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Tomorrow, we plan to introduce the following
\n paragraph in class as part of the language component of the Science and
\n Technology section we are currently teaching. <\/p>\n
”Yo! It’s the buzzphrases, stupid. Is this Foreign students in American Of course, they hear these expressions on television However, they are always eager and interested to talk Yo<\/p>\n It’s the [blank], stupid.<\/p>\n buzzphrases<\/p>\n no-brainer<\/p>\n , or what?<\/p>\n in-your-face<\/p>\n Wake-up-and-smell-the-java<\/p>\n literally<\/p>\n gazillions<\/p>\n talkmeister<\/p>\n Talk the talk, walk the walk<\/p>\n big-time<\/p>\n I mean,<\/p>\n Get real<\/p>\n eating us for breakfast<\/p>\n You’re toast<\/p>\n Eat my dust (or is it shorts)<\/p>\n bottom line<\/p>\n What’s wrong with this picture?<\/strong><\/p>\n Any suggested definitions or usage suggestions, readers? Quotation from Slam Tomorrow, we plan to introduce the following paragraph in class as part of the language component of the Science and Technology section we are currently teaching. ”Yo! It’s the buzzphrases, stupid. Is this a no-brainer, or what? What we need … Continue reading
\n a no-brainer, or what? What we need is an in-your-face, wake-up-and-smell-the-java
\n look at why literally gazillions of us talkmeisters are talkin’ the talk
\n — big-time. I mean, get real. These words and phrases and attitudes
\n are eating us for breakfast. We’re toast. And we’re eating their dust.
\n Or is it their shorts? Bottom line, we need to ask, What’s wrong with
\n this picture?"<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n universities are well aware of the differences between formal academic
\n English and the way real people talk in the course of their daily life.
\n Unfortunately, they are usually more familiar with the former than the
\n latter, having dedicated most of their time during the past few years
\n in acquiring the formal Academic English necessary for pursuing a degree
\n in an American university.<\/p>\n
\n and from the painted pouty lips of their native born brethren, but their
\n dirty little secret is that they are largely ignorant of contemporary
\n slang and the newer idioms. Since they are accomplished students
\n of American fashion, culture and mannerisms, they manage to cover
\n their knowledge gaps with blank blinks from behind slick sunglasses,
\n and a knowing toss of an expensive coif.<\/p>\n
\n about slang. We plan to send them out on the streets to determine working
\n definitions of the following expressions:<\/p>\n
\n We will include any suggestions on the class
\n wiki<\/a>……<\/p>\n
\n Dunk and
\n No-Brainers: Language in Your Life, the Media, Business, Politics, and,
\n Like, Whatever<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"