In a new study, we interviewed 59 Year 10 students with language or attention disorders about their English classrooms.
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In some languages, spelling matches pronunciation, while in others (like English) this is far from true.
There is nothing to lose and plenty to gain in teaching Swift’s Midnights and Shakespeare’s Sonnets together. There’s no dumbing-down, and no need for reductive assertions about who is “better”.
Many English teachers are thinking seriously about how gaming applies in their classrooms. But opinions are divided about how to approach it.
Our research found non-native English speakers face higher rejection rates and 12.5 times more revisions than their native English-speaking counterparts. But there are solutions.
The recent tragedy of the Titan submersible bore striking parallels to one of the most widely read novels about life at sea.
It came about through sustained contact with native Spanish speakers who directly translated phrases from Spanish into English, a form of linguistic borrowing called ‘calques.’
Although English to speakers of other languages (Esol) is treated like any other subject, it can offer far more to those learners.
Grayson Perry’s Full English is a timely celebration of regionalism and its capacity to provide a basis for a productive version of Englishness.
People who have used AI to help with writing report a loss of pride and ownership in what they produce.
Canada’s population is more diverse than ever, with many different languages represented. Government policy must reflect that diversity and offer meaningful support to minority languages.
The way questions on language were posed call the results into question.
The use of ‘y'all’ has often been seen as vulgar, low-class and uncultured. That’s starting to change.
The controversial reality show is only part of the picture when it comes to class and education in Indian marriage negotiations.
An English professor takes a critical look at why today’s students are assigned the same books that were assigned decades ago – and why American school curricula are so difficult to change.
People change their accents for many reasons, but it doesn’t necessarily protect them from accentism.
Signs in languages other than French could be seen as an outstretched hand in yet another episode of linguistic tensions, but also as an indicator that French is indeed losing ground.
Colonisation, genocide and changes in official languages have resulted in the hybridisation of languages. A mix of Kinyarwanda, French and English is dubbed kinyafranglais.
A project to identify rugby’s technical terms aims to make the international game easier to play, ref and watch for everyone, regardless of their native tongue.
Dialects can unlock secrets of history, culture, class and movements of people. An expert explains what they are and why they matter.
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Kate Burridge is a Friend of The Conversation.Professor of Linguistics, Monash University
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Professor of Linguistics and English, Florida International University
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Senior Lecturer in Māori Language Revitalisation, Auckland University of Technology
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Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Oxford
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Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, Monash University
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Research assistant, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor of Language Pedagogies, University of Leeds
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Professor of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University
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Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, University of the Western Cape
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Chair- Curriculum Studies, Stellenbosch University
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Lecturer in Department of Language and Linguistics, University of Essex
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Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Bangor University
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Senior Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics, University of Westminster
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Senior Lecturer, Applied Language and Literacy Studies, University of Cape Town
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Educator and Researcher, The Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR)
