Gay-lingo spoken by selected youths in Rizal Katrina G. Feliciano... [et. al]

Thesis (Bachelor of Secondary Education major in English) -- University of Rizal System-Morong.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This study aimed to determine the gay-lingo spoken by the selected youths in Rizal in terms of adjectives, adverbs, interjections, nouns, pronouns, and verbs. Also, it sought to identify the effects of using these terms to their personal, social and academic aspects. The respondents of the study were 107 selected youths in Rizal province. This study used the descriptive survey of research utilizing the researcher's questionnaire checklist. The study revealed that there were top 10 gay-lingo terms frequently spoken by the selected yourh in Rizal. Among 107 respondents, 99 respondents are using the gay-lingo "mudra" for "nanay", 93 respondents are using "olay" for "lait", 91 respondents are using "bet" for "gusto", 90 respondents are using "sinetch" for "sino", 88 respondents are using "imbyerna" for "inis", 88 respondents are using "jontis" for "buntis", 87 respondents are using "ditey" for "dito", 85 respondents are using "pudra" for "tatay". 84 respondents are using "chararat" for "panget, and 84 respondents are using "chika" for "balita". The study also revealed the effects of gay-lingo in terms of personal aspect which obtained an overall mean of 3.40, verbally interpreted as "often". Furthermore, the mean results obtained in terms of social and academic aspects are 2.93 and 2.65 both were verbally interpreted as "sometimes". Based from the summary of findings the following conclusions were drawn. There were different terms of gay-lingo spoken by selected youths in Rizal in terms of adjectives, adverbs, interjections, nouns, pronouns and verbs. Also, the use of gay-lingo has effects in personal, social, and academic life of the respondents. Further, the gay-lingo affects the participants to respond with interest during conversations and it makes the participants more engaged in the discussion. Additionally, gay-lingo terms will help young learners develop better appreciation of academic and school activities. The researchers recommended that the glossary can be used by the teachers to understand the gay-lingo spoken by their students. It can also help the students to understand the use of different terms of gay-lingo. Youths can be easily engaged in different groups by using the glossary of gay-lingo. It can also help the youths to be knowledgeable about the "new trends" of language. Similar study can be conducted using other variables.