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- Ant Heald on 14 Oct 12
  
  Interesting: To me, 'voice calls' contrasts with 'texts' as a function of mobile phone use, rather than video calls.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Interesting: To me, 'voice calls' contrasts with 'texts' as a function of mobile phone use, rather than video calls.</div>
  
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Anglocreep is a word for the gentle drift of British English terms into the US English vernacular -
- Ant Heald on 14 Oct 12
  
  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.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">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.</div>
  
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Essex
- Ant Heald on 14 Oct 12
  
  But we won't hold that against it.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">But we won't hold that against it.</div>
  
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Language is clearly being affected in different ways by advances in technology
- Ant Heald on 14 Oct 12
  
  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.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">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.</div>
  
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- Ant Heald on 14 Oct 12
  
  Written by the wonderful Dan Clayton! Doyen of the English Language List, & editor & author of some great English Language text books and stuff.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Written by the wonderful Dan Clayton! Doyen of the English Language List, & editor & author of some great English Language text books and stuff.</div>
  
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The Guardian has been running some really useful material for ENGA2 recently
- Ant Heald on 21 Oct 12
  
  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.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">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.</div>
  
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#1 Ant Heald on 13 Oct 12

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?

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GCE English Language: Language Variation - 0 views

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english language variation engb3

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Ant Heald on 13 Oct 12

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)

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">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)</div>

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#1 Ant Heald on 13 Oct 12

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.

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

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english words language lexicography videos language change engb3 nottingham university lecturers lexicon vocabulary

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

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Clever people talk on video about interesting words. What's not to like?</div>

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Visuwords™ online graphical dictionary and thesaurus - 0 views

www.visuwords.com

web2.0 tools english dictionary language reference visualization thesaurus

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- Ant Heald on 13 Oct 12
  
  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.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">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.</div>
  
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Ant Heald on 13 Oct 12

Free visual thesaurus

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Ant Heald on 13 Oct 12

www.visulathesaurus.com is a subscription based service. This one is completely free.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner"><a href="http://www.visulathesaurus.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.visulathesaurus.com</a> is a subscription based service. This one is completely free.</div>

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