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.
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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
Little Italian girl talking with her hands: Are Italians by nature more manually voluble than other people? Selected readings "Learning to speak Sicilian" (2/10/20) — some similar hand gestures "Baby talk" (12/21/10) "Baby talk, part 2" (8/19/18) "Twin… dlvr.it/T9kmDf
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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…
Hi Peter. Really keen to build a bank of alternatives to Rosenshine to be able to direct staff and senior leaders to. Can you suggest some? Cheers
#Discourses and a bit of #Legalese
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Really glad to see one of my colleagues here. Hope it goes well @EngMediaCentre
Violent language invites violence.
No one has done more to frame American politics in violent terms than Donald Trump.
@gilduran76 and @GeorgeLakoff at FrameLab theframelab.org/donald-trump…
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This article breaks down the emerging online use of the word 'coded'. A great read for Language students and teachers alike to consider as part of meanings and representations as well as language change and language variation. buff.ly/3XLttSM 🐝
If Labour wants to deliver on its promise to raise the status of teaching, then @samtwiselton says it needs to engage in these two key areas
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Okay #AlevelEngLang peeps: am going to be teaching OCR in Sept. Anybody on here got some words of wisdom for me?
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This article summarises a new study which explores how British people are increasingly copying each other's speech style. Useful for A Level Language students looking at sociolects and language change. buff.ly/3ztBDoI