Foreign slang in the speech of Russian teenagers: linguistic and pedagogical aspects

the article is devoted to a comprehensive study of the phenomenon of using foreign (predominantly English) slang in the communicative practices of Russian teenagers. The work examines the linguistic, socio-cultural and psychological determinants of the active borrowing of Anglicisms, analyzes their impact on the formation of the language picture of the world and the communicative competence of modern youth. The author conducts a comparative historical analysis demonstrating the naturalness of the processes of lexical borrowing for the Russian language. Special emphasis is placed on the pedagogical aspect of the problem: the development of strategies for integrating the understanding of youth slang into the educational process to establish an effective dialogue and increase motivation in learning a foreign language. In conclusion, the thesis about the inappropriateness of a prohibitive approach and the productivity of an adaptive pedagogical model aimed at developing the skill of conscious code-switching in adolescents is substantiated.

youth slang, Anglicisms, communicative competence, language picture of the world, linguistic borrowing, pedagogical strategy, speech behavior, sociolinguistics