The Effect of text-Messaging on Academic Writing among Secondary School Students

Abstract

This study investigates the impact of text-messaging on the academic writing among Secondary School students. The researcher adopts descriptive and empirical analytical approaches as far as data collection and discussion are concerned.The researcher sets test for students and a questionnaire for teachers to see the impact of text-messaging on the writing performance of Sudanese Secondary School students.To analyze the data, the researcher has used the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). The findings of the study revealed thatText- messaging have a negative impact on the students, writing skill. Spelling is really changed among student's writing. No punctuation marks are used. Devoting adequate time for more writing and practicing various activities can improve the translators' performance. All the students’ answers include linguistic errors which are due to their modern textmessaging . Based on the findings stated above the researcher offers the following recommendations: Grammar should be set as a unit either by giving the exact writing if it exists appropriate one . Because texts messaging are not universal, students need to know the exact sign . Punctuation is a very important feature of written language, so when dealing with text- messaging a sentence it is recommended to recognize the place of the punctuation marks that determine the intended meaning. Teachers and students should give adequate time for practicing writing skills .