THS A Level English Language

A great article spotted by one of the Y13 class over the holidays! 'Strong r' in danger of disappearing: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan… #regionalvarieties #paper2

'Gwenders' (old Cornish dialect): a disagreeable tingling in the extremities caused by cold. Also applies if you can't feel the extremities at all.

forswunk (13th century): exhausted from too much work. foreswunk: exhausted before you even begin.

Really enjoyed reading this piece on @RobDrummond 's work. Perfect for Y12 heading into regional varieties after half term! theguardian.com/global/2023/oc…

Babel's Word of the Day - FRICATIVE

Year 12 are being introduced to pragmatics tomorrow. I was just thinking about how the 'compose tweet' question is a good discussion point. When did it gain an exclamation mark?! #implicature

This one is good for language and occupation: How to handle all the workplace jargon - npr.org/2023/09/05/119…

Definitely worth a look - especially for paper 2!

Is swearing still taboo? @guardian

Interesting article about how apps like ChatGPT are 'erasing diversity'. #identity #languagediversity theconversation.com/chatgpt-threat…

Year 12 are currently enjoying looking into Multicultural London English. This old One Show piece is still a useful taster of what it is all about: youtube.com/watch?v=0KdVoS…

You (yes you) can decide the @OED word of the year! bbc.co.uk/news/uk-637146… Interesting, too, to look at the difference between Oxford & Collins, and the previous #wordoftheyear

More #accent opinions: Bias against working-class and regional accents has not gone away. theguardian.com/inequality/202…

Here's the article we looked at last week. Good for how to integrate AO2 and AO5 in your own pieces. #AQA #Diversity #Accent theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

This is perfect for our current #diversity topic!

Excellent advice for how to approach paper 2 question 4!

😂 Face with Tears of Joy and 😭 Loudly Crying Face continue to battle it out for Twitter’s top spot on #InternationalMomentOfLaughterDay 🥊📈 🔗👇 blog.emojipedia.org/10-years-of-te…

standard.co.uk/comment/speaki… thanks to @EngLangBlog for sharing this article- great for paper 2!

One for attitudes to accent: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

A great article for language and social groups, as well as attitudes to language in general theconversation.com/ask-or-aks-how…