Abstract
Slang is an essential element of culture. Learning a foreign language is inextricably linked with the study of the culture of native speakers. Teaching slang, idiomatic expressions and phrasal verbs in foreign language classes contributes to the students' vocabulary, understanding informal speech patterns found in media texts and everyday communication with native speakers, developing speaking and listening skills. As a rule, at a foreign language class, students improve their listening, reading, speaking and writing skills through various study materials. Even with these skills, you can fail to communicate with native speakers, read magazines, watch television programmes and travel to foreign countries. The paper discusses the possibility of teaching slang, idiomatic expressions and phrasal verbs in a foreign language class at a technical university. To substantiate the need to study slang, idiomatic expressions and phrasal verbs, the authors attempted to find out how the youth slang is formed and the reasons for its functioning. Youth slang in modern Russian and English languages has been compared and analyzed.
Highlights
To study slang at foreign language lessons is of great interest both for the teacher and for students
The choice of the research topic is conditioned by the wide use of slang by Russian and English-speaking youth and the opportunity to introduce the study of slang and idiomatic expressions in the
The most effective ways of learning slang and idiomatic expressions in foreign language classes are: 1) Listening: students need to learn to hear slang words and expressions used in different contexts
Summary
To study slang at foreign language lessons is of great interest both for the teacher and for students. Since 1997 The Industrial University of Tyumen has been implementing an educational program of supplementary qualification "Translator in the field of professional interaction" This program includes the study of the English language for Intermediate, Upperintermediate and FCE levels. English language teaching and learning resources for teaching English developed by Oxford University Press are used to teach a practical English language course including a teacher's book, a student's textbook, a student's workbook, audio CDs to develop listening, speaking and pronunciation skills. This course does not involve learning slang (except songs), the teacher can be creative in planning the lesson by using slang. This is due to the following reasons: 1) In most cases slang vocabulary is adopted from the English language, especially words used in the computer sphere, the Internet, etc. 2) Slang... is changeable and dependent on the era [3] and is the most dynamic segment of both languages, it is constantly being enriched and renewed; 3) Many slang words have both negative and positive connotations which may differ from one language to another
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