Does Texting Affect Writing Michaela Cullington Summary
In “Does Texting Affect Writing?” by Michaela Cullington, Cullington states that texting will not influence the student’s writing skill (pg136). Nowadays, texting becomes an essential part of people’s everyday life. Some people think texting will have negative impacts on students by weakening their ability to write. On the other hand, some people argue that texting will perform positive effects on the student.
According to many teachers, student’s usage of textspeak, the abbreviation of some words, has lowered their ability to expressing emotions in writing since emoji can be easily used while texting (pg130). Also, some teachers mentioned that some students seem to omit the use punctuation because they do not use them while texting (pg131).
According to many teachers, student’s usage of textspeak, the abbreviation of some words, has lowered their ability to expressing emotions in writing since emoji can be easily used while texting (pg130). Also, some teachers mentioned that some students seem to omit the use punctuation because they do not use them while texting (pg131).