Liberal Studies Independent Enquiry Study (IES) project To investigate the reasons of the popularity of vogue words (潮流用語) and the impacts on Hong Kong teenagers’ personal development Queenie Lee S5C
Liberal Studies Independent Enquiry Study (IES) project
To investigate the reasons of the popularity of vogue words (潮流用語) and the impacts on Hong Kong teenagers’ personal development
Queenie Lee S5C
Brief Introduction
Do you use the following words?
買飛佛
囧
升呢
CHOK
杯具
爆seed…etc
Vogue language
Brief Introduction
Vogue language
trendy terms that created by people
not standardize but commonly used nowadays
Reason for choosing the topic
Popular culture
Closely related to us
Books were even published as guidelines or dictionaries of the language
Reason for choosing the topic
Controversy on its effect on Chinese Language subject proficiency
Enquiry Questions
1. Why teenagers use vogue language?
2. Why vogue words are so popular?
3. What is the impact of vogue words on teenagers emotionally, mentally and spiritually?
Related concepts
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Related concepts
The Five Building Blocks of Self-Esteem by Michele Borba
Security (安全感)
Selfhood (獨特感)
Affiliation (聯繫感)
Competence (能力感)
Mission (方向感)
Erikson's stages of psychosocial development
Related concepts
Multiculturalism
a mixed culture of “East meets West”
Methodology (Questionnaire)
Distribute to more than 12 secondary school students through internet
covers a large number of stakeholders
Collected 105 questionnaires
Methodology (Interview)
1. Interview 3 teenagers
two speak vogue language, one don’t
To get more specific answers
2. Interview Chinese Language teachers
investigate the influence of using vogue language on the performance of the Chinese Language subject
Data Analysis
1. Categories the vogue language2. Reasons of the popularity among HK
teenagers3. Impact on personal development4. Significance of the study
Categories of vogue language
To analyze the coverage of vogue language.
Is vogue language that convenient?
Action Hea, 串, 潛水, 爆seed
Expression 杯具, GG, 囧, 屈機, 好灰,滴汗
Level of seriousness
勁, 爆, 喪
From English 升呢, 買飛佛, 十卜, Out, 勁buyFrom China and Taiwan
打醬油, 杯具, 囧
Incident 真的假不了,假的真不了, 很天真很 傻, 打醬油, 未解決
Categories of vogue language
Reasons of the huge popularity among HK teenagers
1. External factor
A: make friends
B: expand circle of friends
C: trendy
D: common
E: easier to express feelings
F: interesting
G: get confidence
Reasons of using vogue language
Reasons of the huge popularity among HK teenagers
1. External factor
Follow the trend
Peer influence
Media like Facebook and other forums
Influenced by other cultures
Reasons of the huge popularity among HK teenagers
2. Internal factor
A: Very agree
B: Agree
C: Disagree
D: Very disagree
I can express my feeling better after using vogue language
72%
16%
12%
Reasons of the huge popularity among HK teenagers
2. Internal factor
A: Very agree
B: Agree
C: Disagree
D: Very disagree
Vogue language improves my relationship with friends
46%
45%
6%3%
Reasons of the huge popularity among HK teenagers
2. Internal factor
A: Very agree
B: Agree
C: Disagree
D: Very disagree
I can get acceptance from others after using vogue language
46%
47%
4%
3%
Reasons of the huge popularity among HK teenagers
2. Internal factor
Convenience
Want to be trendy
Seek for identity
Seek for peer acceptance
Impact on personal development
Build up a sense of identity as teenagers
Improve self image and self esteem
Generation gap between seniors
Lack of vocabulary/monotonous way to express feelings
Affect Chinese Language subject results
Impact on personal development
Generation gap between seniors
A: Very agree
B: Agree
C: Disagree
D: Very disagree
It is difficult to communicate with seniors after using vogue language
45%
40%
10%5%
Significance of the study
The trend of speaking vogue language will never fade out
Vogue words exists as it has its values of pursuing efficiency and novelty
Significance of the study
Satisfy the needs of teenager to build up identity
reflect the value set of the new generation
Reflection
Not easy to do a project
Require good time management and workable planning
Interesting to learn the reasons behind the teenage popular trend
Thank you!
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