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This isn't a coincidence. Every inference is dependent on knowledge specific to the language involved. What fascinated me was the teaching recommendations that were made in this podcast. >>

@nat_leewhite @TTRadioOfficial @xAimieCrewex @Xris32 @HaleDonal @Mrs_D_AH @HughesHaili Thank you.

@FlorencePope15 @TTRadioOfficial @xAimieCrewex @Xris32 @HaleDonal @Mrs_D_AH @HughesHaili Great talk!

Great day @TTRadioOfficial connect. This can be an oddly isolating job at times and it was so good to hear so may views which either chimed with or challenged my own. Thanks to @xAimieCrewex @Xris32 @HaleDonal @Mrs_D_AH @HughesHaili to name just a few.

@HaleDonal @Alexhughes3S @xAimieCrewex @Xris32 @HughesHaili @zssnas Really enjoyed your talk. Thanks for sharing all you are doing!

here: give a voice to teachers - on the ground, doing the hard yards. I heard brilliant talks from @Alexhughes3S, @xAimieCrewex, @Xris32, @HughesHaili, Charlotte Doswell, Dr Sarah Dowey, Allison Chambers, Sam Dickinson, Florence Pope in The English Strand, hosted by @zssnas. /2

Thank you to @RogersHistory for reaching out and asking me to speak at @TTRadioOfficial Teachers Talk Connect Conference today. I have taken a step back from speaking engagements due to health concerns, but agreed to this one because of what @RogersHistory is aiming to do... /1

@Alexhughes3S @xAimieCrewex @RogersHistory Great to see you again and enjoyed your talk!

@xAimieCrewex @RogersHistory I echo this!

@Xris32 @TTRadioOfficial @xAimieCrewex @HaleDonal @Mrs_D_AH @HughesHaili Likewise. Next time!

@FlorencePope15 @TTRadioOfficial @xAimieCrewex @HaleDonal @Mrs_D_AH @HughesHaili Enjoyed your talk. Sorry I didn’t get chance to chat

Announcing! The fabulous Samantha Dickinson will be speaking in the English Strand at TTR Connect on Saturday 14th March. Have you got your free ticket yet? Don't miss out! ttradio.org/connect2026

The English Strand at TTR Connect 2026! So far, we have announced eight speakers with many more to come! Check them out here: ttradio.org/english26 and get a free ticket here: ttradio.org/connect2026

Excited to be speaking at this great event again this year. Really looking forward to hearing the other fantastic speakers. I’ll be talking about the opportunities and challenges of teaching poetry as part of our concept lead curriculum.

Announcing! The excellent @FlorencePope15 will be speaking at TTR Connect in the English Strand on Saturday 14th March. Have you got your free ticket yet? Don't miss out! ttradio.org/connect2026

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Macbeth when he realises that Macduff was from his mother’s womb untimely ripped.

10 x GCSE English Language Paper 2 Q5 tasks douglaswise.co.uk/blog/10-englis… 🖋️

Had a thought today that will influence all my future writing - any critique here is as much a mea culpa as anything: There is just way too much of our discourse saying “YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG” alongside “TECHNIQUES ARE NOT ENOUGH; YOU NEED THE RIGHT SPIRIT”.. ..

Even the children on 'Waterloo Road' are complaining about the spoken language endorsement.

The lyrics to Bruce Springsteen's new song "Streets of Minneapolis" Through the winter’s ice and cold Down Nicollet Avenue A city aflame fought fire and ice ‘Neath an occupier’s boots King Trump’s private army from the DHS Guns belted to their coats Came to Minneapolis to enforce the law Or so their story goes Against smoke and rubber bullets By the dawn’s early light Citizens stood for justice Their voices ringing through the night And there were bloody footprints Where mercy should have stood And two dead left to die on snow-filled streets Alex Pretti and Renee Good Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice Singing through the bloody mist We’ll take our stand for this land And the stranger in our midst Here in our home they killed and roamed In the winter of ’26 We’ll remember the names of those who died On the streets of Minneapolis Trump’s federal thugs beat up on His face and his chest Then we heard the gunshots And Alex Pretti lay in the snow, dead Their claim was self defense, sir Just don’t believe your eyes It’s our blood and bones And these whistles and phones Against Miller and Noem’s dirty lies Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice Crying through the bloody mist We’ll remember the names of those who died On the streets of Minneapolis Now they say they’re here to uphold the law But they trample on our rights If your skin is black or brown my friend You can be questioned or deported on sight In chants of ICE out now Our city’s heart and soul persists Through broken glass and bloody tears On the streets of Minneapolis Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice Singing through the bloody mist Here in our home they killed and roamed In the winter of ’26 We’ll take our stand for this land And the stranger in our midst We’ll remember the names of those who died On the streets of Minneapolis We’ll remember the names of those who died On the streets of Minneapolis 📸: Rodin Eckenroth / Getty Images

A welcome reminder that writing is a process, not just a product …

In the most basic terms, reading lessons involve a mixture of reading text and responding to it (i.e. discussing text or producing written responses). And I think that in many (if not most) primary schools the balance between these two things is *way* off. A thread... 🪡

At one point in Frankenstein you're reading the story of a Turkish girl, told to a Frenchman, overheard by the monster, who's narrating it afterwards to Victor, who's recounting it to an English sea captain, who's writing it down in a letter to his sister

Children and young people’s writing in school in 2025 | National Literacy Trust literacytrust.org.uk/research-servi…