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The blog formerly known as English Language @SFX - 0 views

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      Interesting: To me, 'voice calls' contrasts with 'texts' as a function of mobile phone use, rather than video calls.
  • Anglocreep is a word for the gentle drift of British English terms into the US English vernacular -
    • Ant Heald
       
      I think it's widely assumed that there is one-way traffic, with 'Americanism' coming into British English, so it's interesting to note that it cuts both ways.
  • Essex
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      But we won't hold that against it.
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  • Language is clearly being affected in different ways by advances in technology
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      This is a useful demonstration of how, for ENGB3 as a synoptic unit, links between AS social contexts from ENGB1 (such as technology) and the ENGB3 language change topic can be very productive.
  • The blog
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      Written by the wonderful Dan Clayton! Doyen of the English Language List, & editor & author of some great English Language text books and stuff.
  • The Guardian has been running some really useful material for ENGA2 recently
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      Also useful, of course for ENGB1 (gender), ENGB2 & ENGB4 (style models for original writing & media text - where language is a focus - and possible data/ideas for inverstigation), and ENGB3 - changing language use in representation of gender.
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Tags - 0 views

started by Ant Heald on 13 Oct 12 no follow-up yet
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    I've entered a handful of recommended tags to the 'tag dictionary'. I think a resource like this has potential to be most useful if we are pretty systematic about tagging links in a way that is most relevant to us as teachers. What do you think we need to add to the list?
Ant Heald

GCE English Language: Language Variation - 0 views

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    Although geared towards the WJEC English Language A-level specification, there is plenty of material directly relevant to other specifications (notably the Language Change topic for ENGB3 of the AQA Spec B)
Ant Heald

Welcome to the English Language List Diigo group - 0 views

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started by Ant Heald on 13 Oct 12 no follow-up yet
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    I'm not entirely sure what a 'topic' is in this context, having never used the feature before. Perhaps creating one will make it clear.
Ant Heald

Words of the World (from Nottingham University) - 1 views

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    Clever people talk on video about interesting words. What's not to like?
Ant Heald

Visuwords™ online graphical dictionary and thesaurus - 0 views

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      I like the way this site categorises the semantic relationships between words. Exploring these concepts with students, especially when discussing language change, can be very instructive.
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    Free visual thesaurus
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    www.visulathesaurus.com is a subscription based service. This one is completely free.
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