Text Messaging and Literacy - The Evidence
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Text Messaging and Literacy - The Evidence

  1. 144 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Text Messaging and Literacy - The Evidence

About this book

"Well thought out and timely. This is the leading group in the world working on texting and literacy, and they have a strong track record of publications. It would also be the first book, as they say, to deal with the subject at an academic level. The focus on education is important, as this is where most of the anxieties lie. It will be a major st

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Yes, you can access Text Messaging and Literacy - The Evidence by Clare Wood,Nenagh Kemp,Beverly Plester in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Education & Education General. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9780415687157
eBook ISBN
9781136620706
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Education General

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Routledge Psychology in Education
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Table of Contents
  7. List of illustrations
  8. About the authors
  9. Preface
  10. Acknowledgements
  11. 1 Mobile phone use and the rise of texting
  12. 2 The media furore
  13. 3 The links between children's spelling, reading and texting
  14. 4 Does mobile phone use facilitate literacy development?
  15. 5 Texting and literacy skills in adolescents and young adults
  16. 6 Understanding children's mobile phone behaviours in relation to written language abilities
  17. 7 Texting and grammar
  18. 8 Methodology matters
  19. 9 Lessons learned and the future of texting
  20. Appendix A: Mobile phone use questionnaire
  21. Appendix B: Coding textisms
  22. Appendix C: The coding of grammatical errors
  23. References
  24. Index