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ABSTRACT
Social media networks such as Facebook (FB), WhatsApp and SMS have made in-roads into all spheres of human life bringing forth a revolution in mobile communication networking and in sending short messages services (SMS). Writing on the social media networks requires creativity and skill. This is to maximize the use of the text message page, reduce the cost of sending the message and also belong to using ‘text-speak’ which is often associated with informal usage. The worry is how this is affecting the usage of Nigerian students’ performance in written English. This essay examined the prevalence of msspelt words, use of slangs, abbreviations and looked at social media in relation to its impact on students’ written English. The data consist mainly of research questions which were used to receive response the students. These were analysed using likert 4-scale analysis. Finding indicated that social media language is gradually and steadily encroaching students’ writing. Based on this, the essay recommended among others that teachers, who have not been doing so, should identify and correct students’ errors immediately. Students should also be given drills in spelling, use of grammar and punctuation.
