Week 40, lesson 1

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

Welcome!

2VFLC2A - October 4th, 2022

Looking back..

- Writing

Use the correct expression:
Het regent pijpestelen

1. It's pouring rain
2. It's raining cats and dogs
3. It rains steel pipes

Goals for today

- After this lesson you are aware of the use of internet 'slang' in written texts.

Do you use any internet 'slang' at all?

I do

I don't

Read the following text

Another dialect that you might encounter online is African-American Vernacular English (usually shortened to AAVE). A lot of the internet buzzwords of 2016 derive directly from AAVE. Here’s a short list: lit (e.g. “the party is lit” – it’s great), bae (boyfriend/girlfriend etc.), woke (aware of political realities), on fleek (flawlessly styled), shade (specifically “throwing shade” – delivering a put-down, usually to someone who deserves it), squad (your friends), realness (as the word implies, being authentic), slay (to succeed in something really difficult) and basic (enjoying unsophisticated things).

But many of these words have appeared through their usage on the internet by AAVE speakers, where they have been borrowed by people who may otherwise have had no experience of AAVE. Standard English has always been inclined to borrow from other languages and dialects, and their use on the internet makes the whole process quicker and easier.

Thoughts about the text? Is 'borrowing dialect' positive or negative for the English language?

Do you know the abbreviation (afkorting)?
ROFL

Do you know the abbreviation (afkorting)?
TL;DR

Do you know the abbreviation (afkorting)?
JSYK

Do you know the abbreviation (afkorting)?
BRB

Do you know the abbreviation (afkorting)?
LMAO

See you tomorrow!

We start at 14:15 for a change.

We'll do something fun! 

Homework is on the next slide.

THIS IS HOMEWORK!
Write an excuse to being late to class with as much internet slang as possible. Afterwards you can leave the call. DON'T FORGET TO PRESS SEND.