quickly and efficiently compose ...Sunday, 29 July 2012
Texting Affects Tween's Grammar Skills
Even though texting offer tweens a quick means to send notes to friends and family it is blamed for poor language and grammar skills. Drew Cingel from Northwestern University said that tweens who frequently use language adaptations - techspeak - when they text, performed poorly on a grammar test. When tweens write in techspeak, they often use shortcuts, such as homophones, omissions of non-essential letters and initials, to quickly and efficiently compose ...
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