It’s time for a #language revolution n’est-ce pas? The Language Revolution #Podcast is live on all providers: let’s talk about talking! Founder @lomo_linguist
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Amazing to wake up to so many new followers! Croeso! Since many of you have come from @EngLangBlog (thanks so much!) you might enjoy listening to @davcr and @bencrystal talking about accents, @KateClanchy1 on poetry, and @MichaelRosenYes about oracy. ☕️🎧 bit.ly/MichaelRosen1
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“She was panicking & struggling to communicate with officers, but I recognised the language so offered to step in. I was able to offer her support, obtain more information about where they may have gone & thankfully they were quickly located & reunited.”
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A brilliant example of the benefits of multilingualism! #multilingualisnormal
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Oh my days: linguists lament slang ban in London school theguardian.com/education/20…
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“Accent we can leave to the diversity of the human marketplace. But the gods of grammar we should surely respect.”
The ‘gods of grammar’ suggests ‘grammar’ (here undefined) is set in stone and ‘respect’/‘marketplace’ have all sorts of connotations. Much to unpack! #english
Ever-changing dialects keep English moving – but grammar is its north star | Simon Jenkins theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Yes! Listen to @thbaketal on the podcast (episodes 1-3), where he explains how incredible languages are for our brains as we get older: bit.ly/TLRPodcast #WorldAlzheimersDay2021
Did you know languages help delay the onset of dementia by upto 4 years on average by increasing your ‘COGNITIVE RESERVE’ 🧠! Incroyable! #knowdementia #worldalzmonth
“People did not create a transcriptional system first and then decide to share meaning with it afterwards (Lancaster 2007; Wyse 2017).” EXACTLY! 👇
The DfE’s Reading Framework: Our Review And Implications For Teaching Writing
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And *this* is why we need a language revolution, folks. Inexcusable and utterly embarrassing behaviour on #Eurovision2021 🤦🏻♀️😞🤯 #multilingualisnormal
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PS - French and Dutch are English’s two closest languages geographically and linguistically, and we used to learn them fluently! Check out @earlymodernjohn talking about early modern England’s penchant for Dutch grammars & learning French on bit.ly/EarlyModernJohn #Eurovision
This is fantastic news! Bravo @cfcalais If you’ve not heard founder Mathilda talking about her incredible project to amplify Calais migrants’ voices, listen to this very moving episode here: bit.ly/TLREpisode11 🧡🎧
I’m so excited to announce that @cfcalais have made it onto actual billboards in eight cities around the UK! If you live in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh or Glasgow you may stumble upon one!
This week it was my turn to be a podcast guest with @troubleterps. We chatted about *all* the language things! Here’s a snippet from when I was talking about the fab work of @earlymodernjohn on English’s early modern period self esteem issues from ➡️ bit.ly/EarlyModernJohn 🎧🧡
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This new podcast episode may cheer you through a rainy Sunday afternoon...! #sundayvibes
What was language learning like when English was 'worth nothing' past Dover? Catch up with @earlymodernjohn talking about language education 400 years ago on the latest episode ➡️ bit.ly/EarlyModernJohn or your usual podcast provider 🎧🧡 #LanguageLearning #multilingualisnormal
What was language learning like when English was 'worth nothing' past Dover? Catch up with @earlymodernjohn talking about language education 400 years ago on the latest episode ➡️ bit.ly/EarlyModernJohn or your usual podcast provider 🎧🧡 #LanguageLearning #multilingualisnormal
Did Elizabethans learn how to order “two beers” at their French class? What was language learning like when English was a marginal language, not a global lingua franca? New episode with @earlymodernjohn released today! #mfltwitterati #multilingual 🎧🧡⬇️ bit.ly/EarlyModernJohn
🎉 NEW EPISODE COMING THIS WEEK! 🎉 Absolutely cannot wait to share this one with you. My guest is the inimitable @earlymodernjohn and we’ve just had a brilliant chinwag about #multilingualism and learning #languages in the 16th to 18th centuries! 🎉
“Several schools were only scratching the surface when it came to matching the scope of the national curriculum...pupils were only able to respond to a few pre-rehearsed question-and-answer exchanges, & offer a few nouns, colours or numbers.” Wonder why! educationinspection.blog.gov…
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What better way to celebrate #ShakespearesBirthday than listening to @bencrystal talk about how Shakespeare’s plays can help us find words for our emotions! Oh, and Ben reciting a sonnet in original Elizabethan pronunciation bit.ly/TLRPodcast6-Ben-Cryst… Plus a follow-up with... 1/2
...both @bencrystal and @davcr discussing how the ‘original pronunciation’ was worked out. There were no recordings back when Shakespeare strutted and fretted his hour upon the stage - historical #linguistics to the rescue! Happy #BardDay #Shakespeare 🎭📜
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What do language teachers want to see in the MFL GCSE? Here’s some responses to that question, and your chance to respond to the proposed GCSE changes. #mfltwitterati @future_of_MFL @charlotteryland
MFL teachers, trainee teachers! Last year we asked you what should be in the MFL GCSE curriculum. Here’s what you said: bit.ly/3u77sMc
Now we’d like to learn what you think of the proposed GCSE changes. Please complete our survey: bit.ly/3fy2GDt
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What if we taught languages through poetry? Chatting to @KateClanchy1 about her students’ search for the perfect words, and to @charlotteryland from @StephenSpender translating poetry really makes me think we could!
bit.ly/KateClanchy2 #MultilingualDay #multilingualisnormal