Does Texting Have a Negative Influence on Written Language?

Also in text 1, the conversation began with a simple "wuu 2" and recently indicated that the two teenagers are close friends. "Wuu 2" is a combination of digital homonyms and compressed languages. This shows the various abbreviations used by teenagers when sending text messages. In text 2 it is clear that this conversation is different from teenage conversation. This is because the dialogue between the two adults becomes more formal without using slang and abbreviations. In text 2, adults do not use slang, do not shorten their words, they will not try to reduce words to save money.

The SMS language is an English slang used as a means of text messaging. This habit may affect the ability of the students' writing skills. The main purpose of this research is to determine the viewpoints of English (native language) educators in the 8th and 9th grades of Gauten about the possibility of influence of the SMS language on certain aspects of the student's writing language skills It was. If the educator feels the impact, I will also investigate my view on the extent and nature of the impact. Quantitative research using questionnaires The sample of the design participants included 22 educators who attended the second independent school in Gauten in South Africa. The results show that most educators believe that the SMS language will adversely affect the writing power of learners of 8th and 9th graders. This effect is thought to occur in learner spelling, punctuation, and sentence length.

Only one educator (4.6%) (n = 1) thought that SMS language did not think that it had a bad influence on the writing ability of the learner. Educators point out that in an independent school the learner understands the registration so that the appropriate language will be used for the task in front of you. Registrants are language changes affected by specific circumstances (Owens, 2005). According to Oxford Advanced Learning Dictionary (2006), the style and level of composition suitable for a particular situation is correct registration. Registration of a writing task can be switched between formal and informal writing style. The SMS language is considered an English proverb (SMS language). Proverbs are defined as "very informal words and expressions, more common in spoken language" (Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary, 2006). Using the SMS language (slang in English), there is a possibility to convert academic formal text into a more informal format.