There’s a long history of communities speaking Romany in the UK, so it’s hardly surprising that some of its words have found their way into everyday English.
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There are different versions of ‘English’ in different states, with various titles and levels of difficulty. It’s important to choose the right one to reach your desired destination.
Which languages get to “count” as bilingual in Canada? And who gets to be the “right” kind of bilingual?
Dicey cultural situations and power struggles await Latina teachers in America’s schools.
We studied shared values within England and found an even larger gulf between Northerners and Southerners than we did between English and Scots.
Grammar isn’t a way to bully people for making mistakes, says a longtime English instructor. It is a way to understand how our language operates, in all its many written and spoken varieties.
The state-sponsored pop cultural renaissance of Korea shows how language isn’t an obstacle to world domination.
Ko tā te kāwanatanga Kōrea whakahou i te ahurea o te marea, kei te whakaatu kāore te reo e aukati ana i tō angitu i te pae matawhānui o te ao.
Grammar is a set of tools to make meaning rather than a set of rules to follow. The difference is in how we teach it.
With 52% of 15-year-olds now saying they read only if they have to, experts say a new way of teaching literacy is overdue.
The language gap in international education is also a wealth gap that leaves too many students with limited options.
Great stories move and they challenge. They draw attention to diverse social and cultural issues and to the transformative potential of empathy. But they can be difficult too.
Aboriginal Australians have their own English with unique stories, words and expressions.
Second-language learners from different age groups seem to have equal chances of becoming highly proficient speakers as long as they are placed in a supportive environment.
Accents differ depending on where we’re from, even in the same country.
Irony is a slippery concept. Sometimes it’s used in speech, other times it’s used to describe a situation – oh, and it can also characterize an attitude. Is its versatility its downfall?
Nigerians can take pride in the recent addition of 29 words of Nigerian origin to the Oxford English Dictionary.
African American Vernacular English is part and parcel of Black identity. Its distinctive linguistic features are — wrongly — denigrated.
Better job prospects and richer lives are among the many reasons to learn a foreign language, an expert on foreign language instruction writes.
We compiled a list of the 15 most commonly cited books taught by English teachers we surveyed. It contains only two Australian writers, neither of which are Indigenous.
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Professor of Linguistics, Monash University
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Professor of Linguistics and English, Florida International University
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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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Senior Lecturer in Māori Language Revitalisation, Auckland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer, School of English, Media Studies and Art History, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer of English Language Teaching, The Open University
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Professor, School of Education, University of Southern Queensland
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Professor, University of Glasgow
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Lecturer, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
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Professor of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University
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Professor of English, Flinders University
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Editor-in-Chief of the South African Journal of Science and Consultant, Vice Principal for Research and Graduate Education, University of Pretoria
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Lecturer in International Education, University of Bath
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Professor of Economics and South African Research Chair in the Economics of Social Policy, Stellenbosch University
