Browsing Grau en Estudis Anglesos by Keyword "slang"
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Show’em the Ropes: The Importance of Teaching ‘Slang’ in EFL Settings
Universitat Jaume I (2017-06-06)Slang has made its way into our everyday language and nowadays even dictionaries add words like Google, emoji and selfie. Slang language determines the way one community of speakers adapts to linguistic arising needs. ... -
Slang Knowledge among Spanish Students of English
Universitat Jaume I (2016-06-15)Defining and studying slang has always been a difficult task because of its oral use and limited written records. It is a lexicon known and used by native English communities of speakers but it is unknown the knowledge ... -
Too Cool for the School: EFL Learners’ Perception of SNS as Good Slang-Learning Spaces and their Views on English-Language Slang Inclusion in Instructed Contexts
Universitat Jaume I (2020-06-25)This study investigated the out-of-school contact with slang in Social Networking Sites (SNS) and the need for teaching English-language slang in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) instructional settings. In order to ...