A-level English Language: current linguistic news, debate & material. Plus a bit of Edu stuff. Run by Lisa Casey, Asst. VP of a school and linguistics fangirl.
London, England
Joined April 2012
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Just published! Our new study explores how Japanese speakers use emojis, revealing a preference for SOV or OV sequences, mirroring Japanese grammar. This insight highlights the influence of native language on emoji communication. 🚀📚 #EmojiResearch cognitiveresearchjournal.spr…
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Deception detection is a critical area, but do we all lie in the same way? We're looking for British-English-speaking adults (18+) who are either neurotypical or have ADHD to take part in a short 10-15 min study. Your participation can make a difference! lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.co…
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We posted last week about #GenZ #slang. Well, did you know that it's now been added to #Amazon's #Alexa? From this month, Amazon users will be able to ask Alexa to "talk Gen Z to me".
Read more: tinyurl.com/mr25yt2a
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New emoji are on the way 🎉 Plus 9 more fun facts to celebrate World Emoji Day 📅 ↓ goo.gle/3Lvux5S
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'Initial Teacher Training in English should: teach principles and insights from a range of research, past and present, rather than dogmatically prescribing a narrow selection focused on the latest ‘trends’ which are highly contested assertions about learning' - Yes, this...
Common English Forum, an umbrella group of organisations & subject associations for subject English, all the way from EY through to university & ITT, has just published a Manifesto, setting out the current problems for our subject & principles for change. commonenglishforum.org/a-man…
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There's now an exciting new #ReadingForPleasure website from Farshore, HarperCollins Children’s Books, Collins and Barrington Stoke. Examples of how to develop RfP in schools, blog posts, author videos, recent research and lots to explore. Free! Link here: collins.co.uk/pages/booksqua…
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What is #SemanticBleaching & how does it impact the words we use?
Learn more from @raciolinguistic here: tinyurl.com/29fvfecv
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This article could be useful as part of your summer reading list for students taking A Level English Language next year: buff.ly/3xbVrwp
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@GenderLanguage invites applications for co-editors – deadline August 15
Details here: igalaweb.wixsite.com/igala/s…
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I will be giving an Australian version of my inaugural talk 'How is sign language?' at @melbpoly tomorrow at 3pm Melbourne time in Auslan only.
Here is the webinar link: melbpoly.zoom.us/j/872190511…
A recording will available with an English translation at a later date. :-)
What can sign languages teach us about the very nature of human #language?
Join Professor Adam Schembri's (@AdamCSchembri) Inaugural lecture, Adam will sign in BSL with interpretation into English provided.
🗓️Thursday 14 March 18:00-19:00
🔗Register:👉🏼birmingham.ac.uk/schools/eda…
ALT Professor Adam Schembri
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Brilliant episode of #CorpusCast w/ @lovermob and @danguage. Really enjoyed the discussion on language and style and such important points made about the value of English & linguistics @PoeticsLinguist @UnivEnglish @NATEfeed @Team_English1 @AstonUniversity youtu.be/R29CpRubxyo?si=kkwC…
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Tonight @RealGeoffBarton talks to Deborah Cameron @wordspinster about why there is a recurring, problematic narrative about oracy in education and the trouble with trying to articulate standards for spoken language shorturl.at/2e1iR
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Who is the @BAMEedNetwork ?
What do we do? Why?
Watch our short video clip- explaining!
bameednetwork.com/about-us/
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Just published online in the Special Issue Vol 50(3), the Open Access Article - Creating communicative learning spaces in initial teacher education (ITE) with observation-grounded co-mentoring practices by Beverley Goldshaft & Ela Sjølie. Read & download @ bit.ly/3xrGki1
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This article discusses the idea of 'friend dictionaries' and how 'Gen Zers' are creating their own sociolects. Is this really a new phenomenon? Worth discussing perhaps with your A Level English Language students. buff.ly/3wQIVlN
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Interested in doing a PhD with me in experimental pragmatics/neuropragmatics, metaphor studies or language in vulnerable groups (psychosis and children with traumatic background)? Check this call (6 positions open!) and join us at #NEPLab @IussPavia ➡️iusspavia.it/en/education/do…
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Just published online, the Open Access Article - Teacher educators as knowledge brokers: reframing knowledge co-construction with school partners by Rupert Knight. Read & download for free @ bit.ly/3V2RtxQ
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Here at Language-on-the-Move HQ we are starting the week with a chat about why #linguistics is so much fun 😃
@BrynnLinguist @MQLinguistics and @GretchenAMcC @lingthusiasm chat about #language change online
Make sure you don't miss out and tune in at languageonthemove.com/becaus…
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What can we really know about a word's history? For old words, not much! But for new words… also not much.
A chat with legendary etymologist Anatoly Liberman, author of "Origin Uncertain" from @OxUniPress
becauselanguage.com/98-origi…
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📢 #CallforPapers! JMIR Medical Informatics seeks contributions for a new section on "AI Language Models in Health Care." Explore real-world impacts, challenges, & strategies.
Learn More: jmirpublications.com/announc……
#aiinhealthcare #medicalinformatics
