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Text-messaging practices and links to general spelling skill: A study of Australian children
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posted on 2023-05-17, 07:37 authored by Bushnell, C, Nenagh KempNenagh Kemp, Martin, FHThis study investigated 10- to 12-year-old Australian children’s text-messaging practices and their relationship to traditional spelling ability. Of the 227 children tested, 82% reported sending text-messages; a median of 5 per day. Use of predictive and multi-press entry methods was roughly equal. Children produced a wide range of text-message abbreviations (textisms) (M = 53%) when asked to re-write a list of 30 conventionally-spelt words as they would in a text-message to a friend. The proportion of textisms produced was significantly positively correlated with general spelling ability, which fits with previous findings of positive relationships between children’s textism use and literacy.
History
Publication title
Australian Journal of Educational & Development PsychologyVolume
11Pagination
27-38ISSN
1446-5442Department/School
School of Psychological SciencesPublisher
University of NewcastlePlace of publication
AustraliaRights statement
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