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Hi, I�ve got a
question for you. I have a teen conversation class and they want me to teach
swears. I don�t mind since I�ve got an open mind and my English director said
it was ok. The thing is that I actually don�t know how to present the topic. Another
thing is that I�m still looking for material, I know songs but I don�t think
they�ll understand them well. Do you have any ideas? Thank you.
I consider myself open-minded too but I wouldn �t teach children swears. There are better and more interesting things they could learn. And from my experience, most of them know some swears anyway so why should they learn any more. I think it really doesn �t belong into the classroom.
Don �t teach swearing to teens....they �ll pick it up in movies and later on in life. I think mutual respect is more important than trying to show off to his friends of classmates using rude words in English.
Unless it comes up or slips and someone says something then I would. Make it a teachable moment and tell them it is not okay to use. My students often say "bitch" instead of "beach" and other students always laugh, I tell them it is a female dog, and SHOULD never be used towards any girl or woman. I go on to correct the mispronunciation.
It �s like "coger" in Spanish in Mexico (as I am sure you know) it means one thing, but in Puerto Rico and Peru I know it means "to get" or "come for".
Trust me, when I taught Spanish (MexE not EspE or PRE or LAE) my students would ask to know the swear words in Spanish but I said every country has different swear words (not swears). It �s like "bloody hell" means nothing in AmE but it DOES in BrE!
