Gen Z's language and identity

1. Generation Z: the group of people who were born between

• the late 1990s and the early 2010s

• the late 1980s and the early 2000s

• the early 1980s and the late 2000s

• the late 2000s and the early 2020s

1. Which two phrases define the “identity”?

• “a way of discussion” or “a set of people”

• “a way of life” or “a set of belief”

• “ a way of power” or “a set of love”

• “a way of achievement” or “a set of journey”

1. The identity of someone is strongly intertwined with one's _______

• belief

• attitude 

• power

• background

1. Which are the three types of slang

Cl_____, Com______ and Co______

1. Gen Z is the first generation to grow up entirely in the _____ age

• dark

• dusk

• digital

1. Dr. Ramesh Nair, president of the Malaysian English Language Teaching Association: “Gen Z slang serves as a means to:

• exert dependence and their own capability

• exert interdependence and their own ability

• exert independence and their own identity

• exert innovation and their own creativity

1. Internet language can also be considered a

• $ language

• # language

• % language

• @ language

1. Initialism, a kind of Internet language, is created with the ____letter of each word in a phrase

• first

• middle

• second

• last

1. Which is not a unique style of communication on social media platforms?

• slang

• emoji

• abbreviation

• formal words

1.  Language is our most powerful transmitter, allowing us to _______(Conley, O’Barr, and Riner, 2019). 

• express and deal 

• relate and understand  

• refer and talk

• write and pronounce