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 .
