La vulgaridad: una revisión semántica al discurso de los estudiantes del grado octavo

Abstract

Communication is, in essence, an interactive process that often involves the constant interpretation of what one wishes to express, according to Calsamiglia and Tusón (1999). From this dynamic arises the object of this research, because as part of the communicative process that occurs in various social contexts, the use of vulgar expressions has been incorporated and normalized, which is also evident in the interactions that students have within educational institutions in an inappropriate and incoherent manner, generating misinterpretations and conflicts within the educational environment, thus affecting the educational process. According to this framework of circumstances, from a qualitative approach and a type of action research, it is proposed to carry out an exercise of semantic revision with the eighth grade students of the IED Silveria Espinosa de Rendón, regarding the use of vulgar expressions in the communicative process that they carry out in their daily life. This exercise is carried out through pedagogical workshops from which the students were able to conclude, in part, the importance of knowing the meaning of the vocabulary used in order to expand it, as well as recognizing that there are better and diverse ways to express themselves appropriately. From this advanced process, the use of this type of expressions can be evidenced as a way of seeking social acceptance, as a type of juvenile slang, as a replica of what is used in the past.