language and words in the news
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Posted by Kati Sule on January 10, 2011
The Language and words in the news series returns in 2011! This week, the first post of 2011 brings you a selection of links from the last couple of weeks. These can be items from the latest news, blog posts or interesting websites related to global English, language change, education in general, and language learning [...]
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Posted by Kati Sule on December 17, 2010
Similarly to this time last year, we are bringing you a list of those blog posts on the Macmillan Dictionary Blog which have been the most popular in terms of number of readers. Many of them still have ongoing conversations so have a read and join in by commenting! I would like to take this [...]
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Posted by Kati Sule on December 10, 2010
This weekly post contains a selection of links related to language and words in the news. These can be items from the latest news, blog posts or interesting websites related to global English, language change, education in general, and language learning and teaching in particular. Please do contact us if you would like to submit [...]
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Posted by Kati Sule on December 03, 2010
This weekly post contains a selection of links related to language and words in the news. These can be items from the latest news, blog posts or interesting websites related to global English, language change, education in general, and language learning and teaching in particular. Please do contact us if you would like to submit [...]
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Posted by Michael Rundell on November 29, 2010
The UK’s conservative newspapers were thrilled last week when Michael Gove, the education minister, announced a crackdown on ‘incorrect’ English – leading the Daily Mail to rejoice that ‘Grammar is back!’. (Where has it been, one wonders?) In future, students will be penalised for ‘poor spelling, punctuation and grammar’. But who decides what is ‘correct’? [...]
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Posted by Kati Sule on November 26, 2010
This weekly post contains a selection of links related to language and words in the news. These can be items from the latest news, blog posts or interesting websites related to global English, language change, education in general, and language learning and teaching in particular. Please do contact us if you would like to submit [...]
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Posted by Kati Sule on November 20, 2010
This weekly post contains a selection of links related to language and words in the news. These can be items from the latest news, blog posts or interesting websites related to global English, language change, education in general, and language learning and teaching in particular. This week the post is shorter, sweeter … and also [...]
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Posted by Kati Sule on November 12, 2010
This post contains a weekly selection of links related to language and words in the news. These can be items from the latest news, blog posts or interesting websites related to global English and language change, and education in general, and language learning and teaching in particular. Please do contact us if you would like [...]
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Posted by Beth Penfold on November 09, 2010
Every year on the 5th November, people in Britain commemorate the Gunpowder Plot, a failed attempt by Guy Fawkes and his gang to blow up the Houses of Parliament. We celebrate this lucky escape by burning an effigy of Fawkes on a large bonfire and setting off fireworks to imitate the explosion, had it happened. As I [...]
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Posted by Kati Sule on November 05, 2010
This post contains a weekly selection of links related to language and words in the news. These can be items from the latest news, blog posts or interesting websites related to global English and language change, and language education too. Do contact us if you would like to submit a link for us to include. [...]
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