SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE

Name:_________________________________
(Optional)

Part I. Profile of the Respondents

Please check the following according to your profile.
Age:
[] 15 [] 16 [] 17 [] 18 [] Above: ______
Grade Level:
[] Grade 11 [] Grade 12

Senior High School Strand:

[] CBAE [] MARITIME [] BSED [] BEED [] IT
Gender:
[] Male [] Female
Number of Years in Using Cellular Phone:
[] 1-3 years [] 4-6 years [] 7-9 years [] others
Average Hours of Texting per Day:
[] 1-2 hours [] 3-4 hours [] 5-6 hours [] 7-8 hours
Average Text Messages sent per Day:
[] 1-10 messages [] 11-20 messages
[] 21-30 messages [] 31 messages and above
Purpose of Texting: Check all that is applicable.
[] Family Matters [] Friends Chitchat [] Academic/School Matters
[] Business Transactions [] Others: _______________
Part II. Characteristics and Statements on Textism
A. Please check the following characteristics of Textism according to how
often you use them in composing a text.

Legend:
4 – Most of the time
3 – Sometimes
2 – Rarely
1 – Never

Characteristic Example 4 3 2 1
1) Shortenings bro for brother
tues for Tuesday
2) Contractions plz for please
watcha for what are you
3) G-clippings goin for going
doin for doing
4) Other clippings hav for have
wil for will
5) Omitted cant for can’t
apostrophes
dads for dad’s
ur for your/you’re
6) Omitted articles Omission of both the and a/an
7) Acronyms and asap for as soon as possible
initialisms
wru for where are you
wud as what you doing
8) Symbols and @ for at
emoticons & for and
# for number
 or <3
9) Letter and number 2moro for tomorrow
homophones
b4 for before
10) Non-conventional fone for phone
spellings
rite for right/write
skool for school
11) Informal tone and Informal address such as Hi
register instead of Dear and slang
terms used
12) Lack of At the beginning of a sentence
capitalization or for proper nouns
13) Lack of punctuation Missing commas and full stops
 B. Please check the following statements about Textism according to how
much it affects your English language acquisition.

Legend:
4 – Most of the time
3 – Sometimes
2 – Rarely
1–Never

Statement 4 3 2 1
1. Textism teaches me to use shortcuts whenever I do
texting.
2. Textism affects my reading abilities.
3. I resort to Textism in writing essays, assignments,
notes, emails or writing in general.
4. Textism affects my accuracy in writing words with
correct spelling.
5. Textism is the reason why I have experienced
forgetting the correct grammar when writing school
works.
6. Textism is the factor for those instances where I have
experienced forgetting the correct punctuation when
writing school works.
7. Textism affects my understanding of academic
language.
8. Textism hinders my ability to write correct spelling,
grammar and punctuation when texting.
9. Textism helps me a lot in sending information.
10. Textism is part of my practice whenever I do texting.