Texting may improve children’s spelling and grammar because using abbreviations such as ‘gr8’ makes them think about language phonetically, a study found. Scientists claim the research dispells myths ...

Digital devices are a "pervasive aspect of children's daily lives". They offer opportunities as well as risks say the researchers Children's unorthodox spelling and grammar while texting does not stop ...

RU4 reels???? A University of Toronto report shows that text messaging is giving people, specifically teenagers, a strong grasp of grammar. This is kind of hard to believe given that most text ...

Text messaging offer tweens a short cut to send notes to friends and family, but it could also subvert language and grammar skills, point out researchers. Text messaging offer tweens a short cut to ...

Children's unorthodox spelling and grammar while texting does not stop them learning the rules of formal English, suggests research. Just over 160 children, aged between eight and 16, from the West ...

If you have teens, you've probably grown accustomed to seeing them lighted by the glow of a phone screen. Well, there's some good and bad news coming from the hours they spend speed-tapping notes to ...

Text messaging shortcuts often used by tweens — children between the ages of 10 and 14 — can lead to the decline of language and grammar skills according to researchers at Pennsylvania State ...

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