Teaching a language in the classroom is perhaps the wrong place to do it: after all, students will be meeting and using the language OUTSIDE The classroom, where a lot might be very different!
A good thing to do in the classroom, though, is to look at the differences.
Here's a very good guide:
How To Teach Formal And Informal Language | EnglishClub
With a few activities here:
Formal and informal language games - UsingEnglish.com
Ultimately, it's about encouraging students to learn in that 'real environment':
Creating informal English learning opportunities – Reset Training and Support
To finish, here's a specific question based on the very English phase "and stuff like that": what informal spoken language should we be teaching and how can we do it?
The academic response is in Language issues — NATECLA volume 14 no 2
With more access, with some great ideas and practical input here:
Language Issues: The ESOL Journal: Ingenta Connect Table Of Contents
Language investigations - Teach Real English!
Specifically here:
‘and stuff like that’ informal spoken language, pp.148-155 in Best of Language issues: articles from the first 20 years of NATECLA's ESOL journal
Linguistics Research Digest: Spoken language and stuff like that
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