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language. Furthermore, the expressive function is used in order to express someone’s feeling and attitudes; the most common instances are swearing words
and exclamations. The directive function is used as a tool to influence other people’s manner and behaviors; usually it is in the term of requests or commands.
The aesthetic function focuses on the use of a sensible and artistic effect in language which could be found in a poetry or literary work. The phatic function
relies on the language as a tool to keep the communication lines open, and to keep a social relationship.
2.1.5 Freedom Writers Movie Synopsis
Released by Broadway in 1999, the Freedom Writers movie is a true story telling about an English teacher namely Erin Gruwell and her first teaching
assignment in Long Beach, California. Students in the classroom came from
different backgrounds and continents such as America, Asia and Africa. She
works with students and other teachers deemed unteachable. The story is set two years after the events of the 1992 of Los Angeles riots. Gruwell quickly learned
that her students had more things to worry about than homework; her students went home to gunfire, gangs, drugs, and a host of the other difficult situations.
The students were convinced that they had nothing to learn from a white woman who had never experienced the violence, discrimination, and hatred that became a
part of their lives.
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One day, Gruwell intercepted a note being passed between students; the paper revealed a racist caricature about Black Afro-American. Gruwell told her
class that it was a misunderstanding that led to the Holocaust. Gruwell was shocked that her students had never heard about the Holocaust. Gruwell
introduced her class to Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl and to Zlatas Diary: a Childs Life in Sarajevo. She also provided every student with a journal.
It was used in order to provide a chance for every student to share their feelings, fears, and experiences. For the first time, the students took an interest in
academics. To bring this history to life, the students organized a Read-a-Thon for
Tolerance to raise money to bring Miep Gies, the woman whose family hid Anne Frank, to their school. They were also visited by Zlata Filipovic. The group went
on to receive tremendous recognition from the media and from the government, hoping that others would find inspiration in their story of success. They won the
Spirit of Anne Frank Award in 1998. The group traveled to New York to receive their award. In 1999, the group traveled to Europe together where they visited the
Anne Frank House and various concentration camps. Finally, 150 of the Freedom Writers graduated from high school and went
to college. It is likely that none of their achievements would have been possible without Gruwells determination and perseverance. In 2007, Paramount Pictures
released The Freedom Writers movie. http:www.enotes.comtopicsthe-freedom-writers-diary.
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2.2 Theoretical Framework
Slang has its own roles in the society so that it is developing over centuries although it is considered as a non standard form of language. People use and
interpret words into many different meanings for different purpose of the interaction. Learning the nature of slang is always interesting since the new words
are always creatively created by people. Slang is one of the examples of language variations that exist in the
society. Therefore, the use of slang is cannot be seen as a low standard speech. There are two kinds of meaning: the ‘social meaning’ and the ‘referential
meaning’ Hymes, 1969, p. 113. The writer saw language as a source of meaning. It means that every word in every language is always interpretative. In order to
explain the meaning of slang the writer analyzed the meanings of slangs using the Oxford American Dictionary OAD 2015. This OAD is needed in order to
determine the general meanings of slang expressions found in the movie. To define particular meaning of slang expressions and to find the meanings which
were suitable with the conversational context in the movie, the researcher used slang dictionaries. Those slang dictionaries were the NTC’s Dictionary of
American Slang and Colloquial Expressions 3
rd
edition written by Richard A. Spears, the Urban Dictionary, the Alpha Dictionary and the Slangcity Dictionary.
In addition, some online dictionaries such as the Urban Dictionary, the Alpha Dictionary and the Slangcity Dictionary were useful in order to analyze the
meanings of slangs. They were useful because slang is always changing and
