Students’ Insights about the Influence of Text Messaging on Academic Writing Skills

Authors

  • Azhar Ahmad M. Phil English Linguistics, Department of English Lahore Leads University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
  • Dr. Perveen Akhter Farhat Assistant Professor, Department of English Lahore Leads University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
  • Samia Maqbool Choudhary M. Phil English Linguistics, Department of English Lahore Leads University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47205/jdss.2022(3-IV)49

Keywords:

Academic Writing, Short-forms Writings, Standard English, Students Insights, Text-Messaging

Abstract

The aim of present study was to find out the students’ insights about the influence of text messaging on their academic writing skills. To complete this task the researchers employed cross sectional survey and adopted both qualitative and quantitative methods. An online questionnaire was developed to collect data. The population of the study was 10 universities of Gujranwala Division and the participants were both male and female students at graduate level. The sample size was 250 and sample technique was random. The data was collected by sending online link of the questionnaire through WhatsApp and email. Out of 250, 200 responses were received. Frequency and thematic analysis techniques were employed to analyze the collected data. The findings of the present study exposed that text messaging have influence on their academic writing skills. It was also revealed by the participants that they could save time and their habits force them to use short forms of text messaging in their academic writing

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Published

2022-12-12

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Ahmad, A., Akhter Farhat, P., & Maqbool Choudhary, S. (2022). Students’ Insights about the Influence of Text Messaging on Academic Writing Skills. Journal of Development and Social Sciences, 3(4), 522–533. https://doi.org/10.47205/jdss.2022(3-IV)49

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Vol. 3 No. 4 (2022): October to December

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