Introduction the theme of the present work is slang

INTRODUCTION

The theme of the present work is slang.

Nowadays English is worth not just knowing but it is worth really knowing. We do not
live behind the "iron curtain" any more. There is a great importance to understand up-to-
date English. English is the chief language of international business and academic
conferences, and the leading language of international tourism. English is the main
language of popular music, advertising, home computers and video games. Most of the
scientific, technological and academic information in the world is expressed in English.
International communication expends very fast. The English language becomes the means of
international communication, the language of trade, education, politics, and economics.
People have to communicate with each other. It is very important for them to understand
foreigners and be understood by them. In this case the English language comes to be one
but very serious problem. A word comes to be a very powerful means of communication but
also can be a cause of a great misunderstanding if it is not clearly understood by one of
the speakers.
The understanding of the native speakers' language is the international problem for
our students. Our secondary schools teach the students only the bases of the English
language. Our universities do not prepare them to the American streets, accommodations,
pubs where American teenagers use their own language, the language that differs from that
of their parents. They use other words they use slang. None of the most advanced and
flexible ways of teaching English of any country can catch modern quickly developing
English. But our educational system is at the very end. Now it is well known that none of
the Americans speak English we study.
Some scholars divide the English language into two different languages: the Standard
English language and slang. This fact proves that slang comes to be a very numerous part
of English. Slang covers a lot of drawbacks of the English language and it is one-third