Study Sez Txt Msgs Make Kidz Gr8 Spellrz

Picknz writes "The Telegraph reports that researchers have found texting can improve literacy among pupils by giving them extra exposure to word composition outside the school day. According to the report, the association between spelling and text messaging may be explained by the 'highly phonetic nature' of the abbreviations used by children and the alphabetic awareness required for successfully decoding the words. 'It is also possible that textism use adds value because of the indirect way in which mobile phone use may be increasing children's exposure to print outside of school,' says the report. 'We are now starting to see consistent evidence that children's use of text message abbreviations has a positive impact on their spelling skills,' adds Professor Claire Wood. 'There is no evidence that children's language play when using mobile phones is damaging literacy development.'"

Comments

Re:Writing

[Kral_Blbec]

It's certainly an under-appreciated art being able to fit a concise, well-developed argument into 140 characters, including a link and a bun

What do delicious baked goods have to do with anything?

Re:Writing

[Joce640k]

It's a doggy dog world...

I must be an awesome speller

[Rob the Bold]

My spelling must be great, because I lived through the 8.3 DOS filename days.

Re:I must be an awesome speller

[TubeSteak]

My spelli~1 must be great, becaus~1 I lived throug~1 the 8.3 DOS filena~1 days.

Fixed that for you

Re:Writing

[lxs]

If you then ask them how many text / email / IM / blog / etc., nearly everyone will answer in the affirmative

-Billy, how many texts do you send each day?

-Absolutely!