A Â鶹ֱ²¥ research study involving junior school children has concluded that better interpretation of digital textisms can improve their reading and language skills.<\/p>\n
The research by Associate Professor Genevieve Johnson in Curtin\u2019s School of Education has been published in the Internet Journal of Language, Culture and Society<\/i>.<\/p>\n
As part of the study, children in grades three through six translated five common abbreviations used in text messaging and completed two measures of Standard English literacy \u2013 reading fluency and sentence comprehension.<\/p>\n
\u201cWithout exception, those children who correctly defined textisms demonstrated superior skills in reading and comprehension than children who were unable to define common texting terms,\u201d Dr Johnson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe results add to a growing number of studies that conclude a positive association, if not effect, between \u2018digitalk\u2019 and traditional literacy across the life span.\u201d<\/p>\n
Similar findings have been suggested in other recent research, in contrast to teacher reports.<\/p>\n
Such research has focussed primarily on the use of mobile phones as opposed to precise comparison of pencil-and-paper tasks.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis study reduces confounds by asking children to respond to traditional reading test items and define common textisms in equivalent formats, under identical conditions,\u201d Dr Johnson said.<\/p>\n
The two child variables measured in the study were textism comprehension and standardised reading achievement. Both were calculated with a test booklet developed specifically for the study and completed by each child in the presence of their teacher.<\/p>\n
While considerable variability existed when assessing the children\u2019s comprehension of digital textisms, significant differences were evident in the reading fluency and sentence comprehension scores of the children who had correctly translated the textism.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe positive relationship between the children\u2019s ability to translate textisms and their standard reading achievement was evident, if not overwhelming,\u201d Dr Johnson said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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