The York English Language Toolkit

BBC Radio 4 - The Verb, Poetry by Tony Harrison, US Poet Laureate Arthur Sze, Sinéad Morrissey, David Morley, and Daniel Sluman Ian McMillan's guests are Sinéad Morrissey, David Morley, Arthur Sze and Daniel Sluman.

There is a recording of the late Tony Harrison (at the start of this recent edition of The Verb) reading 'Them and Uz' and flipping back and forth between the different accents - which would make a great discussion starter: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Accent bias logo. Four speech bubbles in four different coloured squares.

Since January 2022, we (me, 93% Club & SS) have been working a project that tackles accent bias in Higher Education, focusing on the 'elite' institution where we're based. Today, we're launching the project website which brings together all our work:

accentbias.ed.ac.uk

Hehe that was supposed to be 'potential', but maybe potent works...

Josh Combs introducing his talk on putting it into practice in the classroom.

To close out the day we have @qwep210.bsky.social reflecting on how to put these things into practice in the classroom (especially with reference to the AQA specification)...

Oops I was too engrossed in the talks and forgot to post, but there were fabulous talks after lunch by @salinacuddy.bsky.social and Paul Kerswill....

Lauren is standing at the front of the room under a large screen showing a slide with a task to reflect on how different reporting verbs can change the interpretation of reported speech

#YorkCPD2025 and now Lauren Harrington on issues in potent use of automatic speech recognition software to transcribe police interviews...

Catherine Laing giving the first talk - we can see Catherine beside a large screen with the talk slides on it, and some listening teachers in the foreground.

We're off - first up is @cathelaing.bsky.social on size sound symbolism (or the lack of it?) in infant directed speech! #YorkCPD2025

The York English Language Toolkit - Workshops FREE annual CPD workshops for teachers of English Language A level

Only one month to go till York English Language Toolkit 2025!
Friday 11th July 2025 10.00am-4.30pm englishlanguagetoolkit.york.ac.uk/workshops
Registration link: bit.ly/yelt2025work...

Sneak preview of this year's @yorktoolkit.bsky.social workshop courtesy of the fabulous folks at @lexispodcast.bsky.social 👇

Thanks for having us again! 😁

Revising for Paper 2? I’ve gone back through a few dozen Lexis episodes to pick out the ones that I think could help you most. Here is a thread... 🧵

Free Babel issues for your school, college or library

👩‍🏫 Free Babels for teachers!
🎁 Fancy a set of Babels for your school, college or library? Get in touch at babelthelanguagemagazine@gmail.com

Did you know that there is a wealth of free content available to download from our website? From revision resources, remote-learning workbooks and standalone publications for all key stages, you can find out more at: englishandmedia.co.uk/all-products...

Thanks! 🎉

Gender, politics and power are all under discussion in our latest episode, in which we talk to Professor Karrin Vasby Anderson. We talk about Trump, toxic masculinity and the threat of demagoguery to democracy, through the lens of communication studies. creators.spotify.com/pod/show/lex...

Registration for this year's fully hybrid workshop on July 11th is open now: englishlanguagetoolkit.york.ac.uk/workshops

Linguistic research and the classroom: the University of York’s English Language Toolkit - National Association for the Teaching of English The University of York’s English Language Toolkit brings cutting-edge linguistic research into the sixth-form classroom, offering free resources, case studies, and CPD opportunities to inspire and sup...

The University of York’s English Language Toolkit brings cutting-edge linguistic research into the sixth-form classroom, offering free resources, case studies, and CPD opportunities to inspire and support A-level English Language teachers. #NATE www.nate.org.uk/2025/05/01/l...

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Hello unrivalled legends of @uoylibrary.bsky.social please could we be added to the UoY starter pack? Ta very muchly 👋🏻

A project from Emma Humphries in the UK, documenting everyday examples of linguistic prescriptivism in English media.

The project is taking examples, if you notice any in the wild you can add them to the collection: yourwrong.co.uk

The York English Language Toolkit - Workshops FREE annual CPD workshops for teachers of English Language A level

FREE registration for the 2025 York English English Language Toolkit is now open! Outline programme and registration link are at: englishlanguagetoolkit.york.ac.uk/workshops

The workshop is fully hybrid, so join us in York or online!

#linguistics #EnglishLanguage

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