I had few opportunities to observe how adolescents communicate with each other. Their conversations are usually full of body movements, gesticulation, and touching. From my last semester fieldwork, I noticed that adolescents are often …show more content…
They can talk about absolutely silly and, from adult perspective, senseless things, like who is hottest British actor or give names to each other based on the TV shows they watch, as with the boy from Q train, who called his friend Gabby, the Gabrielle - Xena’s lesbian. On the other hand, adolescents’ conversations could be very sophisticated, concerning things they are worried about, like getting their first electric shaver. Teenagers talk about what they like, shows they watch, school, things they want to buy, and everything else that interests them.
I was surprised by how teenagers use their body to communicate. Every conversation I observed seemed very important to its participants. They were gesticulating, waving their hands, touching each other. Not always I had a chance to hear their conversations, but only by looking at the way adolescents move, use their phones, and interact with each other, I distinguish a difference between them and