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www.youtube.com/watch Mass communication Part 2 Social Media Spoken Word
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    A spoken word film for an online generation - is social media an oxymoron?
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Cultural vocabularies: how many words do the Inuits have for snow? - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...bularies-tell-us-about-culture Language Part 1 Culture Vocabulary Identity
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    The Inuits are not alone in having many words to describe a thing that preoccupies them, patterns occur in the vocabularies of many cultures
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George Szirtes: what being bilingual means for my writing and identity | Education | th... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...s-bilingual-poetry-translation Language Part 1 Bilingualism Identity Culture
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    Hungarian-born poet George Szirtes writes in both English and his native tongue. He contemplates bilingualism and belonging
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An Artist Took Disney Characters and Put Them Into Real Life Situations - PolicyMic - 0 views

www.policymic.com/...them-into-real-life-situations Mass communication Part 2 Disney Image Stereotype Parody WT2
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    A series called "Disney Unhappily Ever After" re-imagines favorite animated classics and transforms them into realist horror stories.
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Relatively speaking: do our words influence how we think? | Education | theguardian.com - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...how-words-influence-thought Language Part 1 Identity Culture
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    Linguistic relativity can tell us about our perceptions of reality and the relationship between language and the way we think
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This is why your brain wants to swear | David Shariatmadari | Comment is free | theguar... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...ing-children-study-timothy-jay Language Part 1 Vocabulary Swearing Taboo
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    A recent study shows that children are adept at absorbing swearwords. That's the power of linguistic taboos for you
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    A recent study shows that children are adept at absorbing swearwords. That's the power of linguistic taboos for you
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Poem of the week: Words by Edward Thomas | Books | theguardian.com - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...poem-of-the-week-edward-thomas Language Part 1 Identity Bilingualism Welsh Vocabulary Poetry
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    This loose-limbed lyric on the elemental power of language seems rooted in a distinctly Welsh landscape
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    This loose-limbed lyric on the elemental power of language seems rooted in a distinctly Welsh landscape
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How is Outkast like Shakespeare? It all comes down to vocabulary. - 0 views

www.washingtonpost.com/...t-all-comes-down-to-vocabulary Language Part 1 Mass communication Part 2 Rap Shakespeare Vocabulary
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    A data scientist quantified the vocabularies of Shakespeare and various rap artists. The results: Big Boi and Andre 3000 are just as prolific as the Bard.
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    A data scientist quantified the vocabularies of Shakespeare and various rap artists. The results: Big Boi and Andre 3000 are just as prolific as the Bard.
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Media Talk podcast: Marketing and advertising to children - a necessary evil? | Media |... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...marketing-advertising-children Mass communication Part 2 Advertising Children Marketing Podcast
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    Although the advertising industry is subject to regulation, child-targeted advertising remains a concern, especially as kids spend more time online. John Plunkett and guests debate the issues (Guardian Online)
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    Although the advertising industry is subject to regulation, child-targeted advertising remains a concern, especially as kids spend more time online. John Plunkett and guests debate the issues (Guardian Online)
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English A-level with Russell Brand and Dizzee Rascal on reading list under fire | Educa... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...el-russell-brand-dizzee-rascal Language Part 1 Language change Education UK Curriculum Written Tasks
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    UK A-level students will study Russell Brand's views on drugs and Caitlin Moran's Twitter feed alongside more conventional literature in a new A-level that was immediately denounced as "rubbish" by sources at the Department for Education (Guardian Online
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    UK A-level students will study Russell Brand's views on drugs and Caitlin Moran's Twitter feed alongside more conventional literature in a new A-level that was immediately denounced as "rubbish" by sources at the Department for Education (Guardian Online
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What should be on the A-level syllabus? | Books | theguardian.com - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...uld-be-on-the-a-level-syllabus Language Part 1 Language change Education UK Curriculum Written Tasks Blog Opinion
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    Is including Russell Brand in the reading list a "rubbish" idea or total genius? Tell us what you think should be on the reading list for UK language and literature course (Guardian Blog)
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    Is including Russell Brand in the reading list a "rubbish" idea or total genius? Tell us what you think should be on the reading list for UK language and literature course (Guardian Blog)
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Caitlin Moran: Should my tweets be on the A-level syllabus? - 0 views

schoolsimprovement.net/ets-be-on-the-a-level-syllabus Language Part 1 Language change Education UK Curriculum Written Tasks
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    Writing in the Times, Caitlin Moran says she was initially horrified to discover that her Twitter feed, along with speeches by Russell Brand and the lyrics of Dizzee Rascal
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    Writing in the Times, Caitlin Moran says she was initially horrified to discover that her Twitter feed, along with speeches by Russell Brand and the lyrics of Dizzee Rascal
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Why not study Russell Brand for A-level English? Language evolves - get over it | Laura... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...level-english-language-evolves Language Part 1 Language change Education UK Curriculum Written Tasks Opinion
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    Laura Barton: Those who mock the inclusion of modern cultural references in the syllabus are misguided to think English was a once-fine structure now at risk (Guardian Online - Opinion)
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    Laura Barton: Those who mock the inclusion of modern cultural references in the syllabus are misguided to think English was a once-fine structure now at risk (Guardian Online - Opinion)
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Selling the Myth of the Ideal Mother : The New Yorker - 0 views

www.newyorker.com/...-myth-of-the-ideal-mother.html Mass communication Part 2 Advertising Gender Stereotypes Written Tasks
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    A new ad adheres to the tradition of purporting to celebrate mothers while portraying them in a troubling way.
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    A new ad adheres to the tradition of purporting to celebrate mothers while portraying them in a troubling way.
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State of the World's Mothers - Save the Children - 0 views

www.savethechildren.org/...tate_of_the_Worlds_Mothers.htm Mass communication Part 2 Advertising PSA Sex Advertising techniques
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    Save the Children is following the success of its 'If London Were Syria' campaign with a new global marketing spot that asks models to try to make poverty sound sexy.
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    Save the Children is following the success of its 'If London Were Syria' campaign with a new global marketing spot that asks models to try to make poverty sound sexy.
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Viral Racismo en México - YouTube - 0 views

www.youtube.com/watch Literature Bluest Eye Racism Dolls Beauty
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    Mexican children choose between a white doll and a brown doll.
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    Mexican children choose between a white doll and a brown doll.
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Here's What Happens When You Put A Few Little Kids In A Room With 2 Dolls In 2 Differen... - 0 views

www.upworthy.com/s-in-2-different-colors-aa2-4d Literature Bluest Eye Race Beauty Dolls
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    This link to the video gives the English translation for the captions in Spanish captions at the end.
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    This link to the video gives the English translation for the captions in Spanish captions at the end.
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Why I Hate School But Love Education||Spoken Word - YouTube - 0 views

www.youtube.com/watch Language Education Spoken Word Written Tasks
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    Spoken work by Suli Breaks
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    Spoken work by Suli Breaks
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What Dating Would Be Like If Men And Women Switch Their Roles | Viraltv1 - 0 views

viraltv1.com/n-and-women-switch-their-roles Language Part 1 Gender Stereotypes
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    Video switches stereotypes of male and female behaviour and language in relationships
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    Video shows stereotypes of male and female behaviour and language in relationships
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