How to make children speak well when internet memes sneak into campus
2026-01-27
During a middle school Chinese practice class, a teacher named Sun from a middle school in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, was explaining a difficult problem when a student shouted, "Family, I'm splitting apart." Other students burst into laughter and even began to answer, causing a stir in the classroom. These internet memes will seriously disrupt classroom order and pose a great challenge to classroom management. ”For this reason, Teacher Sun specially held a class meeting to guide students in using language and writing in a standardized manner. However, Teacher Sun also admitted, "The change of internet memes is too fast, new memes emerge endlessly, and many bad memes are very hidden, which teachers find difficult to detect. It is indeed difficult to manage. So, why do internet memes spread rapidly in schools? What impact will it have on teenagers? How should we view and actively guide correctly? In interviews with reporters, many primary and secondary school students, especially senior students, expressed that they find these words "fun" and "fashionable" when they hear and use them on campus. Parents have a strong reaction to this. "The children shared their progress and said, 'I love you, old self', roast about their grievances and shouted, 'Please God, identify the faithfulness and traitors', wrote a composition describing how moved they were and said,' I really will thank you '. ”Ms. Yang, a parent from Linfen, Shanxi, revealed the complex situation of internet memes among teenagers. Mr. Zhao, a parent from Guangdong, is concerned that "this language habit may affect children's written expression ability, and we have tried to guide it but with little effect." What is a love hate internet meme? How was it generated again? Li Shan, Vice Dean of the School of Journalism, Communication and Film and Television at Hainan Normal University, told reporters that internet memes are language symbols that use specific short forms such as a word, a sentence, or a picture to carry information and humor with a sense of humor, self mockery, or irony. Those popular internet memes that lack depth, hollow parody, vulgar content, or are offensive are called bad memes. The three new characteristics of internet memes in recent years are fast dissemination, variety, and elimination. ”Professor Zhao Yawen from the School of International Education Exchange at Tianjin Normal University pointed out in a media interview that social hot topics are fleeting, and internet memes also rise and fall with the tide of hot topics. It can be said that "they become popular and cool quickly", making it difficult for everyone to distinguish. The reporter learned that the emergence of internet memes usually stems from an interesting story or an unintentional remark by the person involved, which can be divided into different types such as parody memes, joke memes, homophonic memes, etc. Among them, puns with homophones account for a considerable proportion. In traditional Chinese culture, homophones are a way to transform explicit expressions into implicit ones and avoid vulgarity to become elegant. According to scholars' statistics, there are about 400 basic syllable structures in Chinese, and with the difference of the four tones, there are only over 1600. Excluding the gaps, there are approximately 1300 usable syllables. Constructing an infinite number of words with a limited number of syllables will inevitably result in a large number of homophones. However, many popular homophonic memes nowadays are a wild and arbitrary association, completely abandoning the basic requirement of homophones as a rhetorical device that uses homophones or homophones to trigger people's associations, let alone elegance. A trend that cannot be ignored is that internet memes are infiltrating into real life and spreading among young people. "Pupils have not yet formed a clear concept of language discrimination. They are very likely to follow the trend, and even deliberately 'don't talk well'." Teacher Niu, who has served as a primary school head teacher and taught Chinese in a provincial capital city for many years, is deeply helpless and worried. "I am strict in my requirements, and explicitly forbid them to say these non-standard or even unhealthy online expressions. It took a long time to make some achievements in the classroom. But after class, they began to play with jokes and even deliberately provocative." In the interview, many experts said that the reasons for online blockbusters to flow among young people are complex and diverse, among which three are more prominent: first, the rapid spread of the Internet is the Internet blockbuster Diffusion provides a platform; Secondly, the uniqueness and fun of internet memes satisfy the psychological characteristics of teenagers who pursue novelty and individuality; Thirdly, some teenagers follow the trend and use it to gain social recognition. From the perspective of communication channels, the rapid development of the Internet, especially the development of mobile Internet, has provided the main channel for network stem communication. From the perspective of adolescent psychology, teenagers are in a stage of rapid development of self-awareness. On the one hand, they like to showcase themselves through personalized expression. The concise and concrete characteristics of internet memes perfectly match the communication habits of teenagers who seek novelty and change, fully satisfying their personalized pursuit in language