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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
This affects the language and the spelling skills of the pupils and some of
them cannot understand what word is it, unlike on how the pupils write their
thoughts and opinion in essay or their writing, there is, possibilities that the pupils
may confuse the proper spelling and the right word and also the English
educators may face a big challenge of this situation to correct their grammar and
spelled words. Therefore, this study aims to know the impact of sms language in
the spelling skills of the texter and non-texter.
The main purpose of this study, was to determine the impact of spelling
skills of texter and non-texter of the grade 5 pupils of Stratford International
School.
1.1 Gender
1.2 Age
2. What are the differences of standard language and the SMS language?
3. How SMS language does affects the spellings skills of the texter and non-
texter?
Significant of the study
The result of this study will give valuable insight to the following:
To the School Principal, the result of the study will give awareness of the
possible effects on the way on how to write the correct words or spelling skills of
the pupil.
To the English Educators, the result of this study may serve as a guide
on how to correct the proper way of writing the correct words or spelling of the
pupils, to know the correct grammar and usage of English language.
To the Parents, the result of the study will be the awareness of the
changes on how the pupils change their way of writing and to be a notice to all
that this may affect the spelling skill of a child.
To the Researcher herself, may the findings of the study be a guide and
basis to her profession as a teacher in the future.
This study is delimited to the impact of SMS language and spellings skills
of texter and non-texter only. The study is delimitation to the texter who use
style in the Philippines. The respondents of this study are the selected grade 5
defined operational:
Texter- a person who uses and send shortcut or short messages and jejemon.
young ones.
SMS- short message service is a texting style and abbreviated language that
make the word shorter and commonly used with mobile phone and
communication.
Spelling- the process or activity of writing or naming the letters of a word and the
way a word is spelled.