Liberal Studies Independent Enquiry Study (IES) project

To investigate the reasons of the popularity of vogue words (潮流用語) and the impacts on Hong Kong teenagers’ personal development

Queenie Lee S5C

Brief Introduction

Do you use the following words?

買飛佛

囧

升呢

CHOK

杯具

爆seed…etc

Vogue language

Brief Introduction

Vogue language

trendy terms that created by people

not standardize but commonly used nowadays

Reason for choosing the topic

Popular culture

Closely related to us

Books were even published as guidelines or dictionaries of the language

Reason for choosing the topic

Controversy on its effect on Chinese Language subject proficiency

Enquiry Questions

1. Why teenagers use vogue language?

2. Why vogue words are so popular?

3. What is the impact of vogue words on teenagers emotionally, mentally and spiritually?

Related concepts

Maslow's hierarchy of needs

Related concepts

The Five Building Blocks of Self-Esteem by Michele Borba

Security (安全感)

Selfhood (獨特感)

Affiliation (聯繫感)

Competence (能力感)

Mission (方向感)

Erikson's stages of psychosocial development

Related concepts

Multiculturalism

a mixed culture of “East meets West”

Methodology (Questionnaire)

Distribute to more than 12 secondary school students through internet

covers a large number of stakeholders

Collected 105 questionnaires

Methodology (Interview)

1. Interview 3 teenagers

two speak vogue language, one don’t

To get more specific answers

2. Interview Chinese Language teachers

investigate the influence of using vogue language on the performance of the Chinese Language subject

Data Analysis

1. Categories the vogue language2. Reasons of the popularity among HK

teenagers3. Impact on personal development4. Significance of the study

Categories of vogue language

To analyze the coverage of vogue language.

Is vogue language that convenient?

Action Hea, 串, 潛水, 爆seed

Expression 杯具, GG, 囧, 屈機, 好灰,滴汗

Level of seriousness

勁, 爆, 喪

From English 升呢, 買飛佛, 十卜, Out, 勁buyFrom China and Taiwan

打醬油, 杯具, 囧

Incident 真的假不了，假的真不了, 很天真很 傻, 打醬油, 未解決

Categories of vogue language

Reasons of the huge popularity among HK teenagers

1. External factor

A: make friends

B: expand circle of friends

C: trendy

D: common

E: easier to express feelings

F: interesting

G: get confidence

Reasons of using vogue language

Reasons of the huge popularity among HK teenagers

1. External factor

Follow the trend

Peer influence

Media like Facebook and other forums

Influenced by other cultures

Reasons of the huge popularity among HK teenagers

2. Internal factor

A: Very agree

B: Agree

C: Disagree

D: Very disagree

I can express my feeling better after using vogue language

72%

16%

12%

Reasons of the huge popularity among HK teenagers

2. Internal factor

A: Very agree

B: Agree

C: Disagree

D: Very disagree

Vogue language improves my relationship with friends

46%

45%

6%3%

Reasons of the huge popularity among HK teenagers

2. Internal factor

A: Very agree

B: Agree

C: Disagree

D: Very disagree

I can get acceptance from others after using vogue language

46%

47%

4%

3%

Reasons of the huge popularity among HK teenagers

2. Internal factor

Convenience

Want to be trendy

Seek for identity

Seek for peer acceptance

Impact on personal development

Build up a sense of identity as teenagers

Improve self image and self esteem

Generation gap between seniors

Lack of vocabulary/monotonous way to express feelings

Affect Chinese Language subject results

Impact on personal development

Generation gap between seniors

A: Very agree

B: Agree

C: Disagree

D: Very disagree

It is difficult to communicate with seniors after using vogue language

45%

40%

10%5%

Significance of the study

The trend of speaking vogue language will never fade out

Vogue words exists as it has its values of pursuing efficiency and novelty

Significance of the study

Satisfy the needs of teenager to build up identity

reflect the value set of the new generation

Reflection

Not easy to do a project

Require good time management and workable planning

Interesting to learn the reasons behind the teenage popular trend

Thank you!

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