Effects of Using Cellular Phone in Writing Good and Correct Essay of Selected Grade 8 Students of Los Baã‘Os National High Schoo

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

This research was conceptualized to show and to learn the effects of using cellular phones in writing a good and correct essay of selected sophomores in Los Baños National High School. The researcher tried to find concrete answers to questions that will allow transparency of the result. Such factors like (1.) the amount of time spent in using cellular phones, (2) the way how the respondents uses their cell phone that can directly affect their writing skills, (3) does gaming, text messaging, face booking and other internet browsing portrays huge effects on the writing skills of an individual? (4) at what level can one cellular phone user be considered as to his writing skills, considering the content and the mechanism of writing, and (5) does use the cellular phone has its meaningful effect in the writing skills of students as to the following the writing mechanism.

METHODS

The researcher follows styles of the method in finding out answers to the queries that will be connected to its conclusions and recommendations. As to its title and its relation to the present time, modern technology has its best way in the realization of this research. Readings and data gatherings through the internet are widely been used to get important details from all over the world. Observation has been done to thoroughly understand respondents and detect how using cellular phones gives such effect in making a good and correct essay as to its meaning and grammar. With this method, any results either weak or strong points should be both presented to be the right way to identify the possible problems and its solutions. Frequency distribution and statistical percentage were used to analytical measurement on finding concrete data. The chi-square test was also used to measure the effects of using a cellular phone in writing good and correct essay in terms of reasons for using cellular phone and how much time was spent in using a cellular phone.

RESULTS

Results showthat the use of cellular phones has no significant effect in writing a good quality, meaningful, sensible and grammar correct essays. No amount of time spent in using a cellular phone as to how and why it is being used by the respondents have nothing to do with their good quality and correct constructions or composition of an essay.

DISCUSSIONS

This research finds out that there is no significant relationship with the use of the cellular phone in writing a good and correct essay. Even according to a research of Volkow, an hour of using cellphone can speed up brain activity. Though this research has found important results and realization to the researcher and other readers, it is best that this research becomes an instrument for further studies.