Just learned that a study in Britain has found that there is a positive association between how many “textisms” (SMS abbreviations) that 10- 12-year-old students use and the children’s word reading, vocabulary, and phonological awareness measures...sample size of 88 children but significant findings nonetheless.
Plester, B., Wood, C., Joshi, P., (2009), Exploring the relationship between children's knowledge of text message abbreviations and school literacy outcomes. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 27, 1, 145-161.
I am currently working on a paper/design that attempts to put this part of the "shift" into practice...
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