Tuesday, 30 September 2025

clichés, pragmatics and how we use language to connect us beyond the actual words used

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What is the purpose of language? Do words carry meaning? Is language communication? These are questions Michael Rosen looks at in his excell...
Monday, 29 September 2025

embracing digital creativity in the esl/esol/tefl classroom

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We can worry about  replacing teachers with AI  - or we can 'embrace' the technology: How teachers say they're embracing AI in t...
Thursday, 18 September 2025

algospeak: how social media influences the way we talk

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As google AI tells us, in an easy definition of  algorithms: In simple terms, an algorithm is a set of step-by-step instructions for complet...

musical rhythm and learning a language

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What's the relationship between music and language? Jay Doubleyou: it ain't what you say, it's the way that you say it: intonati...
Wednesday, 17 September 2025

learning english through british classical music

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We can of course work on our English though pop music: Jay Doubleyou: pop videos for learning english Jay Doubleyou: the music of west afric...
Monday, 15 September 2025

present perfect in conversation

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The present perfect is a problematic tense for students to use - so perhaps we need to make it feel a little more natural. Here are a couple...
Friday, 12 September 2025

language distance

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In many ways, we can see  why English is so different from other languages . It's a mixture of other languages and its grammar has been ...