PHILIPPINE NORMAL UNIVERSITY
THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR TEACHER EDUCATION
TAFT AVENUE, MANILA
THE IMPACT OF GAY LINGO AND NET LINGO
TO THE
ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATION SKILLS
OF THE STUDENTS
Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
People used to encounter these words such as “LOL”, “BTW”, “OTW”, “ATM”, or “Dito
na me” (I’m already here) and Selfie. You will notice these words in some text messages or even
in other social media like Facebook and Twitter. These words are called “Net Lingo.” According
to previous researches, Net lingo is the Web slang or Text slang words which contributes to all
forms of students’ communication and highly represented in all written forms of various web
chats, discussions though Emails or Text Messaging. How about these familiar words chuva,
chika, chaka, havey and waley; these words are called “Gay Lingo” or the Filipino Gayspeak.
According to Reinero A. Alba from the National Commission for Culture and Arts (NCCA) in his
article “In Focus: The Filipino Gayspeak (Filipino Gay Lingo)” these argot or jargon used by
Filipino gays in general when they are gathered together while having their personal
conversations. Historically, these words are known as “swardspeak” during 1970s and were
featured on a book entitled “Swardspeak: A Preliminary Study” by Jose Javier Reyes. There’s no
other words replaced since 1970s until Ronald Baytan in his essay “Language, Sex and Insults:
Notes on Garcia and Remoto’s The Gay Dict” emphasized that the word “sward” is
inappropriate to call the language of the Gay people. Preferably, “gayspeak” is more acceptable
than “swardspeak.”
Nowadays, most students are engaged with social media like Facebook, Twitter and
Instagram. There are also increasing number of students who use mobile phones or text
messaging. This kind of communication has become a part of students’ everyday life. It makes
their communication much easier and accessible but what if it affects their oral and written
skills academically? This is the primary concern of educators, parents, researchers and general
public that this practice is damaging the use of language in speaking and writing and will affect
the standard forms in the long run. The main focus of this study is to know how Gay Lingo and
Net Lingo do affect the performance of the students in oral and written skills.
(Padagdag po)
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK (DI PA ITO SURE CHAROT LANG TOH)
MEDIA
STUDENTS
Oral
Communication
Skills
Written
Communication
Skills
RESEARCH PROBLEM
General Problem
Specific Problems
 How often the students use Gay
Lingo in terms of communicating
with others?”
 “How often the students use Net
Lingo in terms of communicating
with others?”
How Gay and Net Lingo do affects the
 In what way does Gay Lingo give
performance of the students in terms of
positive impact to the students?
oral and written skills?
 In what way does Gay Lingo give
negative impact to the students?
 “In what way does Net Lingo give
positive impact to the students?
 In what way does Net Lingo give
negative impact to the students?
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The researchers believe that this study is essential. This study will endeavor the
importance of awareness about the impact of gay lingo and net lingo in the performance of the
students both in their oral and written skills. It will also acquaint the readers about the examples
of newly evolve languages that are rampant in our society nowadays. This study is substantial
as it does not only give the impact of gay lingo and net lingo in the performance of the students
both in their oral and written skills but it will also include the brief introduction of these new
language, the factors of its creation, the medium through which these are conveyed, the age
group of which it is widely used, the advantages and disadvantages of these as well as the
inclusion of analysis through the specified new forms of language- the gay and net lingo.
The data presented in this study mirrors the current impact of the gay and net lingo in
the performance of the students both in their oral and written skills. It also entails the result of
the gathered data as well as the researchers' conclusion and recommendation which they
believe will be a great help as basis for the concerns regarding impact of gay lingo and net lingo
in the performance of the students both in their oral and written skills specifically its effects to
the students. Through this research, humbly, the researchers assume that the readers and
especially authorities can get additional knowledge and a basis for further studies that can be
beneficial in addressing the impact of gay lingo and net lingo in the performance of the students
both in their oral and written skills.
SCOPE AND DELIMITATIONS
This study focuses on the impact of gay lingo and net lingo in the performance of the
students both in their oral and written skills. The study is only base on the specific quantity of
Filipino High School Students respondents which is -------that came from ( insert quantity of
school) different schools in Metro Manila. The respondents were comprised of both female and
male that are composed of different grade levels (insert number of respondents from each
grade level) and of which their age varies. There will also be (insert quantity) teachers that will
be included in the study which teaches (insert subject areas) respectively. The study will be
limited to the two above mentioned new forms of language which are gay lingo and net lingo,
the introduction of these two specified new language, the factors of its creation, the medium
through which these are conveyed , the advantages and disadvantages.
The study will only be conducted inside the classroom and will only focus on measuring
the impact of gay lingo and net lingo in the performance of the students in only two aspects- the
students' oral and written skills. Other factors affecting students' performance in oral and written
skills other than gay lingo and net lingo are not included in the study. Likewise it will not cover
the evolution of the language as well as of which age group and gender these are widely used.
Chapter 2
Review Related Literature
This chapter entails different literature reviews from both foreign and local sources about
language, gay lingo and net lingo. Likewise, it will also cover reviews pertaining to these above
mentioned concepts' underlying relationship and impact when it comes on students'
performance specifically on their oral and written skills.