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Chapter 7Youth and youth language

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Goethe-Institut

Youth language is a creative variety of the standard language with many neologisms and foreign language borrowings - mostly from English. It can also vary greatly depending on the region and subculture.

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German for young learners: Focusing on learning

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Youth and Social Media

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Youth and TV

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Youth and consumerism

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Youth and Apprenticeship

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What do teenagers like?

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Youth and youth language

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Youth and music

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Jugendliche und Schule

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Youth and love & sexuality

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Youth and sport

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Politics for Youth

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Teaching Material Youth 2.0

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Book recommendations by young people for young people

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PASCH-net – GFL materials for young people

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Hotel Mama

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Case : Steigt ein!

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Teaching material is available in the following languages German, English, french
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Advance Through German

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PASCH-project "Talk ohne Grenzen": Collection of materials

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Viel Spaß - German for school students

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Music unites us

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Language is like fashion. Constantly changing. That also applies to youth language. Although there is no such thing as one youth language. It is a creative variety of the standard language with many neologisms and foreign language borrowings - mostly from English. It can also vary greatly depending on the region and subculture. Hand signals, hand shakes and special forms of greetings are part of the language variety as well.