Internet slang thesis

Slang is common among students, and unfortunately it has moved from online communication to student assignments. According to a study involving around 700 students between the ages of 12 to 17, 85% of them are actively using at least one form of electronic communication, whether through instant messaging, text messaging, or social media.

There have been debates amongst teachers and scholars regarding the effects of Internet Slang used in secondary education (Krupnick, 2010; Tilley, 2009). According to a Nielsen poll conducted in late 2008, teens in the United States send and receive, on average, 80 texts daily, a number that doubled in only one year. (Tilley, 2009).

The Cambridge Online Dictionary defines slang as “Very informal language that is used especially in speech by particular groups of people and which sometimes includes words that are not polite” (“Slang”, 2015). Social networking has allowed these communities to develop their own language (Tellaria, 2012, p. 2).

Finally, the study will contribute to the body of existing literature and knowledge to this field of study and basis for further research. The study on the influence of internet slangs on the academic achievement of secondary school students is limited to essay writing in English language.