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Finnish and UK English Pre-Teen Children's Text Message Language and Its Relationship with Their Literacy Skills

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Plester, B.; Lerkkanen, M.-K.; Linjama, L. J.; Rasku-Puttonen, H.; Littleton, K. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2011

The aim of the study was to demonstrate the style of text language used by Finnish pre-teen texters (n = 65) and determine how their text language related to their traditional literacy skills, and compare descriptively these results with earlier results from work with young English texters. Three kinds of text messages (natural texts, elicited…

Descriptors: Literacy, Preadolescents, Language Styles, Language Usage