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G3 Chapter 1 Revised
G3 Chapter 1 Revised
Thesis Presented to
The Faculty of SHS Department
Davao Doctors College, Inc.
Gen. Malvar St., Davao City
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In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements in Practical
Research 2
1st Semester, SY 2023–2024
Members:
Divinagracia, Andrea
Flores, Mary Louraine
Fulay, Lyka
Gallenero, John RB
Gofredo, Cole Dwayne
Lato, John Mikheal
Makabenta, Jerry Andrei
Manayon, Lhaire Aizel
Mende, Jonah
Miwa, Ayumi
CHAPTER 1
languages. The slang phrases that were developed, which are specific to
students and the elderly, caused this generational gap. The definitions of
these commonly used phrases are frequently unclear to some people. This
assignments. They use this to give context to what they are attempting to
convey. Some kids more frequently discover and generalize these terms.
others to read them. Additionally, it promotes the use of clichés rather than
more precise words. They became less mindful of using it as they went
along with these slang terms. Academic writing requires high levels of
clarity, precision, and professionalism, and writing for social media can
impression that the writer is not taking the research seriously (George,
2023). Slang is occasionally used among young people as a secret code.
positions of authority. With that being said students are so used to using
slang for conversing with one another, that when presenting an output to a
expression of their ideas in academic writing tends to get lost, making their
students tend to forget that there are formal standards when it comes to
writing academics, hence delving more into this issue can uncover if Grade
12 STEM Students of Davao Doctors College, Inc. are also keen on using
theirs to understand. That is why many different countries around the globe
have each slang language. Statistics show that though many Americans
use slang nowadays, younger folks are still the fondest of it. Nearly 98
issue of which students tend to use slang in their academic writing. A study
Pakistan and showed results that have identified that students use and
develop slang words/short forms while texting, and talking via digital
devices. It has also been reported that students' excessive use of cell
phones during their class time has also influenced their writing skills. Now
that younger generations can access digital much more easily, they are
more exposed to different slang circulating the internet even the slang from
especially the English slang. A study in Indonesia states that slang cannot
be separated from social media, because they are one unit, they use social
media by using slang, and indeed at first social media also introduced
slang among the younger generation. the use of slang continues to grow
because they feel that slang is easier to use and easier to understand than
some have started employing this style of writing in their academic work
writing.
The Philippines itself has its very own slang terminologies. An article
online suggests that some examples of slang in the Philippines are: Lodi,
development of slang words arises from time to time due to the trends that
the Filipino youth tends to follow in social media, resulting in the embedded
of slang. A study conducted by Dela Salle University Manila stated that the
has been found that Filipino Generation Z is still using language patterns
academic writing given that Filipinos naturally use slang in their everyday
Davao City speak Bisaya or Binisaya, the local language of Cebuas well as
the Philippine national languages Filipino and English (Sayson, 2022). With
that information provided it is safe to say that Davaoenos will likely use
However other locally published articles surrounding the topic are limited
this study is conducted to bring more exposure in this area academic and
geographic-wise.
excellence plummet, and the delivery of such good ideas applied in writing
is not properly translated due to the ignorance of the formal language and
students.
Definition of terms
students.
Slang Language. This refers to the use of highly informal words and
(Namvar & Firooz, 2014, as cited in May et al., 2023). In the context of this
research, slang language refers to the words, phrases, or expressions that
writing?
Hypothesis
posits that,
academic writing.
Scope and delimitation
and performing academic writing It also aimed to determine the level of the
variables and determine the relationships that naturally exist between them
This conjunction connects the two main elements of the study. Quantitative
answer the question of what are the relationships between the variables.
usage. Also, it will explore the respondents' familiarity with the conventions
will determine and/or identify the factors influencing the use of slang
language within the English parlance. Lastly, this will analyze whether or
are found to have an established relationship, then, this will explore how
writing. The delimitations of this study are defined in this paper. If ever
there will be variables not described herein that are somehow related to the
include those variables. This study focuses on both the usage of slang in
the English language and academic writing. Any other factors not stated in
future researchers. The results of the study will be of great benefit to the
following:
Davao Doctors College. The school’s administrators stand to benefit
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