Language, Culture and Society Lesson Plan
Language, Culture and Society Lesson Plan
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explain what is slang, and differentiate what is the slang word and what is the root word.
Performance Standard: The students will be able to perform slang in accurate places and not be
ignorant about it.
I. Learning Standard
Theme: Slang
Materials:
Marker
Prayer
Greetings
Classroom Management
Checking of attendance
Motivation/Energizer
A. Activity
B. Analysis
1. What does the image convey?
2. How do you define linguistic prejudice in your own insight?
3. Is linguistic prejudice still observed in schools today? why or why not?
C. Abstraction/Discussion
Linguistic prejudice is a form of prejudice in which people hold implicit biases about others based on
the way they speak.
Directions:This game is called “Word Game” I'll give you a category and you will give me a word that
fits in that category. The person who doesn't know the answer will be eliminated, and also the
person who copy the answer of others will be eliminated, again NO repeating answer.
C. III. Discussion
WHAT IS SLANG?
A FORMAL DEFINITION:
CHARACTERISTICS OF SLANG:
Colloquial – slang is almost always spoken. When it is written it is used to convey the flavor
of spoken language. For example: dialogues in novels
Not standard – informal. Often not acceptable in formal situations.
Restricted –
• Variable in 3 ways: By region American vs. Australian slang o Breeder in San Francisco o
Bouncing beef in Sydney
• Variable: Gender
In Austria
• Variable: Time
Groovy (1960s)
Main squeeze (1950s)
One generation’s slang becomes the next generation’s standard language.
Bus form omnibus
Zoo from zoological garden
Piano from pianoforte
Jazz
Pig (policeman)
Beat it was used by Shakespeare and is still considered slang.
• Pot: marijuana
• Mass media
• Movies
• TV
• Fashion
• Music
• Cabbage: money
• Borrowing words from other languages: cushy = comfortable, Yadda yadda = and so on
• Being imaginative with words: Taxed = mugged or robbed, Gimme some skin = let’s shake
WHY DO PEOPLE USE SLANG?
• To exclude others
• To be secretive
• Especially lower classes, groups that are outside the main society, subcultures, etc
QUIZ :
Answers :
1. B
2. B
3. C
4. A
5. C
6. B
7. C
8. A
9. A
10. B
D. Application/Groupings
Directions: This game is going to be played by group, each group will be given a time to
think of their group chant. After that you will be given an envelope that contains group of
letters, you are going to arrange it and form a word and then when you're done you need to
shout and dance the chant you've made and explain the word to us, the first group to finish
will win.
(RUBRICS)
Content: 10points
Presentation: 10points
Creativity: 5points
Teamwork: 5points
Total: 30points
E. Closure
For you class what do you think is the purpose of using slang and how people benefit from it? And
what offenses and prejudice or discrimination of the people who often uses slang faces in the eye of
others.
IV. Assignment:
Name: Group 3
COMMENTS:
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