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Jenni Young

Look Up - YouTube - 0 views

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    A spoken word film for an online generation - is social media an oxymoron?
Jenni Young

Cultural vocabularies: how many words do the Inuits have for snow? - 0 views

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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
Jenni Young

George Szirtes: what being bilingual means for my writing and identity | Education | th... - 0 views

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    Hungarian-born poet George Szirtes writes in both English and his native tongue. He contemplates bilingualism and belonging
Jenni Young

An Artist Took Disney Characters and Put Them Into Real Life Situations - PolicyMic - 0 views

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    A series called "Disney Unhappily Ever After" re-imagines favorite animated classics and transforms them into realist horror stories.
Jenni Young

Relatively speaking: do our words influence how we think? | Education | theguardian.com - 0 views

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    Linguistic relativity can tell us about our perceptions of reality and the relationship between language and the way we think
Jenni Young

This is why your brain wants to swear | David Shariatmadari | Comment is free | theguar... - 0 views

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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
Jenni Young

Poem of the week: Words by Edward Thomas | Books | theguardian.com - 0 views

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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
Jenni Young

How is Outkast like Shakespeare? It all comes down to vocabulary. - 0 views

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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.
Jenni Young

Media Talk podcast: Marketing and advertising to children - a necessary evil? | Media |... - 0 views

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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)
Jenni Young

English A-level with Russell Brand and Dizzee Rascal on reading list under fire | Educa... - 0 views

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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
Jenni Young

What should be on the A-level syllabus? | Books | theguardian.com - 0 views

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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)
Jenni Young

Caitlin Moran: Should my tweets be on the A-level syllabus? - 0 views

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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
Jenni Young

Why not study Russell Brand for A-level English? Language evolves - get over it | Laura... - 0 views

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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)
Jenni Young

Selling the Myth of the Ideal Mother : The New Yorker - 0 views

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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.
Jenni Young

State of the World's Mothers - Save the Children - 0 views

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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.
Jenni Young

Viral Racismo en México - YouTube - 0 views

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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.
Jenni Young

Here's What Happens When You Put A Few Little Kids In A Room With 2 Dolls In 2 Differen... - 0 views

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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.
Jenni Young

Why I Hate School But Love Education||Spoken Word - YouTube - 0 views

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    Spoken work by Suli Breaks
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    Spoken work by Suli Breaks
Jenni Young

What Dating Would Be Like If Men And Women Switch Their Roles | Viraltv1 - 0 views

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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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