1. Tesol Italy 2010
By Janet Bianchini
http://civitaquana.blogspot.com

4. What is this "innit" I hear everywhere?
Somebody stopped me in the street and
asked me for a "ciggie".
Why do people say "Cheers, mate" all the
time?
Why do young people say "I'm not
bothered".
I heard someone say they were having
bangers and mash for their dinner.
I often hear "Are you gonna watch the footie
tonight?" What is “footie”?

5. • I’ll see you,
innit?
• I saw him, innit?
innit
• Cheers, mate!
• No probs, mate!mate

6. Source of new words?
acronym borrowed
new from
old

7. acronyms
SKIers
wags
borrowed
angst
al
fresco
new from
old
pants
wicked

8. What “wicked” news has just been
announced? Who said it was “wicked”?

9. Tocatchaprince
"We reckon Kate and her pals
popped down to the bookies
and filled their boots. She's
caught a Prince and we've been
caught out," said spokesman
David Williams of bookmaker
Ladbrokes.
Quote from yahoo news 15/11/2010

10. Mostly from the
Internet
“e-lingo”
webspeak
pingback apps
link love
lol
Research source: On Language, The Web Is At War
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128356609

11. You are my
BFF, lol!
I just lurve
chillaxing
with you,
babes!

12. Yeah, IMHO, we do
need to big up the
sales to avoid
overleveraging

13. ?
Image source:
Google images

14. Definition of a sheddie: Buzz Word from Macmillan Dictionary:
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/buzzword/entries/sheddie.
html

15. Strip
Generator
Cartoon
strips to
animate
your
students!

16. http://www.macmillandictionary.com/buzzword/entries/couch-surfing.html

17. PhotoPeach
Create
fun
slideshows
showing
new
vocabulary
http://photopeach.com/album/ac4vaf?ref=est

18. Zimmer
Twins
Fun
Animations!
www.zimmertwins.com

19. Zimmer
Twins
Let’s
chill!

20. XTRANORMAL
Animations
to inspire
dialogues
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/4012021

21. Which word is different
and why?

22. nimby foodie
brolly techie
dinkie

23. brolly
It’s not a
person!!

24. “RECESSION CHIC” is
a) style and elegance on a tight budget
b) living beyond one's means during a
recession
c) trying to look chic but not
succeeding
“ADORKABLE" means
a) adorable and cuddly
b) delightful and charming in a
sociably awkward way
c) an adorable young lady from
Dorking

25. www.wordle.net New Words created by Lorella Paltrinieri from Italy

27. A TOXIC
BACHELOR, who
was also a
CRACKBERRY, had a
SENIOR MOMENT,
the other day.
This is a section from a “Community Dictation.” Students are
given a part of a story written on a piece of paper. They have to
stand up and put themselves in order of the story and then in
turn, they dictate their part of the story so that everyone writes
the full story. Students then do peer correction.

29. In the Top 20 words from www.wordspy.com 18/11/2010

31. www.fodey.com Article by Veselin from Bulgaria

32. How do I keep my
English up to
date?

33. Resources
www.wordspy.com
http://www.worldwidewords.org/index.htm
www.macmillandictionary.com/buzzword/
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1009/100929
slang.html
http://jeffreyhill.typepad.com/english/
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/open-
dictionary/latestEntries.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/uptoda
te/

35. Janet Bianchini
TESOL Italy National Convention
2010
Language in Motion:
teaching with the flow
http://civitaquana.blogspot.com
Twitter @janetbianchini