American Slang

[aydub]

I used a few of the ideas and some of the materials from this chain to make my own lesson on American slang.  I teach high school first-graders, and the lesson has been going well with them.  It covers greetings and some additional slang.  I've also attached a dialogue worksheet to go along with the second video (there's just a link for this video because I couldn't insert it into the slide).

So I used this power point presentation for my lesson as well (thank you thank you thank you!) but my students are lower level middle school, so I created a new worksheet to go with the presentation. Its very  basic, just a draw the line to the definition and fill in the blank format. No answer key, but pretty self explanatory.

[klorptar]

Good job creating this lesson and sharing.

However, to say if you speak slang people will think you are foolish is untrue.
Slang is spoken regardless of the region you live in, your age or economic standing.

I will take out "za" as I have never heard that before by anyone living in the US. Not to say that it isn't spoken, but it is not common enough to be taught as if it is. To call a pizza a "pie" is much more common.

I made this lesson last year as something to do after their exams. I told them they could choose what we would do the following week, and this is what they wanted to do. I included the disclaimer because I didn't want them to use them with strangers. I think those things are perfectly fine for friends, but I don't think they're appropriate to use with strangers. Also, 'za' may be a colloquialism. I'm from the south.

[adamwatch]

There is enough poor quality English in Korea already without adding to it with slang!

Would you Adam and Eve it!

Adam

[aydub]

Whether slang is poor quality or not, the fact remains that the majority of the English speaking world uses slang in their day to day, so for students to be able to develop conversation skills with native English speakers, they need to have a background in the most common slang used. Further the poor quality English is a product of Koreans, not native English speakers.

[kellym]

i have made a prezi for this lesson.

http://prezi.com/sxibnqu_3kq7/american-slang/

i focus mainly on slang that has made it's way into everyday conversation - not words that are trends or fads - and then text slang at the end.

i have included "you suck" in this lesson. i know that people have been having issues with this previously, but as far as i'm concerned the middle schoolers i teach use words MUCH WORSE than that in both english and korean, so i'm not too worried about it.

~enjoy^^

[Nishi]

Would be nice to learn some new slang words.
Would like to use after 3rd grade exams.
Kids get so bored with text book lessons.
I think it may be exciting.
Thank you for the PPT.

[blgrant]

Read another post where someone mentioned doing "slang of the day". I love this idea, because so many students use quite formal (and rehearsed) words. Will be nice to hear them talking like teenagers. I figure its just quid pro quo, as they have been teaching me their korean teenage slang. (bwing bwing).

[sammythehurd]

absolutely psyched to build around this idea when english camp time rolls around, thanks!

[oxoboxo]

I really like the idea of teaching them different handshakes!

Recently I've taught my students the meaning for fly kicks by using the songs Rocketeer by Far East Movement and Pumped Up Kicks by Foster The People.

[jamster]

klorptar: The ppt was great. Thanks for the idea. My kids loved it.