13 Eng Lang Paper 1 exam papers: ✅ The Landlady ✅ The Silent Patient ✅ White Fang ✅ The Monkey’s Paw ✅ King of the Castle ✅ Enduring Love ✅ Dracula ✅ To Kill a Mockingbird ✅ Hound of Baskervilles ✅ War of the Worlds ✅ The Pearl ✅ Whole Town’s Sleeping ✅ The Birds www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/bd6qg...

Finally, a good article about 6-7 and about youth sociolect and social meaning in general. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

*NEW* for 2026 onwards: updated and some brand new specimen AQA Lang P2s with accompanying PPT slide decks to support teaching. Help yourself 😊 #teamenglish www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/egpxh...

Languague and technology: a good text here for A Level language students looking at language discourses futurism.com/chatgpt-weir...

In the latest episode of the Language-on-the-Move podcast @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, our host @brynnquick.bsky.social chats with @mixedlinguist.bsky.social about language and accent in US politics, with a focus on the speech of @kamalaharris.com www.languageonthemove.com/accents-comp...

New episode out. This could be a good one for anyone looking at language & occupation and/or language & power. Plus there are some potential language investigation ideas in here. Lots to think about!

NEW BLOG Wise words from EMC's Dan Clayton about language change and social media, with details of a teacher conference at the end of September @englangblog.bsky.social englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/full-st...

One for Eng Lang teachers here.

It's AQA Paper 2 this afternoon, but this feels like it could be the sort of text that appears in section B for language discourses another year: especially because of this line: "However, it would be a mistake to regard language as a fortress." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

To reflect changes to AQA GCSE English Lang P2 for 2026 onwards, here’s a folder of 10 specimen papers. Help yourself and please re-post to reach a wider audience. Thanks 😊 #teamenglish www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/egpxh...

Three mini mock papers for GCSE English Language Paper 2 (AQA) www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/gcse-en... 📰 🖊️

ICYMI: A fiery episode with Dr Carmen Fought, in which we take apart the "official English" executive order in the USA. Listen to the episode, or read the transcript: becauselanguage.com/113-official... youtube.com/shorts/99Nhz...

Greeking Out is geeking out about Old English with @colingorrie.bsky.social about a certain bear. (Say that 5 times fast.) podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fle...

www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/hz42t.... 8 more here same as post above

Aqa style paper One : 5 short extract , question succinct answers , longer answers : questions 2-5 : #TeamEnglish - Will add some more to it - as they are half done . ( we got 5 done in a lesson today but could be used independently ). www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/hz42t... #TeamEnglish

A good read for everyone but especially useful if you are working on the Paper 2 2021 question 'Evaluate the idea that schools should ban the use of non-standard language'.

i was so honoured to be asked to contribute to the 10 years of the BERA blog series .. here i write about longstanding and contemporary efforts to dismantle language ideologies as part of broader struggles for linguistic justice www.bera.ac.uk?p=56193

Six statements for discussion on An Inspector Calls that cover aspects of the play that students typically struggle with or form misconceptions about www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/stateme... 🔍

Really interesting new blog from Deborah Cameron on 'linguistic engineering'. One for further discussion for the Language Discourses part of the A level debuk.wordpress.com/2025/02/21/l...

first they came 4 the full stops, then they came for the capital letters 😱 bsky.app/profile/theg...

Lovely piece for a bit of A level language discourses analysis 😁

Reading & Leeds festivals are announcing new camping areas and it's an amazing piece of marketing to construct different audience demographics. The linguistic dimensions to this are quite something... www.nme.com/news/music/r...

Just happened upon this gem from @amy117.bsky.social - fascinating stuff. Sheila and Sybil: names and their meanings in An Inspector Calls amysmithliterature.wordpress.com/2021/09/18/s...

English Grammar Day is back for 2025! We're happy to announce we'll be returning to the British Library on 7 July with another great roster of speakers. The ticketing page will go live soon, so keep checking back for updates... #EnglishGrammarDay

“Language is more than grammar and vocabulary; it’s a bridge through time. Even when fractured and messy, it connects us to those who came before and to those yet to come.” www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Have you seen the changes to AQA GCSE English Language questions for 2026? The sample papers are live now - do make sure your teams have seen these: www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/eng...

NEW for AQA Lang P1: for use with ‘The Silent Patient’. A set of PPT slides Q by Q with models and scaffolds, like so 👇 Help yourself 😊 #teamenglish www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/syara...

Speech recognition systems struggle with accents and dialects, risking problems in critical fields like healthcare and emergency services. Imagine calling 911 and the AI used to screen out non-emergency calls can’t understand you. A Spanish language professor explains:

Yep, it's still January...

One for Lang Change & Diversity discussion on tech platforms, cryptolects and algorithm resistance/evasion. People get inventive when authoritarians get repressive.

It’s new episode day! We talk with Dr. Adam Benkato about Arabic! Matkunsh 7mar is transliterated from Arabic script and it means “Don’t be an asshole.” Enjoy! vocalfriespod.buzzsprout.com/1930383/epis...

I’ve updated the Writing Revolution sentence structure pages to include one on An Inspector Calls www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/writing... 🔍

There has been a fair amount of media coverage of this topic lately, including the BBC, who spoke to @christianilbury.bsky.social, Chris Strelluf and Deborah Cameron

NEW BLOG: An Inspector Recalls learningfrommymistakesenglish.blogspot.com/2025/01/an-i...

If you're back to work today... #backtowork #edusky

The Quotation Bank Essay Prize for Yr 11 & 12, in collaboration with University College, Oxford - closing date 10th Jan! Prizes include an Awards Day and visit to University College, Oxford, and a 2-year mentorship through A-Levels and UCAS. @teamenglish1.bsky.social @litdrive.bsky.social

Word of the day is a favourite for this time of year. To be ‘crambazzled’, in old Yorkshire dialect, is to be prematurely aged by excess drinking or partying.

Excellent version 💙📚 #booksky

I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of this. #booksky

#endofterm Happy Christmas holidays 🎄

Yesterday, we lost William Labov, a foundational figure in sociolinguistics. In his Abralin Talk, Labov reflected on a lifetime of scholarship that has mentored generations and advanced the pursuit of social equity through linguistics.

Well this was just wonderful and now I feel all Christmassy 🥰🎄

Quick-to-complete end of term review tasks for A Christmas Carol www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/end-of-... ❄️ 🎄

Linguists quoted! www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Out now! #CorpusCast Episode #36: CorpusCast in Review, celebrating three years of podcasting about corpus linguistics and what it can do for society. Thanks to all guests, listeners and @astonpress.bsky.social! 📺 Watch here: youtu.be/dcA7oPQOLgQ?... 🎧 Audio links: robbielove.org/corpuscast-e...

"I live in two linguistic worlds. In one, I’m confident, expressive and full of ideas; in the other, I’m an introvert, hesitant to speak up for fear of tripping over words or misinterpreting cultural cues. [It] feels like having multiple personalities — each tied to a different language" #polyglot

The figurative use of "literally" has a literally long history, with authors like Charles Dickens and Mark Twain embracing it in their writing. A linguist delves into the word's evolution: https://buff.ly/41ojOnc (Valerie M. Fridland @unevadareno.bsky.social) #literally #linguistics