Slang
In this lesson, your students will:
- Reflect on how often they use slang and discuss what makes slang different from other vocabulary.
- Watch a short video introducing common Gen Z slang phrases.
- Match slang words to their standard equivalents to reinforce comprehension.
- Listen to real-life style dialogues that model slang use in natural speech and transcribe what they hear.
- Recreate and act out the dialogues from memory.
- Skim through a short text featuring casual slang in context.
- Identify slang meanings from the text and match them to definitions.
- Discuss slang-related questions in pairs, using the new expressions to describe their own experiences.
This lesson introduces popular slang expressions used in informal English. Through a series of 10 engaging exercises, students explore the meanings and uses of slang terms and gain a deeper understanding of informal language and how to use it in everyday conversations.
Vocabulary: sigma, a hot ten, rizz, fling, etc
Additional resources: WordWall, Quizlet, LearningApps, videos from TikTok and Instagram
Daria –
I sometimes ask my younger students about new slang to keep up with the trends and this fast-changing world in general. But with this class not only did I learn a bunch of juicy vocab but I could also teach my student something new.
The main goal was to jazz up the student’s vocabulary, and this lesson exceeded my expectations!