ISSN: 2984-7176 (Print) | 2984-7184 (Online)
PUBLISHER: Guild of Educators in TESOL International Institute
PUBLICATION FORMAT: Online
FREQUENCY: Quarterly (Feb, May, Aug, Nov)
LANGUAGE: English | Filipino
ESTABLISHED: 2023
VOLUME: 1
ISSUE: 1
PUBLICATION DATE: February 2023
AUTHOR(S): Schandler Louise M. Dolba, Sean Lloyd Terence M. Dolba
Central Luzon State University, Technological University of the Philippines
The use of mobile devices has generated a new way of communication by using unique abbreviations and grammatical shortcuts. This method of communicating has been commonly used by teenagers to socialize with other people in their generation. The use of these texts has alarmed parents and teachers. This study was conducted to discover the correlation of this method of communication called “Tech Speak” to a student’s English proficiency. The researcher has surveyed grade 10 students, that has a total of 28 students, at Santiago National high school. The researcher used 10 words that are commonly misspelled as a parameter of the spelling test to measure the proficiency of both techspeak and non-techspeak students. The results yield an average of 8 and 7.7, thus making the students using Tech Speak more proficient in spelling than the students that are categorized as non-techspeak. The findings have led the researchers to conclude that the use of techspeak has no negative effects but rather it improves the student’s spelling proficiency.
Spelling proficiency, Textism, Mobile Devices, University Students, Second Language Acquisition, Variables, English proficiency
Dolba, S. L., & Dolba, S. L. T. (2023). Correlation of Using Techspeak to the Spelling Proficiency of Grade 9 Junior High School Students Enrolled in Sta. Peregrina High School. GET International Research Journal. 1(1), 1-9.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7623866
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