Internet "Lingo" Amongst The Youth: Teachers Perspective On Students Language Performance

This study unearthed teachers’ perspective on the influence of internet slang on the writing and speaking skills of the students. This study employed a phenomenological research design which aims to determine the experiences and perceptions of the seven (7) participants. The emerging themes on the perspectives of teachers on the students’ use of internet “lingo” in English Class under the benefits of internet language were evokes emotions and improves students’ creativity while the themes that emerged on the challenges of internet language were multiple and conflicting meanings, and excessive use of internet language. Meanwhile, the emerging themes on the teachers dealing with the challenges of internet “lingo” in the students learning of English language were engaging students to both digital social communications and formal academic discourse, widening vocabulary and sentence mastery, and giving feedback. Lastly, the emerging themes on the educational management insights drawn from the experience of the teachers were internet language improves student motivation, internet language assists language development, and Teacher to Improve professional competence. The results concocted that principals should encourage teachers to integrate internet language awareness to students as part of communication subjects for students to know how to effectively utilize it. Moreover, the results generated provided comprehensive data in conducting future research with similar scope.