Abstract: This study aimed to determine the impact of texting on the written communication skills of college students of the Iloilo Science and Technology University –Dumangas Campus. The researcher used the self-made questionnaire in the gathering of data. .This study uses the quantitative method in the conduct of the survey and in the interpretation of the data.Results of the study revealed that the highest percentage of texters are ages 19 and below. This implies that teenagers constitute the great number of cell phone users. The results also revealed that the average frequency done by students in a day has no bearing on their spelling performance. Test results reveal that students performance is higher this and texting has no impact on them. Another findings revealed that only 1 to 10 persons have the highest frequency or persons texted in a day. This implies that frequent texters just connect to their friends and families for a purpose. Further results revealed that there is no significant relationship between the extent of texting and the student performance in their sentence structure. This also proved that student’s ability in writing and communication is given and texting have no impact on them.
Keywords: texting, communication, sentence structure, grammar, cellphones.
Title: TEXTING AND ITS IMPACT ON THE WRITTEN AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS
Author: MERLINDA C. BUENVIAJE, NERISSA S. LOPEZ
International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology Research
ISSN 2348-1196 (print), ISSN 2348-120X (online)
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