ELT-Lectura
Vol. 4 No. 1 (2017): ELT-Lectura Studies and Perspective in English Language Teaching

The Expansion of Teenagers’ Slang Language Application Found in Batam

Suhardianto Suhardianto (Unknown)
Ambalegin Ambalegin (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
20 Feb 2017

Abstract

This research is a development of previous research conducted by researchers such as theconstruction of the formation of slang language, the form of slang greetings and adolescent perspective in its usefound in Batam. In the present study, the researchers again conducted a follow-up study of slang in order to findthe spread of adolescent slang use, the social aspects that influenced the use of slang, and the group of slangtypes in the adolescent community. This research is descriptive qualitative research because researchers use datain the form of words instead of numbers taken from the main source and interpreted by instinct and theresearcher's understanding of this research object. In data collection, the researcher will use the methodcompiled by Sudaryanto [1]. At the stage of providing data of researchers using the metode simak with SimakBebas Libat Cakap Technique. At this stage the researcher performs a silent observation and recording the useof slang in teen community. Recorded data will be transcribed in phonemic form and interpreted by the author.At the stage of data analysis the researchers used the Padan Method with basic techniques of Piliah UnsurPenentu (PUP) with pragmatic form. The results of the analysis aim to find out the rules about extending the useof slang in adolescent communities, social aspects that influence the use of slang, and grouping the types ofslang in teenagers in Batam. From the analysis of data collected, it can be found that the expansion of slang usein adolescent community occurs in all aspects of the use of language either written or oral form. In written formcan be found in social media and writing such as facebook, instagram, WA, Twitter, BBM, Path, paper, andLine. In the oral form it is contained in live conversations in a secretly recorded teenage community and also inthe film.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ELT-Lectura

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

ELT-Lectura is a biannual publication journal published in the months of February and August; it presents articles on English Language Teaching (ELT), whether as a second, additional, or foreign language, or as an international Lingua Franca. The Journal links the everyday concerns of practitioners ...