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The Decrease in Literacy Due to Texting Deion McCarter Carlos Fuentes Piyapan Oonthonpan Brian Cogley Ho Bailey Perkins James Stacey Edwin Meza Arriaga

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Page 1: Texting Decreases Literacy Skills

The Decrease in LiteracyDue to Texting

Deion McCarterCarlos Fuentes

Piyapan OonthonpanBrian Cogley Ho

Bailey PerkinsJames Stacey

Edwin Meza Arriaga

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Introduction

• Key Topics– Grammar– T9 & Auto Correct– Text Slang– Length– Punctuation Errors

• Increase in Text Messaging among Young• Decrease in Social & Literacy Skills

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Grammar Case Studies

• Kemp & De Jonge in Australia– 105 students total• 53 University Students• 52 High School Students

– Series of Tests• Spelling• Reading• ‘Translation’

– Negative correlation between textisms and scores

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Grammar Case Studies Continued

• Australian Study– 243 children included– Tests given included:• Spoken Comprehension• Grammatical Comprehension• Spelling Ability

– Capitalization and Punctuation errors• As length of text increased

– Choosing correct rule for pseudoword

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Auto-Correct• Context of the Word– Changed Meaning– ‘Intend’ to ‘Nintendo’– ‘I’m leaving now’ to ‘I’m

leaving you’• Increase in Misspelled

Words– Students rely on spell check

• Removes the Need to Pay Attention

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Formality & Etiquette

• Letter– Home & Address Bar– Body– Ending

• Email– Name– Subject Line– Body– Closing

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Acronyms & Text Slang• Increase in Text Speed– You into ‘u’

• National University of Ireland Maynooth– 936 text messages collected– 25% of word content used

incorrect spelling• Abbreviations not

Uncommon– Could work their way into

classroom

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Punctuation Errors

• American University Study– Correct punctuation

in 39% of texts– Ending punctuation

in 29% of texts

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Punctuation Errors Continued

“Punctuation errors are huge, and apostrophe errors. Students seem to have absolutely no idea what an apostrophe is for. None. Absolutely none.”

Proffessor Paul Budra

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Closing Argument• Many Factors have Contributed – Texting is Popular

• Negative Habits– Spelling Errors– Poor Etiquette – Acronyms/Slang– Punctuation Errors

• Decrease in Professionalism• Do not let it Decrease Your Literacy

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Citations• Brevity

– https://www.diigo.com/list/bryalexander/Breviety

• Acronyms & Text Slang– Martin, A. (2013, August 17). Texting slang creeps into student writing. News-

JournalOnline.com. Retrieved July 14, 2014, from http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20130817/NEWS/130819461

– Lyddy, F., Farina, F., Hanney, J., Farrell, L., & O'Neill, N. (2013, November 14). An Analysis of Language in University Students' Text Messages†. An Analysis of Language in University Students' Text Messages. Retrieved July 14, 2014, from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jcc4.12045/abstract

• Autocorrect– University of Alabama at Birmingham. (2014, May 19). Could texting and

autocorrect affect kids' writing skills?. ScienceDaily. Retrieved July 14, 2014 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/05/140519160531.htm

– Laura Clark (Published: 18:51 EST, 21 May 2012 | Updated: 19:27 EST, 21 May 2012) Auto-correct generation can't spell common words such as 'necessary' and 'separate'. Retrieved July 14, 2014 from http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2147843/Auto-correct-generation-spell-common-words-necessary-separate.html

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Citations Continued• Grammar Case studies

– Wood, C., Kemp, N., Waldron, S., & Hart, L. (2014). Grammatical understanding, literacy and text messaging in school children and undergraduate students: A concurrent analysis. Computers & Education, 70281-290. doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2013.09.003

– De Jonge, S., & Kemp, N. (2012). Text-message abbreviations and language skills in high school and university students. Journal Of Research In Reading, 35(1), 49-68. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9817.2010.01466.x

• Punctuation Errors– Kelly, S. (2010, February 1). Texting, Twitter, contributing to student's poor

grammar skills profs say. . Retrieved July 14, 2014, from http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/texting-twitter-contributing-to-students-poor-grammar-skills-profs-say/article4304193/

– Crair, B. (2013, November 25). The Period is Pissed. . Retrieved July 14, 2014, from http://www.newrepublic.com/article/115726/period-our-simplest-punctuation-mark-has-become-sign-anger

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Image Citations• ‘No Cell Phones’-

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/No_cellphone.svg/250px-No_cellphone.svg.png

• ‘Texting’ in Grammar Slide - http://www.edudemic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/texting.jpg

• ‘Test’ - http://www.bubblews.com/assets/images/news/1170542958_1366368454.jpg• ‘Auto-correct 1’ – http://natepk.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/autocorrect.jpg • ‘Auto-correct 2’ - http://bkhorton.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/AutoCorrect2.jpg • ‘Texting Aliens’ -

http://writestepswriting.com/Blog/tabid/241/EntryId/17/New-Study-Text-Messaging-May-Harm-Grammar-Skills.aspx

• ‘American University Logo’ – http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/amer/sports/genrel/auto_player/625061.jpeg

• ‘Let’s Eat Grandma’ - http://www.buzzfeed.com/aj8/19-jokes-only-grammar-nerds-will-understand-cfe3

• ‘I want you’ - http://digitaldialoguemag.blogspot.com/p/txtng-ltrcy-u-dcd-does-texting-equal.html