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Introduction
Research Question: The effect of text messages on students writing skills at the University of the West Indies. This Topic has intrigued the researchers interest and as a result this proposal will be investigating how text messaging and the affects the writing skills of students that attend the University of the West Indies.
This topic is indeed worth studying because of the poor English skills that students are experiencing. I have also had personal experience where as a result of texting my writing skills have been negatively affected. English is the accepted language and as University Studies we are expected to have a good command of it. However there are different factors that can affect this. The research would like to find out how texting affects this, as when we text we spell and structure words differently. Some persons are not able to manage the change when they should write their papers in school because they are acquainted to write a particular way. So this is why the researcher thinks that it is worth studying as this will allow us to identify the effect of texting and to see if we can provide possible solutions so that these problems can be alleviated.
The terms that the researcher wishes to identify are Texting, writing skills and students. Texting according to ask.com is define as the sending of short text messages between cell phones, pagers or other hand held devices, messages are sent through (SMS) Short message service. According to ask.com, writing skills is the ability to communicate effectively and clearly to express idea thought and feeling. Students refer to a set of individuals who attends an academic institution for formal learning.
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11) How will texting affect the academic development of the persons that are affected by texting?

12) Do you think that texting is on the increase?

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Reference
Tamasezewski, J. ( 2011). Do texting and cyber crime harm students. Education World Association Edition. Retrieved from http:// www.educationworld.com.

O’Connor, A. (2012) Instant messaging Friend or Foe of student writing. Retrieved from http:// www.education.jhu.edu.

Lepi, K. (2013). New study shows if texting actually affects Grammar. Retrieved from http://www.edudemic.

Douglas, L. (August 26, 2012). Texting threatens Writing in English. Retrieved from http://www.jamaicaobserver.com.

Milagres, S.M. (2011).Students use of text messaging and their learning experiences. Retrieved from http://www.nssa.us.com.

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