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1.5 Research Benefits
There are some benefits of this study which are going to be explained. The benefits are particularly contributed for the educational field and the English
language learning. The writer presents the research benefits for the educators, the English learners and the future researchers as follows.
1. Educators
This study will give contributions to the English study particularly in Indonesia in order to raise an understanding towards the meanings and functions
of slang from Long Beach, America. This study will help the educators especially teachers to teach slang to their students. The study will also be a good source of
learning American slangs. Moreover it will raise an understanding towards the nature of the English speaking community. For the English teachers, teaching the
students theoretically is important, but shaping their cultural understanding towards the language is also essential. It is important to explain the nature of slang
to avoid misinterpretations while people are using slang. Slang is often allowed to be used only by particular groups and it might contain negative terms. Therefore,
people who are studying English need to be aware of the language use and also to understand the culture of the language.
2. English Learners
Learning slang is needed by the EFL English as a Foreign Language learners since learning language does not merely involve learning structure or
grammar, but it is also a process of learning its culture. It will be a necessity for
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the English learners to be able to learn the English slangs from its real life context such as learning how slang is developed in the American culture. Slangs are often
offensive or restricted to people outside the community. Therefore, it is important to learn slang not only to avoid misunderstanding but also to be able to use the
language appropriately.
3. Future researchers
This study will help the future researchers to conduct other deeper studies in the field of linguistic particularly on morphology, semantic and sociolinguistic
studies. It gives contributions to the semantic and morphology field since it was dealing with the slang’s meaning formations using word formation processes
theory. Moreover, it will help people who are interested in the sociolinguistic field to develop other studies related to the analysis of slang’s functions. Besides, the
study will enrich the understanding towards American English, particularly from Long Beach.
1.6 Definition of Terms
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