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An Exploratory Study of French University Students Pursuing L2 English: Career, Cyberlanguage, and Jargon/Slang

The result's identifiers

  • Result code in IS VaVaI

    <a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12510%2F16%3A43890423" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12510/16:43890423 - isvavai.cz</a>

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  • DOI - Digital Object Identifier

Alternative languages

  • Result language

    angličtina

  • Original language name

    An Exploratory Study of French University Students Pursuing L2 English: Career, Cyberlanguage, and Jargon/Slang

  • Original language description

    This paper reports on an exploratory investigation of young (emerging adults) French university students who have been studying English as a second language (L2). The foci of this paper are twofold. The first is to establish the reasons for pursuing the study of L2 English. The second is to discover the use and influence of cyberlanguage on communications and whether including jargon/slang in the curriculum is desirable. The data reveal the majority of students pursue L2 English primarily for economic reasons, such as a better future employment opportunities and the chance to work in English speaking countries. The data showed a strong desire to have jargon/slang taught in the classroom, as respondents considered this an important aspect. This was not unexpected, particularly as the conclusion suggests the L2 syllabus needs rejuvenation to be more relevant and interesting to younger generations. Teaching jargon/slang should be included in the texts and classroom activities, as the command of such jargon/slang presupposes a good understanding of the base language (L2), especially when acronyms and substitutions are made common practice in cyberlanguage communications.

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  • Czech description

Classification

  • Type

    J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

  • CEP classification

    AM - Pedagogy and education

  • OECD FORD branch

Result continuities

  • Project

  • Continuities

    I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Others

  • Publication year

    2016

  • Confidentiality

    S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Data specific for result type

  • Name of the periodical

    International Journal of Literacies

  • ISSN

    2327-0136

  • e-ISSN

  • Volume of the periodical

    23

  • Issue of the periodical within the volume

    2

  • Country of publishing house

    US - UNITED STATES

  • Number of pages

    12

  • Pages from-to

    1-12

  • UT code for WoS article

  • EID of the result in the Scopus database