How do teens express their individuality?

1. How do teens express their individuality?

2. Phonetic drill

Teenager, teenteens, style, guitar, violent,
clothes,clothing, youth, group, rock,
rock'n'roll, rocker, reggae, raver,
aggressive, culture, subculture,leather

3. A Subculture. What is this?

Cultural grouping
(subculture)

4.

The common elements of a subculture
include:
1) relatively unique values and norms,
2) a special slang not shared with society,
3) separate channels of communication,
4) unique styles and fads,
5) a sense of primary group belonging seen in the
use of 'us' and 'them',
6) a hierarchy of social patterns that clarify the
criteria for prestige and leadership,
7) receptivity to the charisma of leaders and
8) gratification of special unmet needs.

5. Do you remember the spelling of these words?

1. aggresive
2. hippi
3. pycedelic
4. got
5. haker
6. opton
7. rebelion
8. regge
9. scoter
10. skinhed
11. rebellios
12. tehno
13. improvisatin
14. aprove
15. raker

6. Give synonyms to the words.

1. to protest
2. to show strong physical force
3. to be in agreement with
4. to refuse to accept
5. not easily controlled
6. to test
7. right or power of choosing

7. Use the names of subcultures instead of pronouns

1. He wears a leather jacket and a cowboy
hat.
2. They are good at computers.
3. They like to talk about vampires and
about the end of the world.
4. He refuses to accept everything.
5. They cut their hair shorter than others
do.

8. Hackers

Hackers are the
“wizards” of the
computer community.
People with a deep
understanding of how
their computers work,
and can do things
with them that seem
“magical”. They do
not protest against
parents.

9. Bikers

Young people have a
particular relationship with
the world. For example –
bikers.
Traditional definition of a
biker:
a man who leads a lifestyle
that revolves around being
part of the brotherhood of
riders of American-made
motorcycles. Bikers prefer a
heavy bike like Harley
Davidson.
Bike subculture appeared in
Russia with the appearance of
Moscow club “Night Wolves”
in 1989.

10. Goths

They wear the blackest
black, with a lot of silver
jewellery and look as thin
and pale as possible. They
gather together to read
Bram Stoker and talk
about being vampires, and
about the end of the
world.

11. Hippies

Some classify hippies like
drug users and rock and roll
fans, our behaviour differs
from social norms. They don't
conform to society's
standards and support a
liberal attitude and lifestyle.
They always want to change
the world to the best.

12. Skinheads

They cut their hair
shorter than others
do. Many skinheads
are working class,
patriotic, reggae and
football fanatics. They
wear tight trousers
and heavy boots.
Usually they are
regarded as violent
and aggressive.

13. Mods

A person has a
college-style hair,
a neat white shirt, a
short jacket, or a
short blazer jacket,
and narrow trousers.
The clothes are
Italian by choice.
Pale face, plenty of
make-up. We prefer
soul music.

14. Ravers

Ravers are the folks
who use computermade, synthesized
music, and drugs to
create massive allnight dance parties in
empty warehouses .
They like to be in a
collective. We want to
try out all sort of
options and are
thought to be violent.

15. ROCKERS

They wear a leather
jacket, army boots
and a cowboy hat just
to show off. They are
associated with
something rebellious.

16. Punks

As rock 'n' roll became
bigger and bigger in the '70s,
it was time for another
revolution - a return to a
basic, raw, three-chord
sound, namely, punk. From
the streets of New York City
and London, punk rock
reverberated around the
world and turned the rock 'n'
roll status quo on its head.
Punks are leather jacketed
wise-guys called “The
Dictators”. They formed in
1973. Punks reject
everything.

17. Find the right variant

1. Rockers wear...a) leather jackets and army
boots. b) short jackets or short blazer jackets.
c) tight trousers and heavy boots.
2. Mods have...a) very short hair
b) college-style hair c) very black hair.
3. Don't protest against their parents
a) bikers b) hackers c) punks
4. Prefer aggressive music.
a) punks b) skinheads c) goths

18. There are some mistakes in the descriptions of the subcultures. Find and correct them.

1. The music of punks is romantic.
2. Rockers prefer soul music.
3. Hippies show off their independence in
supporting an aggressive attitude and
lifestyle.
4. Ravers are thought to be sentimental.
5. Punks support society's standards.

19.

Do a crossword puzzle and you'll learn the
subculture Bill Clinton belonged to in his youth.
a) a “wizard” of computers
b) a person with a short hair cut,
listening reggae
c) a person dressed in a shocking
way (very bright hair)
d) equipment necessary for
making techno music
e) a person with a motorbike
f) a person visiting all-night dance