Monday, 31 March 2025

code-switching: jumping between different registers, different voices and different languages

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REGISTER: We can communicate using different registers and different types of language, depending on the context - for example: For formal a...
Friday, 28 March 2025

"belief in the kindness of others is much more closely tied to happiness than previously thought"

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Finland is at the top of the table when it comes to happiness: Jay Doubleyou: why are finns so happy? They've done it again: World Happi...
Tuesday, 25 March 2025

the future is african

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 How do we and how should we see Africa? LANGUAGE: The continent is part of the Anglosphere: Jay Doubleyou: the english-speaking world: west...
Monday, 17 March 2025

the music of west africa

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The music of West Africa is multi-layered and multi-faceted. This would be one element: Jay Doubleyou: polyrhythm and different rhythms For ...
Monday, 10 March 2025

different african english accents

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Most Africans are bilingual: In a cafe in south London, two construction workers are engaged in cheerful banter, tossing words back and fort...
Friday, 7 March 2025

it ain't what you say, it's the way that you say it: intonation and functional language

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INTONATION AND FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE 'It ain't what you say it's the way that you say it.' In focussing on 'getting the wo...
Thursday, 6 March 2025

today is world book day in the uk and ireland!

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There are are in fact several 'world book days':  World Book Day - Wikipedia In this part of the world it's Thursday 6th March: ...