"If we are seeing a decline in literacy standards among young children, it is in spite of text messaging, not because of it" - Dr. Clare WoodA lot of parents commonly believe that texting is creating bad spellers. From the BBC comes an article reporting that this is untrue - that kids who text a lot may actually benefit from the exercise.
These latest findings of an ongoing study at the University of Coventry contradict any expectation that prolonged exposure to texting will erode a child's ability to spell.
Instead it suggests that pupils who regularly use text language - with all its mutations of phonetic spelling and abbreviations - also appear to be developing skills in the more formal use of English.
Read the entire article at the BBC.
That's an interesting article, Shane. Thanks for posting it.
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