CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Short Messaging System technology-commonly associated
with cellphone text messaging-have provided a range of
conveniences to society. However, with these modern-day advances
have some concerns about the impact of these transformative new
technologies on the standards of communication that have been
practiced for so long.
According to Alexander (2011) there are approximately 4.2
billion people across the globe and 60% human beings are active
texters. Due to the fact that SMS message must by technological
limitations, be frugal in word use, they also involved expanded use
of word manipulations carried over from over from Computer
Mediated Communication (CMC)-generated text messaging such as
Instant Messaging (IM) and chat language. To conserve spaces,
texters utilize more abbreviations and otherwise shortening of
words, dropping of letters, combining letters with symbols or
numbers to make an appropriate sound, and acronyms. (Rosen et
al., 2010).
According to 2009 report of the Philippines major
telecommunications company, an increase in the volume of test
message sent over the network last year, with the Philippine Long
Distance Telecom (PLDT) Group (which includes Smart, talk ‘N Text,
and Sun Cellular brand) reporting a massive 256.31 billion SMS sent
in June 2011 alone, while rival Globe Telecom reported recorded as
much as 19.2 billion text messages sent in a month last year. Due to
this fact, the Philippines become known as the “Text Capital of the
World” during the late 1990’s until the early 2000’s.
Nowadays, there have been issues concerning the youths’
excessive use of mobile phones. Since then, teens or teenagers are
said to have been using the shorthand method of texting, which
caused deterioration of their spelling and grammar proficiency.
Rosen et al., (2009) showed in her study that writing skills of
students who use the shorthand way of texting were worse than
those who rarely send text messages in shorthand form. However,
Laurilla (2009) found out that there is no difference between the
languafe proficiency of both cellular phone owners and non-owners.
Aside from that, among cellular owners, there is no significant effect
as to how frequent they use the shorthand method of texting.
Estuary (2007) said that the Filipino Youth use cellular phones
not only for communication purposes but also for maintaining their
relationship with other people. She added that texting feature in
cellular phone provide the Filipino youth the ability to show who they
are and to express what they feel. Youth send messages in shortcut
form and sometimes in incorrect grammar. Spelling and grammar
skills are important, not only academically, but also in
communicating others.
By looking this issue, the researchers wanted to find out the
impact of Short Messaging System on the spelling and grammar
skills of the First year Bachelor of Elementary Education (BEED) of
ASSCAT Trento Campus, Trento Agusan del Sur. Thus, this is now the
reason in conducting this research.
SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY
This study will be the barometer on how the Bachelor of
Elementary Education of ASSCAT Trento Campus, Trento Agusan del
Sur have manage to cope with a technological innovation
particularly the cellular phone. The result of this study will be
significant to the following:
To the School Administrator, who is policy –making bodies of
the school. Through the findings of this study, they can formulate
possible campus-wide policy concerning the usage of cellular phones
in the classroom.
To the Teachers, who guide students in learning process. The
result of this study will enable them to help and teach students on
the potential positive and negative impact of cell phone usage.
To the students, tis will pose awareness to the possible
impacts of Short Messaging System (SMS) on their spelling and
grammar skills. In this way students will become aware on the
proper usage of SMS.
To the Parents, who will be the ones to guide their children on
when to or when not to use shorthand way of writing and ones who
would take part in crafting and developing school cell phone policy.
To the Researchers, who wish to undertake similar study. The
findings of this study may provide information about the possible
impacts of Short Messaging System (SMS) on the spelling and
grammar skills of students.
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
This study aims to identify the different effects of text messaging
on the writing skills of the students and its effects on the people’s
everyday living. Specifically, the study seeks to find answers to the
following questions:
1. What is the impact of the text messaging to the BEED
students of ASSCAT Trento Campus?
2. What is the level of grammar skill of BEED students of
ASSCAT Trento Campus?
