Youth Language: Fire? Sick? Cold? Or is it cheugy?

[Jessica Fan]

Have a quick think about the reflective questions below in order to get the most out of the workshop:
1. Can you recall the particular terms you used as a teen – which your elders didn’t?
2. Do you agree that language changes adding and dropping terms over time?
3. Can you understand young people when they speak amongst themselves?
4. Is teaching youth-speak lowering standards?

[Jessica Fan]

Resources for youth speak
https://www.bl.uk/learning/resources/pdf/boom-ting.pdf (2011)

https://www.macmillandictionary.com/buzzword/entries/youth-speak.html (2019)

https://www.bark.us/blog/teen-text-speak-codes-every-parent-should-know/ (2021)

https://yourteenmag.com/family-life/communication/teen-jargon (nd)

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/features/2019/06/21/how-to-speak-like-one-sick-dude-your-handy-guide/ (2019)

https://www.readersdigest.co.uk/inspire/humour/youth-speak-slang-dictionary (nd)

Youth speak corpus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergen_Corpus_of_London_Teenage_Language
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/english-today/article/abs/exploring-the-shashification-of-teenage-slang/14E181A9AA4759F8A7111B3E0D0F5D43

– Neil Harris

[jaspreet.kaur]

What other approach can be used with very young learners to teach english?

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