SMS and Instant Messaging Help Teens with Grammar

7:30 am on August 5, 2006 | Category: Cell Phones, Messaging, Mobile Devices, Web Services

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Linguistics researchers at the University of Toronto have discovered that new communication technologies such as instant messaging and SMS are actually helping teenagers develop their spelling and grammar skills.

Teens are showing their ability to use a mastery of both formal and informal language when chatting online or via a cell phone.

“What these kids are doing is showing us that they have a really good command of the English language, so much so that I was really blown away by how fluidly they operate,” commented linguistics professor, Sali Tagliamonte, of the University of Toronto. “[Parents] might as well worry about who those kids are talking to, not how they are saying what they are saying.”

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