3. Is there significant effect of the text messaging on the
level of grammar skills of BEED student og ASSCAT Trento
Campus?
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The researcher wants to know the impact of Short Messaging
System (SMS) in BEED student of ASSCAT Trento Campus.
Specifically, the study seeks to:
1. Determine the impact of Short Messaging System (SMS) in
BEED student of ASSCAT Trento Campus.
2. Identify the level of grammar skill in BEED student of ASSCAT
Trento Campus.
3. Determine the significant effect of text messaging on the level
of grammar skills of BEED student of ASSCAT Trento Campus.
SCOPE AND DELIMINATION OF STUDY
This study will be conducted to the students of ASSCAT Trento
Campus is delimited to the Short Messaging System (SMS): Its
Impact on the Spelling and Grammar Skills of the first year student
of Bachelor of Elementary Education (BEED) of ASSCAT Trento
Campus, Trento Agusan del Sur.
TIME AND PLACE OF THE STUDY
This study will be conducted at ASSCAT Trento Campus, Trento
Agusan del Sur during the first semester of the Academic Year 2017-
2018.
The Agusan del Sur State College of Agriculture and
Technology (ASSCAT) is a state-controlled college in Bunawan,
Agusan del Sur the college continue to tune its baccalaureate
program to the country’s development needs. ASSCAT’s agricultural
programs support the provincial and regional thrust as spelled out
the CARAGA Medium Term Development Plan. As the years run
ASSCAT extended thei educational hand to Trento Agusan del Sur
and give students a chance to develop learning and to study in
Agusan del Sur State College of Agriculture and Technology Trento
Campus, Trento Agusan del Sur.
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
Independent Variable Dependent Variable
Short Messaging System Its Impact in Spelling and
(SMS) Grammar Skills
Figure 1. Conceptual Framework of the study.
The figure shows that the independent variable is the Short
Messaging System (SMS) and the dependent variable is its impact in
spelling and grammar skills.
CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
This section presented the aims at providing a strong
foundation to this study and literature or references gathered by the
researchers. It covers a review of existing relevant literatures which
explained according to its concern. Such as presented as to connect
the varied findings and theories in relation to the independent and
dependent variables.
Short Messaging System (SMS)
It was more than a decade since Riku Pihkonen sent the first
text message in 1993 (Goggin, 2006). And that occurred more than
a decade after the first cell phone service in the United States went
online in Chicago in 1978. Back then, technicians and inventors were
more concerned with making cellphone technology reflect landline
phone usage. Cellphone ownership for text messaging obviously
opened new markets for mobile phone companies and new concerns
for educators and researchers.
Instant Messaging (IM) emerged as popular tool of
communication among young people and Short Messaging System
(SMS) followed as the use of mobile technology developed. Since
both are text-based communications sent via digital technology,
they naturally have similarities but also very important differences.
Short Messaging System (SMS) messages include many of the
same abbreviated and otherwise shortened word and symbols, SMS,
by necessity of the limitations of the technology, incorporates more
of these shortened words. The fact that SMS messages primarily are
typed using the thumbs also dictates a need for brevity.
The key differences are that IMs are done on a computer and
offer more space for the message and a full keyboard to type it.
Text message, on the other hand, is sent via cellphone and generally
limits a sender to 160 characters including spaces (Kul, 2007).
Text messaging, or “texting”, occurs when asynchronous SMS-
generated message is sent from cellphone or another handheld
mobile device. The receiver of the message is not on the line with
the sender at the same time message is transmitted and the
recipient initiates a separate cell to respond to the messages.
(PCmag.com, 2009).
Among the reasons young people gravitated to test messaging
is it was a way of creating their own space, a place where adults
could be excluded, and it was convenient. They also found texting to
be a useful means of coordinating times and means for future
communication because it is quicker than other means of
communications (Smith, 2010).
CHAPTER III
METHODOLOGY
Research Design
The researchers use the descriptive correlation method.
