This paper reports on a study which investigated the relationship between Jamaican children’s texting practice, their knowledge of text messaging writing systems and their ability to write in Standard English. In this study 72 nine- to ten-year-old children from four different schools in the same parish in Jamaica provided information on their texting behaviour by writing an essay, composition, or a few sentences using a chosen text messaging writing system. They were also asked to translate this text message to Standard English.

This study was designed to examine how teachers used the Internet in the teaching and learning process. It investigated the work of primary teachers from New York, the United States of America and Kingston, Jamaica. The literature review includes research regarding how teachers used different Internet resources in their practice.