output. On the other hand, teenagers like to use internet memes and popular phrases to tease each other or self explain. Zhao Yuhong, an associate researcher at the Institute of Media and Public Opinion at the Beijing Academy of Social Sciences, believes that this is a way for teenagers to "stand out" and release their emotions. From the perspective of social attributes, internet memes are more like a "secret code" language, which can establish a social connection through "playing with memes". Many internet memes and popular phrases are humorous and witty, which can quickly bring teenagers closer together, create a relaxed and pleasant communication atmosphere, and become a 'social lubricant' for teenagers. When everyone uses the same memes or popular phrases to communicate, they will develop a sense of belonging and identity with each other, "analyzed Xie Xiaoming, a professor at the School of Literature, Guangxi University. Language is not only a tool for communication, but also the cornerstone of thinking and the carrier of culture. Professor Song Hui from the School of Culture and Communication at Beijing International Studies University believes that "language contains the speaker's value judgments or subjective attitudes. It is important to distinguish between healthy language forms and vulgar language, while also identifying the speaker's pragmatic purposes or motivations." Some internet memes and popular phrases (so-called "toxic memes," "bad memes," and "slang") contain vulgar, violent, or discriminatory content. If left unchecked on campus, they may have many negative impacts on young people. Those bad memes that deviate from language structure and violate language norms may pose a risk of language impoverishment, affect the logical development of young people's thinking, and even pollute campus culture. Over time, unhealthy language habits may have a negative impact on the moral character and behavioral habits of adolescents. How to guide the symposium on ideological and moral construction of minors to be held on December 15, 2025, emphasizing the focus on improving the ability of online education and enhancing the online literacy of minors. The newly revised National Language and Writing Law, which came into effect on January 1st this year, has added standardized requirements for the use of characters in cyberspace. These top-level designs are all using words such as "clear requirements" and "establishing rules" for the use of language in cyberspace. In specific work, many experts also believe that the phenomenon of internet memes on campus should not be allowed to lead to cultural disorder, nor should it be simply banned as a "flood and beast". It needs to be addressed through a combination of "dredging and blocking". Lu Jiayi, a professor of the State Key Laboratory of Media Integration and Communication of Communication University of China, suggested that we should start with family education, school education, social education and other aspects to improve the ability of young people to identify online barriers. For those lively and reasonable self deprecating expressions, tolerance should be given, and young people should be guided to relieve negative emotions through language games; For those internet memes with vulgar colors, relevant platforms should be ordered to clean up and rectify them to avoid the viral spread of memes. Xie Xiaoming proposed that schools can establish a campus language convention that allows for the moderate use of harmless memes, explicitly prohibits memes and popular language containing insulting, violent, and pornographic content, and establishes a "negative list" for vulgar language. Teachers should adopt appropriate methods to guide and regulate the uncivilized language phenomenon of a small number of students, continuously improve the language literacy and language ability of young students through a point to area approach, and help them consciously protect campus civilization and maintain the purity and vitality of campus language. Not long ago, a junior high school homeroom teacher in Chongqing posted a video on social media titled 'Boycott Internet memes entering campus', which has attracted widespread attention. During the interview, many teachers and parents expressed their appreciation and affirmation of this teacher's approach: "This teacher's approach is timely and necessary. In the current challenging campus language environment, he can face the problem with a serious and serious attitude, draw a red line for students' language use, protect the bottom line of campus civilization, and demonstrate the responsibility and commitment of education." "We need teachers, parents, children, and all parties in society to form a joint effort to jointly undertake the responsibility of purifying the online environment and create a healthy and civilized language environment. ”Fu Hong, Deputy Director and Researcher of the Science and Technology Think Tank Center of Beijing Academy of Science and Technology, suggested that online platforms actively practice the National Common Language and Writing Law, strengthen content review and management, establish and improve online language monitoring mechanisms, timely detect and handle harmful information containing internet memes and slang, and curb their spread from the source. At the same time, promote excellent online cultural products, create a healthy and orderly online creative environment, and guide users to establish correct habits of using online language. (New Society)
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