According to Paul Bradburry (2015), descriptive correlation method
refers to a type of study in which information is collected without
making any changes to the study subject.
Tis method enables the researchers to examine the
relationship and the corresponding description of the factors being
presented in the study. It is also a kind of method which avoids any
direct changes in the environment of the study allowing the
researchers to conduct specific descriptive correlational methods
which will suit to the study they have chosen.
Respondent of the Study
The respondent of the study are the first year college students
of Bachelor of Elementary Education (BEED) of ASSCAT Trento
Campus, Trento Agusan del Sur Academic Year 2017-2018. The
respondents are systematically selected through _____________ the
use of from the total population of ______.
Research Instrument
The principal instrument for the data gathering is an adapted
questionnaire. The researchers use the questionnaire which was
formulated by Dr. Muhammad Naeem Mohsin et.al (2012).
This is to find out the impact of Short Messaging System (SMS)
on the spelling and grammar skills of the respondent.
Each respondent is given a checklist and asks to answer it
freely on that the researcher could identify and examine their
answer.
Data to be Gathered
A letter of permission from the school authorities was
signed and sent to the respondents by the researchers to conduct
the survey test.
The __ respondents were selected from Bachelor of Elementary
Education (BEED) of ASSCAT Trento Campus, Trento Agusan del Sur.
The researcher use __________________________
The researchers assured them that the result of the survey
would be treated with utmost protection and will be held
confidential. The researchers made a commitment to conduct the
survey at the convenient time of the respondents. During the
survey, the researchers gave a checklist to know the impact of short
Messaging System (SMS) on the spelling and grammar skills of the
clienteles.
The checklist was used to supplement the finding in the survey
test.
LITERATURE CITED
Alexander A. (2011). How reliant are college student on
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Craig, D. (2003). Instant Messaging: the language of youth
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Estuar, Ma. Regina. (2003). Let’ Talk About Txt!
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Manila University.
Goggin, G. (2004, January 12). “mobile text”. M/C: A Journal
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Kul, M. (2007). Phonology in Text Message. Poznan studies
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SHORT MESSAGING SYSTEM(SMS)ITS IMPACT ON THE
SPELLING AND GRAMMAR SKILLS OF BACHELOR OF
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION (BEED)
JERRY ANN A.OTERO
JUVY M. BELAR
APPLE E. JAPSAY
RONALD JAY E. JAPSAY
AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE
FACULTY OF
THE AGUSAN STATE COLLEGE OF AGRCULTURE
AND TECHNOLOGY, TRENTO CAMPUS,
FULFILLMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR
THE DEGREE OF
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ENGLISH
B C D E F
Use of the phone Alway ofte sometime Seldo Neve
s n s m r
1.Do you use mobile
phone frequently?
2.Do you prefer texting
to phone call for making
contact with your
acquaintances?
3.Do you refer shortened
words in texting to full
text/words/sentences?
4. Do you find shortened
words are time saving
and comfortable medium
for contact?
5. Do you use shortened
words other than given
in SMS dictionary?
6. Do you think
shortened words
sometimes get original
spelling skipped from
your mind when you are
to use them for
academic purposes?
7. Do you think you find
yourself engaged in
using such language
which is linguistically
inappropriate because of
the over use SMS?
8.Do you think over use
of SMS/texting does not
pave away to improve
speaking skill of English?
Perception effect of SMS
9. Do you think texting hampers
learning of the grammar of
second language ,i.e English?
10.Do you think others system of
second language are affected by
the over use of SMS?
11.Do you think sentence
construction is affected because
of the use of texting in which is
mostly not considered?
12. Do you think spelling,
grammar, and sentence structure
of the second language ,
English ,could be improved if not
written in shortened words?
13.Do you think over use of
texting badly affects writing skill?
14. Do you find difficulty in using
English in the exam?
15.Do you think writing full
worded language than SMS can
improve language skills speech
and writing?
